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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART II J. 



Spec. Char., Sec Leaves broad-ovate, acuminated, 

 sharply serrated, glabrous. Petioles with narrow 

 curled margins. Corymbs terminal, sessile. Flowers 

 white. Fruit black. Serratures of leaves hooked ^fs 

 a little, and somewhat cartilaginous. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 440.) A native of North America, from New 

 England to Carolina, among hedges and on the 

 borders of woods; and found throughout Canadi 

 to the Saskatchawan ; forming a shrub from 6 ft. to 

 10 ft. high. It was introduced in 1761, and flowers in 

 July. In British gardens, it forms a robust shrub, 

 or a handsome small tree, flowering freely, and pro- 

 ducing abundance of fruit, which is greedily eaten by 

 birds ; and, from the smallness of its size, and other properties, this species is 

 a very desirable one for the pleasure-grounds of small suburban gardens. 

 It is propagated by layers, or by seeds ; and the two following sorts appear 

 to us to be nothing more than varieties of it. Price of plants, in the Lon- 

 don nurseries, l*« 6d. each ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc ; and at New York, 25 

 cents. 



& ¥ 3. V. (L.) prunifo v lium L. 



The Plum-tree-leaved Viburnum. 



Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 383. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. 

 Synonyme. V. Lentigo Du Rot. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 23. ; Pluk. Aim., t. 46. f. 2. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 38. ; and the plate 

 of this species in Vol. II. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves roundish-obovate and oval, glabrous, rather mem- 

 branous, crenately serrated, ending in a short acumen. Petioles marginate, 

 glabrous. Cymes sessile. Berries ovate or roundish. Flowers white, as 

 in the rest of the species. Berries dark blue. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 440.) It 

 is a native of North America, from New England to Carolina, in hedges 

 and fields ; and also of Canada, about Lake Huron ; where it forms a shrub, 

 growing to the height of 8 ft. or 10 ft. It was introduced in 1731, and 

 produces its flowers in May and June. In British gardens, it is generally a 

 large shrub, or, when trained to a single stem, a very handsome small tree, 

 of considerable durability. Price of plants as in V. Lentago ; and imported 

 American seeds are Is. per packet. 



aa 4. V. (L.) pyrifo v lium Poir. The Pear-tree-leaved Viburnum. 



Identification. Poir. Diet., 5. p. 658. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. ; Lod. Cat, 1836 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit, t. 22, ; and our figs. 781. and 782. 



Spec. Char.,$c. Leaves ovate, acutish, glabrous, subser- 

 rated. Petioles smooth. Corymbs somewhat peduncu- 

 late. Flowers white. Berries ovate-oblong and black. 

 Resembles the preceding species, but is 

 not so straggling in its growth. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 440.) A shrub, growing to 

 the height of from 5 ft. to 8 ft. ; a native 

 of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &c, on the '" 

 banks of rivers ; and flowering in May and 

 June. Introduced in 1812, and frequent 

 in collections. 



•i 5. V. (L„) nu'dum L. The naked-corymbed Viburnum. 



'rod., 4. p. 325. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dcrul. lint., t.20. ; Mill. Icon., 274.; and our fig. 783. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval-oblong, angular at the base 

 roltlte obsolctely crenulated margins, quite glabrous. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 383. j Dec. 

 Synonyme. V. nyrifolimn Voir. 



Wats. Dend. Brit, 1 20. 



, bluntish, with re- 



Petioles beset with 



scale-like BCllrf Ot down. Corymbs pedunculate, not involucrate. Flowers 



whitish. Berries globose, black, or dark blue. (Don's MM., iii. p. 440.) 



