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stems. Few trees are handsomer for parks than 
this Viburnum with cut parsley-like foliage, and 
smooth ash-colored bark. 
Viburnum Molle is the soft arrow-wood of 
Kentucky. It has blue oily fruit succeeding the 
flowers. 
Viburnum Uentatum is the hard Arrow-wood 
the Indians used for arrows. Viburnum Lantanoides 
is known as the Hobble-Bush on account of the 
straggling branches which bend, or hobble over, 
taking root at the ends, making loops. The 
botanical name is from resemblance to the Lan- 
tana or May faring tree of Europe. It can be 
pruned and trained into tree form, not allowing 
the lateral branches to hobble and take root. The 
leaves are large, round — ovate, heart shaped at 
base, sharply pointed at the apex, closely serrate 
and pinnately richly viened. The white flower 
cymes arevery showy, and are followed by beauti- 
ful scarlet seed-berries. This fruit is not edible, 
but quite ornamental. 
Viburnum Nudum is the White-Rod native to 
our forests from New England to Florida. 
Viburnum Pauciflorum is one of our haidiest 
trees, growing far north on mountain sides. 
Viburnum Cassinoides is much adapted in New 
Orleans as a park tree, and also in private gardens. 
It is a distinguished beauty among flowering trees. 
The rich green foliage is glossy in varnished bright- 
ness and the creamy-white flowers are produced 
in the greatest abundance. In northern parts the 
foliage is leathery and of rather a dull green, but 
in the south is of a lively hue. The flowers are 
in flat, pedunculate, five-rayed cymes, four or five 
inches in diameter. 
The blooms are succeeded by conspicuous seed- 
berries, which are first pale green, then bright 
carmine and finally blue black; green, red and 
blue-black berries will frequently be seen in the 
same clusters. 
Audubon Park, New Orleans is rich in Vibur- 
num Suspensum, w'hich is evergreen, bright and 
shining foliage and white flowers. 
Viburnum Tinus, the popular Lauristinus is a 
tub plant, not much used except as a cool green 
house' flowering shrub. 
This extensive genus of flowering and berry- 
bearing ornamental trees are natives of Europe, 
Asia and North America, but not found in the 
tropics. They are more ornamental in America 
than elsewhere. The temperate climate suits 
them, and one kind or another may safely be 
planted in gardens and parks anywhere from the 
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. 
Our native trees, particularly the flow^ering, 
fine foliaged, and berry-bearing trees are now 
being preserved with special care in arboretums 
and parks. Among them all none exceed the 
showy, neat and comely Viburnums. None are 
more worthy of culture. G. T. Drcnnan. 
The Canadian Horticulturists are rapidly assim- 
ilating American ideas in connection with the 
development of their resources and possibilities, 
and we know very little of the progress they are 
making. The question is now being agitated of 
sending out from the several headquarters of the 
Dominion Department of Agriculture expert lec- 
turers to speak before the Horticultural societies 
on floriculture and fruit culture. The work is not 
yet recognized by the department, but strong 
efforts are to be made to induce the authorities to 
give ahelpinghand to the s.'cieties. The Canadians 
are bending every effort to create a large fruit ex- 
port trade and the experimental stages promise 
good results. 
