XL. CAPRIFOLIA‘CEZ ! VIBU’/RNUM. 523 
qi ene le, VYObier d’Europe, Fr.; Schwalkenbeer Strauch, Wasserholder, Schneeball, Ger. ; 
Dewan Altered from Pépulus, the poplar, from some supposed resemblance between the 
leaves of the plant and those of the poplar. The English name, Guelder Rose, is derived from 
Guelderland, where the double-flowered variety was first originated. 
Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 332.; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 39. ; and our jig. 955. 
Spec. Char. §c. Quite glabrous in every 
part. Leaves broad, 3-lobed, acumi- 
nated, unequally serrated, veiny. Petioles 
beset with glands towards the top, and 
several oblong leafy appendages lower 
down. Cymes pedunculate, white, with 
linear bracteas; with several of the § 
marginal flowers dilated, flat, radiant, 
and without stamens or pistils. Seed 
compressed. (Don’s Mill.) A shrub or 
low tree. Europe, and part of Asia, in 
moist hedges and swampy thickets ; fre- 
quent in Britain, and also in Sweden, as 
far north as lat. 61°. Height 6 ft. to 
12 ft. in a wild state, and higher in 
gardens. Flowers white; May and 
June. Fruit elliptical, crowned by the : 
limb of the calyx, bright red, very juicy, 955. V. O'pulus. 
but bitter and nauseous. Decaying 
leaves beautiful pink or crimson. Naked young wood smooth, green. 
Varieties. 
a V. O, 2 stérilis Dec. Prod. iv. p. 328., Don’s Mill. iii. p.442. V.O. 
roseum Ram, et Schult. Syst. vi. p. 635. ; the Snow-ball Tree, or 
Guelder Rose; Rose de Gueldres, Pellotte de Neige, Boule de 
Neige, Poire molle, Fr. ; Schneeballe, Ger.—The specific name 
rdseum is applied on account of the form of the flowers, and not 
because of their colour. Layers, sometimes by suckers, or it might 
be grafted on the species. 
a V. O. 3 folis variegatis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 has the leaves variegated 
with white and yellow. 
a V. O. 4ndna Hort.—A very distinct little plant, scarcely 1 ft. in height. 
Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
The Guelder rose, in a wild state, is not remarkable for the beauty of its 
flowers ; but its bright red berries, which ripen in September, and which, to- 
wards the middle of October, assume a beautiful pink, almost compensate for 
the inferiority of the species to the variety in point of flowers. The leaves of 
both die off of a fine red on the first approach of frost. The snow-ball tree, 
or the Guelder rose (V. O. 2 stérilis), is one of the most ornamental shrubs, 
or low trees, that can be planted in a pleasure-ground. 
s 16. V. (O.) acertro'Lium LZ. The Maple-leaved Guelder Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 383.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 203.; Dec. Prod., 
4. p. 327.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 442. 
Engravings. Vent. Hort. Cels., t.72.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 118.; and 
our fig. 956. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branchlets and petioles pilose. Leaves 
ovate-cordate, usually 3-lobed, acuminated, sharply 
and loosely serrated, downy beneath. FPetioles gland- 
less, and, when young, stipulaceous at the base, and 
rather tomentose. Corymbs terminal, pedunculate, 
not radiant. (Don’s Mill.) A low shrub. New Eng- 
land to Carolina, in rocky mountainous situations. 
Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers 
white ; May and June. Fruit black, oval, and com- 
pressed ; ripe in September. 966. V. 0. acerifotium. 
