72 Forest Trees and Shrubs of Meriden, Conn. 



115. PYRUS ARBUTIFOLIA. (Linn.; 



Choke-berry. 



A slender, branching shrub. Flowers white or tinged with 

 purple. 



116 AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS. (Torrev and 



Gray. ) 



June Berry. Shad Bush. Service Tree. May Cherry. 



A large shrub, or small tree. Wood,. hard, very heavy, resem- 

 bling that of the apple tree, susceptible of a good polish. This 

 species runs into many varieties, of which two have been identified 

 in Meriden, the A. botryapium, June Berry, and A, ovalis, Swamp 

 Sugar Pear. 



XXII. AMYGDALE^. The Almond Family. 



117. PRUNUS PENNSYLVANICA. (Linn.) 



>A^ild Red Cherry. Pigeon Cherry. Pin Cherry. 



Grows from twenty to thirty feet high. Wood light, soft, close- 

 grained, compact. Fruit used medicinally. Specific gravity, 

 0.5023 ; ash, 0.40. 



118. PRUNUS PUMILA. (Linn.) 



Dwarf or Sand Cherry. 



Not common. Identified by Foster Brothers. 



A low, spreading or prostrate shrub, with many slender stems. 



119. PRUNUS SEROTINA. (Ehrhart.) 



Wild Black Cherry. Rum Cherry. 



Grows from forty to sixty feet high. Wood light, strong, 

 straight-grained, easily worked. One of our most valuable woods 

 for cabinet work and interior finish. It takes a good polish, and 

 is of a pale reddish tint, which deepens with age. The bark is used 

 medicinally in the form of infusions, syrups and fluid extracts. The 

 bitter fruit is used in the preparation of cherry brandy. Specific 

 ojravity, 0.5822; ash, 0.15. 



