THE GUELDER ROSE. 
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extremes of heat and cold that have produced the hairy cover- 
ing of V. Ia7itana. The stems and branches are c^uite smooth, 
and the leaf-buds are wrapped in scales. The young leaves, 
it is true, when they break from the bud, are covered with 
Guelder Kose. 
, A, fruit ; B, flowers. 
down, but they throw this off as they expand to their full 
size, and become smooth on either side. Instead of the leaf 
being heart-shaped, it is divided into three deeply toothed 
lobes, and it will be noted that at the base of the leaf-stalk 
there is a pair of slender stipules, which lantana. never has. 
