ADDISONIA 35 
(Piate 178) 
VIBURNUM SIEBOLDI 
Siebold’s Viburnum 
Native of Japan 
Family CAPRIFOLIACEAE Hon&YSUCELE Family 
Viburnum Sieboldii Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 2: 267. 1866. 
This isa shrub or small tree of large and vigorous habit, and _ 
requires ample space for its development and display; a garden of 
limited area, therefore, could hardly accommodate it. As a back- 
ground for small shrubs it is well adapted, its tall strong stems 
and large striking leaves lending much character to a group; the 
ample clusters of white flowers, which appear about the middle of 
May in the latitude of New York City, add much to its attractive- 
ness at that time. The fruit, which passes through pink to its 
mature color, a bluish black, ripens in September; at the time of 
fruiting the branches of the cyme turn to a bright seatlet, adding 
much to the beauty of the plant. Where a large vigorous shrub is 
needed, attractive in flower and bright in fruit, there is none to 
excel this. The bruised foliage and wood exhale a disagreeable 
odor, but as this is not manifest under normal conditions, it is 
quite easy to avoid this unpleasantness. 
In its native country this viburnum grows along streams, at the 
foot of mountains in dense woods, so its habitat would suggest a 
plant suitable for shady and moist situations. It is of exceedingly 
easy culture, thriving in sun or shade. It is readily propagated, 
as ‘are most of the viburnums, by seeds, or by greenwood cuttings 
under glass. It was introduced into cultivation in the latter part 
of the nineteenth century by Mr. S. B. Parsons, who brought into 
this country so many valuable Japanese plants. The illustration 
was prepared from a plant which has been in the fruticetum collec- 
tions of the New York Botanical Garden since 1895. 
Siebold’s viburnum is a large shrub or small tree of vigorous up- 
right habit, attaining a height of ten or fifteen feet. Its stout 
branches are pubescent when young with rusty hairs. The opposite 
leaves are deciduous and have stout petioles up to an inch long. 
The blades are oval to obovate-oblong, up to five inches long and 
an inch and a half or two inches wide, crenate-serrate, except at 
the base, acute at the base and rounded at the apex; the upper 
surface is dark green and sparingly a, when young, later 
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glabrous; the lower surface is pal permanently stellate- 
