DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 
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The Lantana Viburnum, V. lantanoides. —The under-sides of 
the leaves and branches covered with a white down. Flowers 
abundant; May and June. Decaying leaves a deep red. Loudon 
says that when grown on a single stem, it becomes a handsome, 
durable small tree from twelve to fifteen feet in height. A very 
rapid grower. 
The American Lantana Viburnum, V. lantanoides. —Simi¬ 
lar to the above. Flowers in May, and holds its foliage very 
late. 
The Cotinus-leaved Viburnum, V. cotinifolium , has foliage 
covered with gray down on both surfaces. Flowers small, bell¬ 
shaped, tinted with pink, and in large clusters, in April and May. 
A variety rare in our nurseries. 
The Japan Viburnum, V. plicatmn , is a vigorous, hardy vari¬ 
ety, with rough dark-purple tinted leaves, and balls of flowers 
slightly tinted with rose color. 
The Great-leaved Viburnum, V. machrophyllum , is a variety 
with very large leaves, said to have “ immense clusters of flowers, 
greatly more showy than the old sort.” 
The Maple-leaved Viburnum, V. acerifolium , is a pretty 
native shrub from four to six feet high, with umbellate clusters of 
white flowers, less showy than those of the common snow-ball. 
The Pliant-branched Viburnum, V. lentago , an indigenous 
variety that forms a robust shrub, or low tree, from six to ten feet 
high, bearing large umbrels of small white flowers in July. De¬ 
caying leaves purple, red and yellow. Naked young wood yellow¬ 
ish and reddish-green. Fruit black, in September. 
The Plum-tree-leaved Viburnum. V. prunifolium. —The 
foliage of this variety resembles that of both the pear and the 
plum tree, and is less luxuriant than many other varieties. It 
flowers profusely in May and'June. Fruit dark blue; ripe in Sep¬ 
tember. Height eight to ten feet. Growth rather thin and strag- 
ling. 
The Pear-tree-leaved Viburnum, V. pyrifolium , resembles 
the preceding, but of less straggling growth. Fruit black; Sep¬ 
tember. 
The Tooth-leaved Viburnum or Arrow-wood, V. dentatum 
