. 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. 854 The Viburnums I. WITHE ROD—Viburnum cassinoides Linnaeus The Appalachian tea, as it is also called, is usually a shrab, but sometimes becomes a tree 5 meters high; as a shrub it occurs frequently in swamps and wet thickets from Newfoimd- land to Manitoba south to Florida and Tennessee. The ascending branches are rather slender and have a gray bark. The twigs, leaf-stalk and flower-stalks are usually scurfy. The winter
. 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. 854 The Viburnums I. WITHE ROD—Viburnum cassinoides Linnaeus The Appalachian tea, as it is also called, is usually a shrab, but sometimes becomes a tree 5 meters high; as a shrub it occurs frequently in swamps and wet thickets from Newfoimd- land to Manitoba south to Florida and Tennessee. The ascending branches are rather slender and have a gray bark. The twigs, leaf-stalk and flower-stalks are usually scurfy. The winter leaf-buds are linear, about i cm. long, the flower-buds narrowly ovoid, long-tipped. The thick, ellip- tic to oblanceolate leaves are 5 to 12 cm. long, bright green and smooth or nearly so on the upper side, paler and some- what scurfy on the veins be- FiG. 776- - Withe Rod. j^g^tjj^ abruptly pointed, shghtly scalloped or somewhat wavy on the margin and tapering into a rounded or nar- rowed base, with a leaf-stalk i to 2 cm. long. The many perfect flowers are borne in cymes 5 to 10 cm. across, which are supported on stalks almost as long as the rays; the corolla is white, 4 to 5 mm. broad. The fruit is pink, becoming blue when fully ripe; it is globose to ovoid, 6 to 9 mm. long, with a flattened ovoid stone, and not edible. Although naturally a swamp shrub, this species often grows well when planted in uplands and is desirable for lawns and parks. It flowers from March to July, according to 2. SWEET VIBURNUM—Viburnum Lentago Linnffius Also known as Sheepberry, Sweetberry, Nannyberry, Nanny plum, Nancyberry, Wild raisin. Blackthorn, and Blackhaw, this grows in rich moist soil, especially near streams and swamps, from Ontario to Manitoba and Montana, south to Georgia and Kansas; it frequently becomes a tree, with a maximum height of 10 meters and a trunk diameter of dm. The trunk is short, the slender branches usually drooping. The reddish bark, having a stron
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