The Trees and Shrubs of Bingham. 155 



Shining Willow (Salix lucida, Muhl.). The beautiful shrub 

 srrows on Lincoln Street and elsewhere in town. The leaf is 

 large, pointed, bright, and shining. 



Black Willow (Salix nigra, Marsh.). This graceful tree, with 

 its very narrow and delicate leaves, grows on Gardner Street. It 

 is very rare in Hingham. 



The Myrtle Willow (Salix mgrtilloides, L.) grows in Hing- 

 ham, although very rare. It is a shrub, from one to three feet in 

 height. 



The American Aspen (Populas tremuloides, Michx.) grows in 

 all the woods of Hingham. It is not a large tree. The small, 

 bright-green leaves, light underneath, keep up a continual tremu- 

 lous motion in the wind. The trunk is light-ash colored, and 

 smooth in young trees. 



The Large Poplar (Populus grandidentata, Michx.) is found 

 in low lands in all parts of the town. Its leaves are deeply 

 toothed, and the catkins are very large and coarse. 



Balm-of-Gilead (Populus bahamifera, L. var. candieans, Gray). 

 This tree is quite common in Hingham. Its large, very rigid and 

 sharp buds are covered with a sticky, highly aromatic balsam, 

 which has been used in medicine. 



CONIFERS. 



The White Cedar (Ohammcyparis sphceroidea, Spach.) is a 

 beautiful and very useful tree, growing thickly in swamps near 

 the Weymouth line and at South Hingham, in several localities. 

 It is distinguishable from the Red Cedar by the comparative 

 smoothness of its trunk, smaller branches, the flatness of its scaly 

 leaves, and the angular character of its fruit. 



The Juniper (Juniperus communis, L.) is a low, spreading shrub, 

 growing in a dense mass, with foliage very similar to that of the 

 Savin. It is found at West Hingham, Huit's Cove, and sparingly 

 in a few other localities. 



The Red Cedar or Savin (Juniperus Virginiana, L.) occurs 

 everywhere, by roadsides and in hilly pastures. When growing 

 alone, and left to itself, its perfect conical form makes it a very 

 beautiful tree, either in its dark-green foliage, or in the fruiting 

 season, having the green intermingled with heavy masses of blue, 

 from the great quantities of berries which it matures. 



The Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida, Miller). This rather stiff and 

 ungraceful tree is quite common, growing at Hockley, South 

 Hingham, and in many other places. It is a small species here, 

 specimens not averaging thirty feet in height. Its leaves are in 

 threes. 



The White Pine (Pinus strobus, L.) is very common, forming 

 heavy forests in localities in Hingham. It is one of our noblest 

 trees, — a specimen on Lasell Street, although now shattered by the 

 storms of perhaps hundreds of winters, showing a majesty even in 



