Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
with a few introduced varieties, lending a charm to 
numerous walks throughout the southerly portion of the 
Park. The viburnums lack some of the attractions of 
other shrubs, are not odorous and fine-foliaged, in fact 
are a little coarse-fibred ; but they have a style of their 
own—and individuality always commands a premium 
—are strong and hardy and running over with petaled 
whiteness, and in the embellishment of large grounds 
can scarcely be omitted. 
One of the most showy of the class is the so-called 
guelder rose, or snowball-tree, covered with dense masses 
of large sterile flowers, a modified form of the cranberry- 
tree—the term ‘‘tree’’ being only complimentary in 
both cases, as the height is only five to ten feet. The 
Japanese snowball, V. pdicatum, the finest in the Park, 
has abundant ‘‘ heads’’ and a handsome leaf, not flat, 
but distinctly plicate or plaited, from which comes its 
specific name. Quite common is the species called 
arrow-wood (dentatum) with full heads of small perfect 
flowers (¢.¢., with pistil and stamens). With similar 
flowers but very different foliage is the black haw, both 
tree and shrub, described elsewhere. In the same list 
are the withe-rod, downy-leaved viburnum, and maple- 
leaved arrow-wood, which one is glad to meet in wood- 
land rambles, but would look a little askance at, if they 
forced their way into the select society of cultivated 
grounds. But the cranberry-tree and the hobble-bush, 
with large marginal sterile flowers surrounding the com- 
pact clusters, are important enough to be availed of 
in the Park. With the immense volume of color de- 
manded in such an area, one must not be too fastidious 
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