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The Rusty Nannyberry is the hirgest Ameri- 

 can representative of the genus, attaining tlie 

 height of 40 ft., with a truul^ sometimes 12 

 or IS in. in diameter, but it is generally a 

 smaller tree and is sometimes shrubby, sending 

 up from the ground several stems. The bark 

 of trunk, like that of the other arborescent 

 Viburnums, is fissured into more or less pro- 

 nounced squares, by a transverse cheeking of 

 its prominent longtitudinal ridges. 



When isolated it develops a rather wide ir- 

 regular open to]i, and, with its ample shining 

 leaves and large flower clusters, it is a tree of 

 unusual beauty in s])ring-time; and hardly less 

 so later in autumn, when bearing its conspicu- 

 ous fruit. It is well worthy of being plante 1 

 for ornamental purposes, in parks and private 

 gi'ounds, and has been found to be hardy as far 

 north as JIassachusetts. 



The -nood is fine-grained, heavy and hard, 

 but. as is the ca.se \\ith the nortliern Nanny- 

 berry, the heart-wood possesses such a strong, 

 disagreeable odor as to render it undesirable 

 for most uses, c\'cn if it were procurable in 

 quantities. The disagreeable odor of the wood 

 is communicated to the smoke when burning. 



Lrarr.t aval to elliptical and obovato, rounded 

 or obtuse at base and mostl.v obtuse or occasionally 

 acute at aijex. lincl.v and sharpl.y serrate, at ma- 

 turity coriaceous lustrous dark green alMue. [>aler 

 and with riit'ons liairs on midrib and prominent 

 veins beneath and the wide grooved and margined 

 petioles. Flower.'^ 14 in. in diameter, in com- 

 pound rusty-pubescent cymes sometimes n or (5 in. 

 across. Fruit, ripe in October, oblong, blue witli 

 glaucous l^loora, about V^ in. long, in f''\v-fruiti'd 

 clusters with drooping red stems ; stone tlat, 

 nearly orbicular. 



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