RED OR REDDISH PURPLE 81 



Floivers. — The white flowers precede the 

 leaves, and grow in lateral sessile umbels. 

 April, May. 



Authorities differ much as to its range. I 

 have known the tree along Connecticut road- 

 sides, especially in the eastern portion of the 

 state. The tree is small and thorny, and is 

 quite prolific, 



CANADA PLUM. HORSE PLUM 



Prunus nigra Plum Family 



Fruit. — This plum differs from the preceding 

 in being oblong-oval. It is from an inch to one 

 and a half inches long. The red or orange- 

 colored skin is tough, and the flesh clings to the 

 flat stone. It is of pleasant flavor. August. 



Leaves. — The ovate or obovate leaves are not 

 so sharply serrate as those of Prunus Americana, 

 nor bristle-tipped. The apex is long-pointed 

 and the base wedge-shaped or somewhat heart- 

 shaped. 



Floioers. — The white flowers are larger than 

 in the preceding species, and change to pink 

 after opening. They grow in two- to three- 

 flowered umbels. May. 



