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TREES GROWING NEAR WATER. 



r--2^^'^il^^^^^^^^'' (-lead and is cousci( 

 iPtl^^ii/^lPfe ^''^ golden dust in 



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more gifted and subtle observation 

 which watches tor the earliest signs 

 of spring in growth that is ap[)arently 

 dead and is conscious of the beauty of 



the catkins of the 

 st themselves abun- 

 dantly upon the sight, and the wind 



■^^^^^^i^i^^^M'M:''^^ Stirs their long petals that the attention 



^i^^^-i^'^f^^'^C^ may not wander from them. And 



•"**'*'-' '^ about them there is a grace and fleeci- 



auo„u,u;u,sr/,rnncu. ,^^.^^ ^^.j^i^,^ is most enchanting. In 



cultivation the tree is frecpiently seen, and it would be quite 

 without objectionable features for the ornamentation of parks 

 and grounds were it not that its leaves unfold so late in the 

 season. Before they do so the majority of other trees are al- 

 ready fully clothed with verdure. They remind us of the 

 leaves of the magnolias and in the autumn turn to a uniform 

 tint of bright yellow. 



The wood of the fringe tree is closely grained and heavy. 

 From the bark tonic properties are extracted which have been 

 used in the treatment of fevers. 



NANNY BERRY. 



SWEET VIBURNUM. SHEEP BERRY. 



(P/aU A' AW//.) 



Vi /'lint It III Lcnlai^o. 



FAMILY SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



/fiVteysuckU, Ro:iiui-(i>/i/>ecf, ^yi'^J"'^- H iidson Hay soutliward May^Juiw. 

 bushy. to C(i. and u'cstwixrif. Fruit: Oct. 



Bark: reddish brown and irregul.ulv broken into small, thin plates. 

 Branches: light green; verv pubescent. Wood: hard; unpleasantly scented. 

 Winter buds: glabrous. 1.,-arcs : simple; opposite; with slender marguied 

 petioles, the borders of which are wavy and upon which brownish glancis are 

 l)orne; ovate, with pointetl apex and rounded base. (|uite subject to variation ; 

 finely and sharply serrate ; bright green; glossy; glabrous. Flowers: small ; 

 white; perfect; growing in broad sessile cymes. Fruit: red, turning later to 

 blue-black; ovoid ; growing in clusters on red petioles ; glaucous ; edible; sweet. 



The sweet viburnum is a small tree. Along the borders of 

 streams and by swamps it rears itself boldly or seeks seclusion 



