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Title: Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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ingled, the white flowers of the former contrastingstrongly with the red fruit of the latter. Readily propa-gated by cuttings either of wood or root. S. Canadensisis one of our minor fruit plants. Elderberry wine is acommon home product. The Brainard Elderberry in-troduced in 1890 by Brandt has fruits fully three timesas large as the wild berries. Botanically, Sambucus is closely allied to Viburnum,being essentially distinguished by the 3-5-loculed ovary,that of Viburnum being usually 1-loculed. Other genericcharacters: calyx 3-5-lobed or toothed; corolla rotate,3-5-parted, lobes generally imbricate: stamens 5; disknone or convex: style 3-parted: ovule solitary, pendu-lous from apex: drupe 3-5-stoned: stones 1-seeded. 1610 SAMBUOUS SAMPHIRE A. Color of fruit black or blackish. B. Fruit not glaucous. c. Height 12-25 ft. when full grown. nigra, Linn. Common European Elder. A largeshrub or small tree, 12-25 ft. high, with rough bark;old wood hard, yellow, flne-graiued: Ifts. 5-9: fls. in
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cc. Height 5-12 ft. Canadensis, Linn. Common American or Sweet Elder.Fig. 2247. Shrubby, 5-12 ft. high; wood with white pithoccupying the greater part of the stem: Ivs. pinnate*Ifts. 5-11, smooth: fls. white, in a flat cyme: fr. black.June, July. Fruit ripe Aug., Sept. Var. aurea has yel-low foliage. Var. varieg^ta has yellowish white markings. Var. laciniata has the Ifts. vari-ously cut and indented. Var. glaiicahas whitish hairs on the leaves. Gng.6:88. Gn. 55, p. 385. B.B. 3:228.-Thisis the common Elder, blooming in mid-summer, and one of the choicest ofnative shrubs although seldom appre-ciated. The flowers are fragrant. BB. Fruit glaucous, i.e., stronglywhitened with a meahj bloom. glaiica, Nutt. Arborescent, 6-18 ft.high, glabrous throughout: Ifts. 5-9,ovate to narrowly oblong. Pacific coasteast to Idaho and Nev. Seed offered1901 in S. Calif. Gn. 53, p. 68. aa. Color of fruit red.B. Petioles glabrous.racemdsa, Linn. Lfts. oblong-acu-minate, unequal at the base: fls. pani-culate.

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