. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1610 SAMBUCUS SAMPHIEE A. Color of fruit black or blacTcish. B. Fruit not glaucoua. c. Height 12-25 ft. when full grown, nigra, Linn. Comsion European Elder. A large shrub or small tree, 12-25 tt. high, with rough bark; old wood hard, yellow, fine-grained: Ifts. 5-9: fls. in. 2247. Common Elder, blooming in sum
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1610 SAMBUCUS SAMPHIEE A. Color of fruit black or blacTcish. B. Fruit not glaucoua. c. Height 12-25 ft. when full grown, nigra, Linn. Comsion European Elder. A large shrub or small tree, 12-25 tt. high, with rough bark; old wood hard, yellow, fine-grained: Ifts. 5-9: fls. in. 2247. Common Elder, blooming in summer—Sambucus Canadensis (X J^). flat 5-rayed cymes: fr. black or dark green. —May, June. The following horticultural vars. are sufficiently distin- guished by their names: arg^ntea, aurea, heterophylla, lacini^ta, pulverul6nta, pyramidalis, rotuudifolia, varie- gata. Of these var. aurea is distinct by reason of its yellow foliage; laciniata and heterophylla by reason of variously cut Ifts., making them very effective in mass planting. Var. variegata is not constant in its variegation. S. heterophylla, laciniata., variegata, etc., of trade catalogues, are presumably varieties of S. n igra. CO. Eeight 5-12 ft. Canadensis, Liun. Common American or Sweet Elder. Fig. 2247. Shrubby, 5-12 ft. high; wood with white pith occupying the greater part of the stem: Ivs. pinnate- Ifts. 5-11, smooth: fls. white, in a flat cyme: fr. black. June, July. Fruit ripe Aug., Sept. Var. aurea has yel- low foliage. Var. variegata has yellowish white mark- ings. Var. laciniata has the Ifts. vari- ously cut and indented. Var. glauca has whitish hairs on the leaves. Gng. 6:88. , p. 385. 3 is the common Elder, blooming in mid- summer, and one of the choicest of native shrubs although seldom appre- ciated. The flowers are fragrant. BB. Fruit glancous, , strongly ivhitetied with a mealy hloom. glaiica, Nutt. Arborescent, 6-18 ft. high, glabrous throughout: Ifts. 5-9, ovate to narro
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