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GUELDER See also:ROSE , so called from Guelderland, its supposed source, termed also See also:marsh See also:elder, rose elder, See also:water elder (Ger. Wasserholder, Schneeball; Fr. viorne-obier, l'obier d'See also:Europe), known botanically as See also:Viburnum Opulus, a See also:shrub or small See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Caprifoliaceae, a native of See also:Britain, and widely distributed in the temperate and colder parts of Europe, See also:Asia and See also:North See also:America. It is See also:common in See also:Ireland, but rare in See also:Scotland. In height it is from 6 to 12 ft., and it thrives best in moist situations. The leaves are smooth, 2 to 3 in. broad, with 3 to 5 unequal serrate lobes, and glandular stipules adnate to the stalk. In autumn the leaves See also:change their normal See also:bright See also:green for a See also:pink or See also:crimson See also:hue. The See also:flowers, which appear in See also:June and See also:July, are small, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, and arranged in cymes 2 to 4 in. in See also:diameter. The See also:outer blossoms in the See also:wild plant have an enlarged corolla, 4 in. in diameter, and are devoid of stamens or pistils; in the common cultivated variety all the flowers are sterile and the inflorescence is globular, hence the See also:term " See also:snow-See also:ball tree " applied to the plant, the See also:appearance of which at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of flowering has been prettily described by See also:Cowper in his See also:Winter Walk at See also:Noon. The guelder rose bears juicy, red, elliptical berries, a in. See also:long, which ripen in See also:September, and contain each a single compressed See also:seed. In See also:northern Europe these are eaten, and in See also:Siberia, after See also:fermentation with See also:flour, they are distilled for spirit. The plant has, however, emetic, purgative and narcotic properties; and See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor (Med. Jurisp. i. 448, 2nd ed., 1873) has recorded an instance of the fatal poisoning of a See also:child by the berries. Both they and the bark contain valerianic See also:acid. The woody shoots of the guelder rose are manufactured into various small articles in See also:Sweden and See also:Russia. Another member of the genus, Viburnum, Lantana, wayfaring tree, is found in dry copses and hedges in See also:England, except in the north.
End of Article: GUELDER ROSE
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