BLACK HAW (V. prunifolium, Linn.), with leaves like a plum's, and the narrow petiole margin smooth, has flowers ana fruits very much like those of the others. The berries are a trifle smaller perhaps, and a shade darker. This species is smaller throughout than the other two; it blooms earlier, and has stout branches, like V. rufidulum. It is found from Con
necticut to Georgia, and west to Michigan, Kansas, and Texas. In European parks and gardens and in those of our Eastern States this little "stag bush" is of ten cultivated for its hand. some flowers and foliage and its persistent fruit.