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Upon a comparifon of our plant with the fpecimén. of 
Prunus nigra in the Bankfian Herbarium, it appears to be 
undoubtedly the fame ; but in the Hortus Kewenhis, it is called 
the black Cherry:tree. We have not feen the fruit, but fup- 
pofe it to be a Plum, efpecially as there is a {pecimen in the 
fame Herbarium, from the elder Bartram, of what he calls 
“ the common native Plum of America,” which appears to us 
to be the fame fpecies. Flowers in May, Our drawing was — 
taken at Meffrs. Wurrtey and Brame’s Nurfery, Old- 
Brompton. Said ia the Hortus Kewenfis to have been intro- 
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