Part 19

Sweet viburnum is an indigenous shrub or small tree, sometimes as tall as 30 feet, and somewhat resembling prunifolium. The winter buds, however, are longer pointed and smooth, the leaves have longer slender stems and are oval, long pointed at the apex, and generally rounded at the base. They are from 2 to 4 inches long, smooth on both surfaces, and sharply toothed. The stemless flower clusters, 2 to 5 inches broad, appear about May, followed by the oval, bluish black, bloom-covered fruit, which matures about October, becoming sweet and edible. (Fig. 45.) The fruit sometimes remains on the shrub until the following spring. It contains a very flat, round or oval seed. Like the cramp-bark tree, the black haw and sweet viburnum both belong to the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceæ).

The bark of the sweet viburnum is also collected in autumn, and is used like prunifolium.

INDEX.

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Aesculus glabra and A. hippocastanum. See Chestnut, horse 37-38

Ague-bark. See Ash, wafer 33-34

tree. See Sassafras 25-26

Alder, American, common, green, notch-leaved, red, smooth, speckled, and swamp. See Alder, tag 18

black, description 34

false, and white. See Alder, black 34

spotted, and striped. See Witch-hazel 27-28

tag, description 18

Allspice, wild. See Spicebush 26-27

Alnus rugosa and A. serrulata. See Alder, tag 18

Amara-dulcis. See Bittersweet 46-47

Angelica-tree. See Ash, prickly 31-33

Arrowwood, Indian. See Wahoo and Dogwood 35, 41-43

Ash, American mountain, description 29-30

white ash, basket-ash, black ash, cane-ash, hoop-ash, swamp-ash, and water-ash. See Ash, white 44-45

bitter. See Wahoo 35

flowering, and poison. See Fringe-tree 45-46

northern prickly. See Ash, prickly 31-33

prickly, description 31-33

sea. See Ash, prickly 31-33

southern prickly. See Ash, prickly 31-33

stinking. See Ash, wafer 33-34

wafer, description 33-34

white, description 44-45