. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XL. CAPRIFOLIA CEiE : SAMBU CUS. 513 open, and fully exposed to the light and air. The plant roots so readily from cuttings and truncheons, that, where the soil is tolerably moist, a plantation or a hedge may be made at once, by the use of the latter, instead of employ- ing rooted plants
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XL. CAPRIFOLIA CEiE : SAMBU CUS. 513 open, and fully exposed to the light and air. The plant roots so readily from cuttings and truncheons, that, where the soil is tolerably moist, a plantation or a hedge may be made at once, by the use of the latter, instead of employ- ing rooted plants. * 2. 5. canade'nsis L. The Canadian Elder. limtification. Lin. Sp., 385.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 436. Engravings. Schmidt Bamn., 2,1142.; and our Jig, 934. Spec. Char., Sfc. Frutescent. Leaves pinnate or sub-pinnate. Leaflets about 4 pairs, and an odd one; oblong, oval, stiffish, acuminated, more or less pubescent beneath, sometimes appendiculated at the base. Cymes of 5 main branches. Flowers almost scentless. Berries deep bluish black. (Bon's Milt.) A shrub, nearly suffiuticose. Canada to Carolina, in swamps and near hedges. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1761. Flowers white; July and August. Fruit bluish black ; ripe in September. A bush, in foliage resembling the fommon elder, but it is less hardy, and, in Britain at least, never assumes any thing of a tree 934. £, canad^osia. B. Leaves pinnate. Flowers panicled. a 3. S. RACEUO^SA L. The ^owered Elder. Identification. Lin. Sp., 386. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. Synonymes. S. montSna Cam. Epit. 976.; S. cervlni Tabem. 1029.; Sambuco montana, Itat. Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. p. 59. j N. Du Ham., 1. t 56. ; and our,^^. 935. Spec. Char., Sfc. Shrubby. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets 5, membranous, oblong, acumi- nated, serrated, unequal at the base. Petioles glabrous. Panicle ovate. Leaves pale green, pretty smooth. (Don's Mill.) A low tree or large shrub. Middle and South of Europe and Siberia, on moun-
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