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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Garden 



Spurge. 

 Door-yard S. 



Three-seeded 

 Mercury. 



975. Cyparissias, L. (***) 



Escaped from cultivation. 



976. Esula, L. 



Escaped from cultivation. 

 ACALYPHA 



977. Virginioa, L. 



Open woods. Variable. Ionia (!); Detroit (!), etc. 



Frequent. 

 Infrequent. 



Th. 



Common. 



Black Crow- 

 berry. 



EMPETRACEjE. 

 {Crowberry Family.) 



EMPETRUM 



978. nigrum, L. 



"Whitney Cat. 



U. P. 



Slippery Elm, 

 Red Elm. 



"White Elm. 



American 



Elm. 



Rock Elm. 



Hackberry. 

 Sugarberry. 

 Nettle-tree. 



Red Mul- 

 berry. 



Tall "Wild 

 Nettle. 



Great Sting- 

 ing Nettle. 



"Wood Nettle. 

 Cursed Net- 

 tle. 



Richweed. 



False Nettle. 



URTICACEvE. 



{Nettle Family.) 



ULMUS 



979. fulva, Michx. (*) 



Rich soil. "Wood reddish, tough and hard. The inner bark mucilaginous 

 and much used in medicinal preparations. Frequent. 



980. Americana, L. (***) Th. 



Low grounds. "Wood tough, fine grained, valuable, used for wagon hubs, 

 etc. One of our finest ornamental trees. Common. 



Th. 



981. racemosa, Thomas. 



Th. 



River banks. "Wood similar to the last but more valuable; takes a fine 

 polish. A large, fine tree, frequently planted. Frequent. 



CELTIS 



982. occidentalis, L. 



C. & S. 



River banks. Sap wood, yellow, inner wood, grayish, coarse grained, soft 

 and of little value, used for fuel. A medium or large sized tree. 



Frequent. 



MORUS 



983. rubra, L. (***) 



c. &s. 



A small tree on river bottoms. "Wood valuable. "Wayne Co. ; Ionia Co. (!); 

 Lansing (!). The largest specimen observed grows near Ionia, and meas- 

 ures fourteen inches in diameter two feet above the ground. Frequent 

 as far north as latitude 43°, where the abundant fruit ripens the last of 

 June. 



URTICA 



984. gracilis, Ait. 



Moist ground. 



985. dioica, L. (***) 



"Waste places. 



LAPORTEA 



986. Canadensis, Gaud. (***) 



Thick woods along streams. A vicious weed. 



PILEA 



987. puniila, Gray. 



Low woods. 



BCEHMEBIA 



988. cylindrica, Willd. 



Moist ground. 



Th. 



Common. 



Th. 



Occasional. 



c. &s. 



Common. 



G. &S. 



Common. 



c. &s. 



Common. 



