. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ELDER 227. Fio. 370. âEuropean Eed-berried Elder. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ELDER * Color of fruit black or nearly so. (A.) A. Height 5-12 feet; stems with large very white pith filling over half the diameter; leaves with 5-11 usually smooth notched hlades ; flowers fragrant in broad clusters, June, July; fruit ripe Aug., Sept. Common American Elder (.368) â Sambucus canadensis. A. Height 12-26 feet; with rough bark, less abundant pith and earlier bloom, May. European Black Elder (369) â Sam- bucus nigra. A
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ELDER 227. Fio. 370. âEuropean Eed-berried Elder. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ELDER * Color of fruit black or nearly so. (A.) A. Height 5-12 feet; stems with large very white pith filling over half the diameter; leaves with 5-11 usually smooth notched hlades ; flowers fragrant in broad clusters, June, July; fruit ripe Aug., Sept. Common American Elder (.368) â Sambucus canadensis. A. Height 12-26 feet; with rough bark, less abundant pith and earlier bloom, May. European Black Elder (369) â Sam- bucus nigra. A. Height 6-18 feet; with the fruit strongly whitened with bloom and not polished as in the above species. Pacific coast species. Californian Elder â Sambucus glaiica. * Color of fruit red (rarely white). (B.) B. Height 5-7 feet; flowers in elongated clusters, April and May, and berries ripe in June; twigs round; pith brown. Eed-berried Elder â Sambucus ptibens. B. Similar to the last but somewhat tallerand with the twigs often 4-angled and the leaf-stalk .smoother. European Ked-bereibd Elder (370) â â Sambucus racem6sa. The black-berried Elders have many cultivated varieties of great beauty and among them are the cut-leaved forms, laoinikta (371); the golden- leavedâ aiirea (372), and the variegated-leaved, varieg^ta, under both. 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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