. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. American Elder 851 late, 4 to 12 cm. long and pointed; the base is somewhat wedge-shaped, oblique or slightly rounded, the margins toothed by incurved thick-pointed teeth. The numerous creamy white flowers are borne in flattish pubescent cymes i to 2 dm. across; the corolla is 5 to 8 mm. broad, deeply divided into 5 ovate-oblong lobes. The fruit is about 6 mm. in diameter, rather juicy, almost black and without bloom; the
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. American Elder 851 late, 4 to 12 cm. long and pointed; the base is somewhat wedge-shaped, oblique or slightly rounded, the margins toothed by incurved thick-pointed teeth. The numerous creamy white flowers are borne in flattish pubescent cymes i to 2 dm. across; the corolla is 5 to 8 mm. broad, deeply divided into 5 ovate-oblong lobes. The fruit is about 6 mm. in diameter, rather juicy, almost black and without bloom; the seeds are small and rough. The wood is soft, coarse-grained, and brownish, with a specific gravity of about The fruit is eaten by Mexicans £ind Indians, and the tree is sometimes planted for ornament and shade. 4. AMERICAN ELDER — Sambucus canadensis Linnaeus Also called Sweet elder and Elderberry, this species occurs from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to Florida, and west to Kansas and Texas. The West Indian plant is also referred to this species. Usually a shrub, it attains the dignity of a tree at the South, where it reaches a height of 6 meters, with a trunk di- ameter of 3 dm. The dark brown bark is 3 to 5 mm. thick, brown and fissured into many elongated scales. The thick soft twigs are hght brown in color, and filled with a white pith. The winter buds, placed above the trian- gular leaf scar, are rather small and covered with many scales. The leaves are bright green above, lighter and smooth underneath or with a few silky hairs on the veins; the short-stalked leaflets, usually 7 in number, are 3 to 13 cm. long and about one third as wide, oblong to oval, rounded at the slightly unequal base, taper-pointed and toothed by small, sharp, incurved •teeth; the terminal leaflet is generally somewhat broader than the others; the tree in the South frequently has the lower pair of leaflets pinnately divided. The numerous fragrant flowers are borne in broad nearly flat
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