| | | | Fruits “mussy.”
| | | |
80. Cranberry bush | 3-12 | White |Indifferent|Profuse masses of flowers and large clusters of
(Viburnum Opulus) | | | | scarlet berries make it most useful all the
| | | | year.
| | | |
81. Withe rod (Viburnum | 2-8 | White |Indifferent|The _C. pubescens_ of rocky woods equally good
nudum) | | | | but not offered for sale. Fruits blue-black.
| | | |
82. Appalachian tea | 2-8 | White |Moist |_V. Lentago_ with black fruits useful, but must
(Viburnum cassinoides)| | | places| be collected. Leaves of _V. cassinoides_ glossy
| | | | and dark green.
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--------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------------------
Common and Latin |Height| Color of | Preferred | Remarks and Notes
Names |(feet)| Flowers | Habitat |
--------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------------------
JULY-AUGUST | | | |
| | | |
83. Hard hack (Spiræa | 1-4 |Pink- |Low |The ashy underside of the leaves, contrasted
tomentosa) | | purple| ground| with the pinkish-purple flowers is a novel
| | | | combination.
| | | |
84. Shrubby cinquefoil | 2-4 | Yellow |Moist |One of the yellow-flowered shrubs that are used.
(Potentilla fruticosa)| | | places| Sometimes winter-kills near New York.
| | | |
85. Swamp rose | 4-7 |Rose- |Moist |Can also be successfully grown in ordinary
(Rosa Carolina) | | colored | places| garden soil, well manured. Flowers soon
| | | | withering in open sunlight.
| | | |
86. Smooth sumac | 3-12 | Greenish |Dry places |Grouped with Nos. 49 and 64, it gives a wild
(Rhus glabra) | | | | touch to the landscape. Autumn color gorgeous.
| | | |
87.
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