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to 10 feet high, native of Chosen. The small, light 
green leaves and the small umbels of white flowers, 
followed by the Jet black berries, make this plant 
very ornamental. (Adapted from note of F. N. Meyer.) 
Viburnum sargentii Koehne. (Caprif oliaceae . ) 43734. 
Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Ar- 
nold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 
Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A shrub, grow- 
ing to a height of from 5 to 8 feet, with roundish 
leaves, and flowers in flat corymbs. The rounded 
fruits are scarlet or orange-scarlet, and ripen in 
September. (Adapted from Florists' Exchange.) 
Viburnum theiferum Rehder. (Caprif oliaceae . ) 43735. 
Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Ar- 
nold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 
Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A decidous shrub 
of erect habit, up to 12 feet in height, with smooth 
gray stems. The narrowly oval leaves are sharply ser- 
rate, taper-pointed, and dark green above. The white 
flowers are all perfect, and are produced in terminal 
cymes 1| to 2 inches in with. The red fruit is egg- 
shaped and nearly £ Inch long. This shrub is a native 
of central and western China. The specific name re- 
fers to the use of the leaves by the monks of Mount 
Omei as a kind of tea. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees 
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 657.)- 
Viburnum wrightii Mlquel. ( Caprif oliaceae . ) 43736. 
Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Ar- 
nold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 
Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A deciduous 
shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with erect stems. The bright 
green leaves are 2 to 5 inches in length, and are 
slenderly pointed. The white flowers are all perfect, 
and are produced in May on smooth or downy- stalked , 
five-rayed cymes, 2 to 4 inches in width. The roundish 
oval red fruits are 1/3 inch long. This shrub is a 
native of Japan and China. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, 
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, 
p. 660.) 
