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The Lantana Viburnum, V. lantanoides. — The under-sides of 

 the leaves and branches covered with a white down. Flowers 

 abundant ; May and June. Decaying leaves a deep red. Loudon 

 says that when grown on a single stem, it becomes a handsome, 

 durable small tree from twelve to fifteen feet in height. A very 

 rapid grower. 



The American Lantana Viburnum, V. lantanoides. — Simi- 

 lar to the above. Flowers in May, and holds its foliage very 

 late. 



The Cotinus-leaved Viburnum, V. cotinifolium, has foliage 

 covered with gray down on both surfaces. Flowers small, bell- 

 shaped, tinted with pink, and in large clusters, in April and May. 

 A variety rare in our nurseries. 



The Japan Viburnum, V. plicatum, is a vigorous, hardy vari- 

 ety, with rough dark-purple tinted leaves, and balls of flowers 

 slightly tinted with rose color. 



The Great-leaved Viburnum, V. machrophyllum, is a variety 

 with very large leaves, said to have " immense clusters of flowers, 

 greatly more showy than the old sort." 



The Maple-leaved Viburnum, V. acirifolium, is a pretty 

 native shrub from four to six feet high, with umbellate clusters of 

 white flowers, less showy than those of the common snow-ball. 



The Pliant-branched Viburnum, V. lentago, an indigenous 

 variety that forms a robust shrub, or low tree, from six to ten feet 

 high, bearing large umbrels of small white flowers in July. De- 

 caying leaves purple, red and yellow. Naked young wood yellow- 

 ish and reddish-green. Fruit black, in September. 



The Plum-tree-leaved Viburnum. V. prunifolium. — The; 

 foliage of this variety resembles that of both the pear and the 

 plum tree, and is less luxuriant than many other varieties. It 

 flowers profusely in May and June. Fruit dark blue ; ripe in Sep- 

 tember. Height eight to ten feet. Growth rather thin and strag- 

 ling. 



The Pear-tree-leaved Viburnum, V. pyrifolium, resembles 

 the preceding, but of less straggling growth. Fruit black ; Sep- 

 tember. 



The Tooth-leaved Viburnum or Arrow-wood, V. dentatunt 



