. Forest and stream . pped cymes, yellowish-white, with heavy odor. Richsoil, in open places; June. pubens (Red-benied Elder).—Common in hillypastures and rocky woods. Hudsons Bay to the variety having white berries was discovered by Mr. JamesHogg gTowing on the Catskill Mountains. According to Eliason, the flowers of the elder contain avolatile oil, acrid resin and tannin. The berries containmalic and citric acids, sugai, pectin and coloring bark, leaves and flowers are used medicimdlv, but onlythe flowers and berries are recognized as officinal in theUnited
. Forest and stream . pped cymes, yellowish-white, with heavy odor. Richsoil, in open places; June. pubens (Red-benied Elder).—Common in hillypastures and rocky woods. Hudsons Bay to the variety having white berries was discovered by Mr. JamesHogg gTowing on the Catskill Mountains. According to Eliason, the flowers of the elder contain avolatile oil, acrid resin and tannin. The berries containmalic and citric acids, sugai, pectin and coloring bark, leaves and flowers are used medicimdlv, but onlythe flowers and berries are recognized as officinal in theUnited States Pharmacopo-ia. The young leaf buds aresaid to be a violent and unsafe purgative. Bluebirds, cat-birds, robins and cedar birds feed on the berries of the eld-ers ; and the vireo or greenlet (Vireo noveboracensis) deUghtsto build its pensile nest where grows the elder and cat brier{Smilax), for from the silken cocoon of the Attacus it obtainsmuch of the material with which to line and suspend itsbeautiful COCOON OP ATTACUS CECKOPIA. The flowers, when kept in a dry state, are prepared as fol-lows: The cymes, after being gathered, are thrown togetherin a large heap and left for a few hours until they becomesomewhat heated, the corollas, the part especially required,then fall off from the flowers, and are afterward separatedfrom the stalks by shaking, rubbing, and sifting, after whichthey are dried quickly to prevent their turning black. Wellprepared flowers of the common elder bring in the NewYork market from tight to ten cents per pound. Fromthe flowers a wholesome and gently excitant sudorific is pre-pared; also an ointment for ulcers, burus, and syrup is made from them, and rock candy for England, elder flower water is prepared from what isknown as picked elder flowers. The flowers are separatedfrom their stalks, after which they are placed in layers ofcommon salt in any well closed vessel, usually a cask, thelayers of salt and flowers bei
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