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SAMBUCrS 



SA.AIPHIRE 



A. Colnr of fruit I'l'irk or hlovJcislt . 



B. Frail Hot ,jUnu:ous. 

 C. H'iijht lJ-.'of(, ichcit full >iro<vn. 



nigra, Linn, (.'ommhn European Eijiek. A lar.i: 

 sliriil) nf small Xvvv. lli-lij ft. high, -with rough. harL 

 old \vuu<,l liard, yellow, tine- grained : Ifts. 5-0: tls. i 



LA V^ 





re. H eight o-U ft. 

 Canadensis, Linn. Common Amekk.'an or Sweet Elder. 

 Fi.LC. 2'1\1. Shrubby, 5-1:2 ft. high; wood with whitf- pith 

 occupying rhe greater part of the stem: Ivs. pinnatf 

 Ifts. 5-11. smooth: lis. white, in a flat cyme: fr. black. 

 June, July. Fruit ripe Aug., Sept. Var. aurea has yel- 

 low foliage. Var. variegata has yellowish white mark- 

 ings. Var. laciniata has the Ifts. vari- 

 ously cut and indented. Var. glaiica 

 has wliitish hairs (.m the leaves. Gng. 

 0:88. (jn. 55, p.;i85. B.B. ;:! :228.-This 

 is the common Eldi-r, blooming in mid- 

 snnnner, and om- id' the cboicest of 

 native shrubs alibnniili sidtb.nj ;i|ipre- 

 ciated. The tiowers are fi'agi'ant. 



.(■., sfroiu/Jif 

 ilij hlooin. ' 

 glaiica, Xntt. Arborescent, 0-18 ft. 

 Iiigli, glabnnis llinuigliout: Ifts. 5-9, 

 ovate to narri.iwly oblong. Pacitic coast 

 (■ast to Idalio and Nev. Seed offered 

 lUai iu S. Calif. Gn. 53, p. GS. 



aa. Color of frnit red. 

 B. PilinJrs ijhihrou^. 

 racemosa, Linn. Lfts. oblong-acn- 

 niinate, unequal at tbe base: tls, pani- 

 culate. Native of Eu. -Asia and closely 

 resembles the next ; perhaps a little 

 taller and the twigs usually 4-angled. 

 Vars. iu the trade are plumosa, plu- 

 mosa aurea and laciniata, wbicli are 

 not equal in vabu' to similar forms of 



BB. Fr}iif q]«>IC, 

 whiluic'l n-ilh 



11at 

 Tb< 



5- rayed cymes : i'r. black or dark green. — May, Jnnr. 

 following horticultural vars. are sullicienily distlu- 

 i;iiisbed by their names: argentea, aurea, heterophylla, 

 laciniata, pulveruleuta, pyramidalis, rotuidifolia, varie- 

 gata. Of these var. <ni rca is disrind by j'.'ason of its 

 yellow foliage: hiriui'ita and Intr roj'JnjlUi by reason 

 of variously cut ll'Is., making them very elTective in 

 mass planting. Yiw. vt/riri/nfi/ is not constant in its 

 variegation. S. In lemplnil hi , lurininhi, rariifi'ita , olr., 

 of tratle catalogue'^, 



presunuib 



of 



nigra. 



S. nigr<f . \uv. j>l/t inosns. ^''a^. aurea, 

 which is boinL;' sent out in llXil, 

 ^eenis to belong to this species. 

 BB. Pctiohs puhcscent. 

 pubens, Michx. Ued-berried Elder. 

 Height 5-7 ft.; wood thicker than in 

 K<. Cajiadi.-iisis, }dth ijrown ; bark 

 warty: lfts. 5-7; tls. in pyramidal 

 paniculate cymes: fr. red. April, May. 

 Fruit ri].>eninu- iu June, while jS'. Vaii- 

 lidensiH is still in flower. N. Anier. 

 i'.B. ;-!:2'28.-'Tlie Anu-rican represeuta- 

 ti^'c of -8'. v'r, ;/;<y,s'r/, and by many 

 eoiisidered to lie identical with that 



^i"-'-'''-^^- JclIN F. COWELL. 



SAMPHIEE(<"'r///M;^/MH Diarifiwiim) 

 ]< llie mune cornqited from aamjiivr, 

 :'-^i If a cfuaaiptiou of the French iSuint 

 ■''•■ne (St. Peter), given to a succu- 

 l:'nt-stemmed, half -hardy perennial, 

 w_dl known upon roidvy coasts above 

 high tide in Great Britain as sea-fen- 

 nel, parsley-pert, and St. Peter's herb. 

 It lielongs to till' family i'nilxjl/iferw. 

 The plants, which attain a height of 

 from 1-2 ft., have somewhnt linear, 

 glaucous-green, tlesliy leaves, 3;? in, 

 lorig, small, wliite (n- yellowish tiowers, 

 whicli appear iu uniliels during -Inly, 

 aTid oblung, yellowish, fennel - like, 

 smallish seoils of liii'ht weight, wliicli 

 ri|.ien in early autumn and lose their 

 germim">ting power within a year. For 

 more than three centuries tlie crisp and 

 aromatic leaves and young stems gath- 

 eri'd in August or SepCenii>er have 

 iised in salads and vinegar jMcklrs. Samphire 

 rarely reaebos pcrfeclion in gardi-ns far fnuu the sea- 

 consr. unh-^s gi'own iq>on sandy it i:-ravelly soil, and 

 watered freqneul ly and plentifully witli weak salt and 

 so(la siJutions. It may be propagateil liy root division, 

 Imt better by sowing the seed as soon as riiie. the plants 

 bi'iug thinned to stand from 1-1 ' n ft. asunder iu rows 

 2-2 'o ft. ai>art. 



< J olden Samphire ( Ftiiiht crithniifoli<i ], a native of tbe 

 nnirslies and sea-coast of (-freat Britain, is an erect 

 hardy perennial, 1-1'- ft. tall, with small, lleshy leaves 



