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Fig. 118. The blossoms of red-bud appear before the leaves. 



RED-BUD (Cei-cis canadensis). 



The red-bud, or Judas-tree (Fig. 118) is a common shrub or small tree 

 in the Southeastern States. It is found occasionally from western Penn- 

 sylvania to southern Michigan, southern Iowa and Nebraska south to 



