. 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. 956. V. O^ulUB, Viorne-Obler, I'Obier d'Europe, Fr.; SchwalkeDbeer Stranch, Wasserholder, Schne«ball, Ger.; Maggi, ItaL Derivation. Altered from P6pulus, the poplar, from some supposed resemblance between tbe leaves of the plant and those of the poplar. The English name. Guelder Rose, is


. 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. 956. V. O^ulUB, Viorne-Obler, I'Obier d'Europe, Fr.; SchwalkeDbeer Stranch, Wasserholder, Schne«ball, Ger.; Maggi, ItaL Derivation. Altered from P6pulus, the poplar, from some supposed resemblance between tbe leaves of the plant and those of the poplar. The English name. Guelder Rose, is derived from Guelderland, where the double-flowered variety was first originated. Engravings. Engl. Eot., t. 332.; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 39. ; and ourjSg. 959. Spec. Char., ![c. Quite glabrous in every part. Leaves broad, 3-lobed, acumi- nated, unequally serrated, veiny. Petioles beset with glands towards the top, and several oblong leafy appendages lower down. Cymes pedunculate, white, with linear bracteas; with several of the | marginal flowers dilated, flat, radiant, and without stamens or pistils. Seed compressed. (Don's Mill.) A shrub or low tree. Europe, and part of Asia, in moist hedges and swampy thickets ; fre- quent in Britain, and also in Sweden, as far north as lat. 61°. Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. in a wild state, and higher in gardens. Flowers white; May and^ June. Fruit elliptical, crowned by the limb of the calyx, bright red, very juicy, but bitter and nauseous. Decaying leaves beautiful pink or crimson. Naked young wood smooth, green. Varieties. a V. O. 2 sterilis Dec. Prod. iv. p. 328., Don's Mill. iii. p. 442. F. 0. roseum Rcem. et Schult. Sj/st. vi. p. 635. ; the Snow-ball Tree, or Guelder Kose; Rose de Gueldres, Pellotte de Neige, Boule de Neige, Poire molle, Fr. ; Schneeballe, Ger.—The specific name roseum is applied on account of the form of the flowers, and not because of their colour. Layers, sometimes by suckers, or it might be grafted on the species, jt V


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