. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON TREES AND SHRUBS. 417 U. m. vars. macrophylla, atropurpurea, laciniata, and cinerea are by no means so well known as they deserve to be. U. alata is a green-leaved kind with distinct cork-like bark. It rarely exceeds 35 ft. in height. Vacciniums are useful shrubs and very free-flowering. Those here mentioned are quite hardy and delight in peaty Fig. 268.—Viburnum Opulus sterile. V. corymbosum (Swamp Blueberry) often grows about 7ft. high, and carries dense clusters of pale pink flowers in May and June on th
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON TREES AND SHRUBS. 417 U. m. vars. macrophylla, atropurpurea, laciniata, and cinerea are by no means so well known as they deserve to be. U. alata is a green-leaved kind with distinct cork-like bark. It rarely exceeds 35 ft. in height. Vacciniums are useful shrubs and very free-flowering. Those here mentioned are quite hardy and delight in peaty Fig. 268.—Viburnum Opulus sterile. V. corymbosum (Swamp Blueberry) often grows about 7ft. high, and carries dense clusters of pale pink flowers in May and June on the previous year's- wood. V. pennslyvanicum (Dwarf Blueberry) is a showy, low, much-branched autumnal - tinted shrub bush, with' racemes of pale rose-coloured flowers, succeeded by sweet bluish-black berries. V. uliginosum and V. stamineum are also noteworthy. 2 E. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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