. 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. 516 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. plants might be trained to a single stem, and budded with S. raceraosa standard high. It is very ornamental in the Paris gardens. * 4. S. (r.) pu'bens Michx. The downy Elder. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 181.; . Don's Mill., 3. p.
. 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. 516 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. plants might be trained to a single stem, and budded with S. raceraosa standard high. It is very ornamental in the Paris gardens. * 4. S. (r.) pu'bens Michx. The downy Elder. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 181.; . Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. Synonymes. S. racemdsa Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 279., but not of Lin.; S. pub6scens Lodd. Cat. Engravings. Our fig. 936. from a living plant la the Chelsea Botanic Garden. Spec. Char., Sfc. Shrubby. Leaves pin- nate. Leaflets 5, membranous, ovate- lanceolate, or o'blong, acuminated, serrated, pubescent, but chiefly on the under side. Panicle thyrsoid. {Don's Mill.) A large shrub or low tree. Carolina to Canada, on the highest mountains. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. sometimes 12 ft. Introd. 1812. Flowers whitish; April and May Berries red ; ripe in August. Closely resembling 5. racemosa, of which it is probably only a variety. Sir W. J. Hooker mentions a variety with 7 leaflets, which may be designated S. [r.) p. 2 heptaphylla. Genus S36. S. (r.; pbbens. [iJ[a FIBU'RNUM L. The Viburnum. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Trigynia. Idenliflcation. Lin. Gen., p. 370.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 323.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. Synnnynies. O'pulus, ribOrnum, and Tinus, Taurn. Inst. p. 607. t. 376. and 377.; nbtirnum and 0 pulus, Mcench Mcfh. p. 505. ; Viorne, Fr.; Schneeball, Ger. ; Viburno, Ital. Derivation. According to Vaillant, the word ribiirnum is derived from the Latin word vieo, to tie; on account of the pliability of the branches of some species. Viburna, in the plural, appears to have been applied by the ancients to any shrubs that were used for binding or tying. Gen. Char. limb smal
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