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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS viburnum 



S. glauca (S. oalifornica). — A beautiful 

 Elder, native of California and other parts 

 of Western America, where it grows 

 30-50 ft. high. It very much resembles 

 our Common Elder (S. nigra) in the foliage, 

 having lance-shaped serrate leaflets. The 

 whitish flowers appear in early summer, 

 and are succeeded by blackish fruits which 

 are remarkable for the thick bluish-white 

 bloom that covers the surface, and sug- 

 gested the specific name. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. nigra {Common Elder ; Boon Tree ; 

 Bur Tree). — A well-known British tree 

 20-25 ft. high, having leaves divided into 

 2-4 pairs of ovate-oblong, or lance-shaped, 

 serrate leaflets 1-3 in. long. Flowers in 

 May and June, white, in flat-topped 

 cymes 4-6 in. across, succeeded by small 

 black berries, so much used for making 

 Elderberry Wine in many parts of the 

 country. 



There are several fine-leaved varieties, 

 among which may be mentioned : — foliis 

 oMreis — the Golden Elder, with yeUow 

 leaves. A beautiful plant which may be 

 kept dwarf and bushy by pinching out 

 the tips of the young shoots ; lacimiata — 

 Parsley-leaved Elder, a handsome form 

 with finely cut leaves ; monstrosa, with 

 the flowers increased in parts, branches 

 striped, and fruits irregular; rotumcUfoUa, 

 vidth trifoholate leaves and roundish 

 leaflets. There are also silver and golden 

 variegated-leaved forms, and forms with 

 white {leucocarpa), and yellowish-green 

 fruits {vire$cen$). 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. racemosa {Hart's Elder ; Scarlet- 

 Berried Elder).— A. large shrub 10-20 ft. 

 high, native of S. Europe and Siberia, with 

 large pinnate smoothish palegreenleaves; 

 leaflets 5, oblong pointed, serrated, un- 

 equal at the base. Flowers in April and 

 May, white, in panicles, succeeded by 

 scarlet fruits in favourable places. The 

 variety serratifolia is an elegant shrub 

 with deeply out serrated leaflets. There 

 are also forms called laciniata with 

 jagged leaflets, and plumosa with deeply 

 pinnatifid ones. The variety /oMis aureis 

 has yellow foliage ; roamflora has deep 

 pink or purple-tinted blossoms ; spectabiUs 

 has purer white flowers than the type ; 

 and tenuifoUa is a handsome form with 

 the leaf segments cut into narrow strips. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



VIBURNUM. — A genus containing 

 about 80 species of ornamental, deciduous 

 or evergreen trees and shrubs, with 

 opposite, rarely whorled leaves, stalked, 

 entire, serrate or toothed, always simple, 

 with or without stipules. Flowers white 

 or pinkish, jointed on the pedicels, in 

 terminal or axillary cymes, corymbs, or 

 panicles, hermaphrodite, or the outer 

 ones much larger and sterile (as in 

 Hyd/rangea). Calyx-tube turbinate or 

 ovoid ; limb short, equally 5-toothed. 

 Corolla regular, rotate, bell-shaped or 

 tubular, with 5 equal imbricated lobes. 

 Stamens 5, epipetalous. Fruit a 1- 

 seeded, dry or fleshy, round or flattened 

 drupe. 



Culture and Propagation. — Most of 

 the Viburnums are easily grown in any 

 fairly good soil with plenty of moisture at 

 the root in simimer. They are increased 

 by layers ; or by cuttings of the half- 

 ripened young shoots inserted in sandy 

 soil in a cold frame, or under handlights 

 in a shady place. In autumn or winter a 

 little pruning or thinning out of dead or 

 useless branches may be needed, and a 

 good top-dressing of manure will be highly 

 beneficial to the plants. 



The genus is familiar to almost every 

 one by means of the Snowball Tree or 

 Guelder Eose (F. Opulus) and the 

 Laurustinus {V. Tinus). But there are 

 several other fine species in cultivation, 

 all worth growing either in borders or 

 shrubberies, or in groups by themselves 

 on grass &c. 



V. acerifolium {Dockmackie). — A 

 pretty compact shrub about 4 ft. high, 

 native of the N.E. United States. 

 Leaves roundish, Maple-like, somewhat 

 coarsely toothed and 3-lobed, downy 

 beneath, 4-5 in. across, becoming a 

 bright claret colour in autumn. Flowers 

 in May and June, white, on slender 

 stalked cymes 2-3 in. across, with very 

 few sterile blossoms, or none. Fruit 

 black, oval. 



Culture dc. as above. 



V. cassinoides. — A compact shrub 

 about 6 ft. high, native of swampy places 

 in N. America. Leaves 3-4 in. long, 

 thick, leathery, ovate-oblong. Flowers 

 in June, yellowish-white, in flat cymes 

 4-5 in. across. Fruit handsome, rosy at 

 first, changing to bluish-black. 



Culture dc. as above. 



