VIBUENUM 



GUELDEB BOSE OBDEB 



VIBUBNUM 479 



V. coriaceum. — A recently introduced 

 Chinese species with dark evergreen 

 leaves, 3-5 in. long, pointed, smooth, 

 distantly toothed, somewhat resembling 

 those of a green Aucuba. Flowers in 

 summer, white, almost tubular, in small 

 terminal corymbs. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



V. cotinifolium (IndMm- Wayfaring 

 Tree). — A pretty Himalayan shrub 5-10 

 ft. high, with ovate or elliptic leaves, 

 almost entire, rarely coarsely crenate, 

 usually wooUy beneath. Flowers in 

 June, white, in dense terminal corymbs 

 2-3 in. across. 



Culture dc. as above. 



V. dentatum {V. montanuni). — 

 Americam Arrow Wood. — A handsome 

 shrub 5-10 ft. high, native of the Eastern 

 United States. Leaves 2-4 in. across, 

 broadly ovate or roundish, strongly veined, 

 deeply and regularly toothed, often 

 bearded in the axils of the veins. Flowers 

 in June, white, aU small and fertile, in 

 terminal cymes 3-4 in. across. Fruit 

 dark blue or purple, small, ovoid, rarely 

 ripened in this country. There is a 

 variegated form. 



Culture dc. as above. 

 . V. dilatatum. — A handsome Japanese 

 shrub 6-10 ft. high. Leaves 3-5 in. long, 

 varying from roundish to obovate, usually 

 abruptly and bluntly pointed, coarsely 

 and unevenly toothed, slightly hairy, on 

 stalks about ^ in. long. Flowers in June, 

 white, J in. across, in branched cymes 

 2-6 in. across. Fruit brilliant red. This 

 species is still very rare. 



Culture dc. as above. 



V. erosutn, — A sturdy Japanese and 

 Chinese shrub 5 ft. or more high, with 

 much-forked branches, and ovate-pointed 

 leaves, 2-4 in. long, with small, linear 

 stipules. Flowers in summer, greenish- 

 white, in small clusters. Fruit red. 



Culture dc. as above. 



V. furcatum (F. cordifolium). — A rare 

 and handsome Japanese shrub, 12-15 ft. 

 high, with large, broad, almost round 

 leaves, which assume brilliant scarlet and 

 reddish-purple hues in autumn, and con- 

 stitute the chief ornamental value of the 

 plant. 



Culture dc. as above. 



V. Lantana {Wayfaring Tree). — A 

 beautiful British, European and tempe- 

 rate Asiatic tree 12-15 ft. high or more. 



Leaves broadly oblong, heart-shaped, 2-4 

 in. long, serrulate, wrinkled, rich red in 

 autumn, covered with a pale down 

 beneath, also on the young branches. 

 Flowers in May and June, white, ^ in. 

 across, in flat, stoutly rayed cymes. Fruit 

 at first red, afterwards black. There is a 

 rather valueless form, with variegated 

 white and yellow leaves. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



V. lantanoides (F. alnifoUum). — 

 Hobble Bush ; Moosewood. — A beauti- 

 ful N. American shrub or small tree, with 

 roundly ovate or heart-shaped leaves, 3-6 

 in. across, bluntly pointed, closely serrated, 

 beautifully claret-tinted in autumn, with 

 a rusty down on the veins beneath, as 

 well as on the stalks and young branches. 

 Flowers in May, white, the outer ones 

 sterile, an inch or more across, in broad, 

 flat, sessile cymes. Fruit at first coral- 

 red, afterwards dark-purple or black. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species does not succeed in all places. It 

 probably requires a moist and somewhat 

 shady position. It is said to grow well 

 grafted on stocks of F. Lamtana. 



V. Lentago (F. nitidum). — Sheep 

 Berry ; Sweet Viburmim. — A handsome 

 tree 15-30 ft. high, native of Eastern N. 

 America, with long- stalked, shining, ovate 

 or lance-shaped leaves, tapering rather 

 abruptly to a fine point, and minutely 

 and regularly toothed on the margins. 

 Flowers fi-om May to July, creamy white, 

 all fertile, in a sessile cyme. Fruit bluish- 

 black, edible, sweet, oval, about i- in. 

 long. 



Culture dc. as above. 



V. macrocephalum (F. Fortunei). — 

 This beautiful Chinese shrub is said to 

 reach a height of about 20 ft. Leaves 

 bluntly ovate, 2-4 in. long, denticulate, 

 with a roughish down on the under sur- 

 face. Flowers in June, all large and 

 sterile, 1-lJ in. across, pure white, borne 

 on pyramidal trusses. 



The variety Keteleeri is the wild type, 

 from which the cultivated F. macroce- 

 phalum has sprung. It is like the sterile 

 plant in habit, but the centre of the flower 

 trusses have small, fertile flowers, the 

 outer ones only being sterile. 



Culture dc. as above. 



V. molle. — A vigorous shrub 6-12 ft. 

 high, native of the S.E. United States, 

 and closely related to V. dentatum. 



