ROSE FAMILY 



ROSACES ROSE FAMILY 



Amelanchier canadensis, (L.) Medic. 



White Shad-bush, Sugar-pear, 



Service-berry, Indian-cherry, 



April-May June-tree, Wild Indian-pear, 



Service-tree, May-pear, 



Fruit, rich purple Sugar-berry, June-plum, 



ripens in June Sugar-plum, Boxwood. 



Amelanchier: name said to be barbaric, but derivation not 



satisfactorily explained. 

 Canadensis: Latinized form of Canadian. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: thicket borders and open 

 ground. 



THE SHRUB OR TREE: low, "with a slender trunk and 

 spreading branches, which form a narrow, oblong head." 

 The bark a pale, red-brown; the branchlets bright green, 

 becoming dark brown or purplish brown, smooth. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; simple; ovate or oval; one inch 

 to three inches long or sometimes larger on young shoots; 

 with few matted short, soft hairs when young, soon en- 

 tirely hairless; acute or acuminate at the apex; rounded 

 or cordate at the base; irregularly, sharply, finely, saw- 

 toothed; petioled; young leaves frequently tinged. 



THE FLOWERS : appear when leaves are about one third 

 grown, borne on slender pedicles in drooping racemes from 

 three inches to five inches long; each flower has two 

 lanceolate, purplish, silky bractlets, which fall as the 

 flower opens ; five obovate petals ; stamens numerous ; calyx 

 five-cleft. 



THE FRUIT: a sweet-tasting pome, with a slight bloom; 

 remnants of the calyx-lobes and filaments crown the open 

 top. 



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