FLOWERING SHRUBS 
and lobed, coarsely-toothed and slightly downy underneath. 
The fruit is dark purple or black, hard and flat, not edible. 
There is a larger species which is known as the Larger 
Dockmackie or Indian Arrow-wood (V. dentatum—L.). The 
Indians used the long straight wand-like branches of this 
shrub, when seasoned by the smoke of the wigwam, for the 
shafts of their arrows; but since they have been able to 
obtain rifles the flint arrow-heads have fallen into disuse 
and are found no more in the Indian wigwam. This primi- 
tive weapon (formidable it must have been) is found only 
on old battle-fields, or by chance the settler picks up one 
in turning the soil on his new burnt fallow, wonders at the 
curious shaped flint, and perhaps brings it home, but more 
likely casts it away. It is a type of the uncared-for race 
whose forefathers shaped the stone with infinite care and 
pains. 
There is another Viburnum, 
SHEEPBERRY—SWEETBERRY—V. Lentago (L.). 
This species is found in rocky ravines and on the sides of 
dry hills. The fruit is sweet and pleasant, and when cooked, 
with the addition of red currants, forms a very nice preserve, 
pudding or pie. As the work of settlement goes on many of 
our familiar wild shrubs and flowers disappear from their 
old localities, and in time will be exterminated. Many, too, 
that might be introduced into cultivated grounds and prove 
floral ornaments in gardens, or useful for kitchen purposes, 
are doomed to be lost or utterly neglected. 
Ig there no wealthy botanist, with ample means to do so, 
who will form a garden on a large scale and gather together 
the forest flowers, shrubs and ferns of Canada? It would 
be a work of great interest. 
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