190 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



Sweet Viljurnum. The sweet viburmim Las a smooth, 

 sheepberry. bright-green leaf about three or 

 Viburnum Lentago. f^ur inches long, closelj and sharp- 

 ly toothed and sharp tipped; the rather long stem 

 has a crinkly edge either side. Its ovate 

 berry, blue-black in color with a bloom, 

 ripens in autunm and is sweet and edi- 

 ble ; it is about half an inch long, and 

 is borne in red - stemmed clusters. 

 The fine white flowers bloom in flat, 

 broad clusters in May or June. The 

 sweet viburnum is a small tree (it 

 grows from 15 to 30 feet high), common 

 in swamps, along streams, and in the 

 woods, through a wide north- 

 ern range extending all the way from 

 Hudson Bay to northern Georgia and 

 from the Atlantic States to south- 

 western Missouri and eastern Nebras- 

 ka. 



Black Haw. ^he black haw is a 

 vihurnum specics of vibumum, 



prumifoUum. ^j^j^ obtuse pointed, 



dark - green leaves from one to two 

 inches long ; the stems are not crinkly on the edges. 

 The flowers and fruit are similar to those of the 

 foregoing variety. The fruit is also edible. The 



Black Haw. 



