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open, and fully exposed to the light and air. The plant roots so readily from 
cuttings and truncheons, that, where the soil is tolerably moist, a plantation 
or a hedge may be made at once, by the use of the latter, instead of employ- 
ing rooted plants, 
% 2. S. cANADE’NsIs L. The Canadian Elder. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 385. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 436. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum,, 2 t. 142.; and our jig. 934. 
Spec. Char., §c. Frutescent. Leaves 
pinnate or sub-pinnate. Leaflets 
about 4 pairs, and an odd one; 
oblong, oval, stiffish, acuminated, 
more or less pubescent beneath, 
sometimes appendiculated at the 
base. Cymes of 5 main branches. 
Flowers almost scentless. Berries 
deep bluish black. (Don’s AMill.) A 
shrub, nearly suffruticose. Canada to 
Carolina, in swamps and near hedges. 
Height 4 ft. to 6ft. Introduced in 
1761. Flowers white; July and 
August. Fruit bluish black ; ripe in , 
September. 
A bush, in foliage resembling the 
common elder, but it is less hardy, and, 
in Britain at least, never assumes any 934. S. canadénsis. 
thing of a tree character. 
B. Leaves pinnate, Flowers panicled. 
& 3. S. racemosa L. The racemose-flowered Elder. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 386. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 438, 
Synonymes. S. montana Cam. Epit. 976.; S_cervini Tabern. 1029. ; Sambuco montana, Ital. 
ngravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. p. 59.; N. Du Ham., 1. t. 56. ; and our jig. 935. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby. Leaves pinnate. 
Leaflets 5, membranous, oblong, acumi- 
nated, serrated, unequal at the base. 
Petioles glabrous. Panicle ovate. Leaves 
pale green, pretty smooth. (Don’s Mill.) 
A low tree or large shrub. Middle and 
South of Europe and Siberia, on moun- 
tains. Height 10 ft. to 12ft. Introduced 
in 1596. Flowers whitish green; April 
and May. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in August. 
. Variety. 
& S. r. 2 lacinidta Koch in Dec. FI. Fr. 
Supp. p.3000.— Leaflets jagged. 
A native of the Palatinate of the # 
Rhine. 
This tree has a splendid appearance 
when covered with its panicles of fine, 
large, scarlet fruit, which resemble minia- 
ture bunches of grapes of the most bril- 
liant scarlet. Its large leaves, with their deeply serrated pinnz, are also 
very ornamental. It grows as freely as the common elder, and deserves a 
place in every collection ; though it is very seldom found, in British gardens, 
of such a size as to display its beauty. e should think it would succeed if 
budded on the common elder ; and, as that species is abundant in many places, 
LL ¢ 
935. S, racemésa. 
