Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



39. Wild Black Cherry. Rum Cherry. (Prunus serotina.) 

 Leaf: 2-5', simple, alternate, serrate, lance-oblong, apex 

 tapering, glossy above. Flower : white, in long clusters, after 

 the leaves; June. Fruit: purplish-black; bark ragged; tree 

 and shrub. (PI. IX.) 



40. Beech. (Fagus ferruginea.) 

 Leaf : 4-6', simple, alternate, serrate, oblong, apex tapering, 

 border slightly "fulled." Fruit: prickly. Branches long, 

 slender, horizontal ; bark light-ashy. (PI. VI.) 



41. Chestnut. (Castanea sativa, var. americana.) 

 Leaf : 4-12', simple, alternate, serrate (teeth incurved), lance- 

 oblong, apex pointed. Flower : whitish, in long abundant cat- 

 kins ; June, July ; bark perpendicularly light-streaked. (PI. IV.) 



42. June-berry. Shad-bush. (Amelanchier canadensis.) 



Leaf: 2-3', simple, alternate, finely serrate, oblong (broadly 



or narrowly). Flower : white, in short or long clusters, just 



after leaves have started ; April, May. Fruit : globular, red 



or purplish, sweet, ripe in June ; low tree and shrub. (PI. VIII.) 



43. Nettle-tree. Hackberry. Sugarberry. (Celtis 

 occidentalis.) 

 Leaf : 2'-4', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, markedly taper- 

 ing, base oblique and sometimes cordate. Fruit : purple, size of 

 very small cherry ; bark peculiarly warty on lower trunk ; Mid- 

 dle States and rarely east. (PI. X.) 



44. Wild Red Cherry. (Prunus pennsylvanica.) 

 Leaf : 3-5', simple, alternate, finely serrate, lance-oblong, 

 apex pointed, rather glossy. Flower : white, in rather large 

 lateral clusters, long stemmed ; May, when leaves are half-grown. 

 Fruit : very small, light red. 



45. Balsam Poplar. (Populus balsamifera.) 

 Leaf : 3'-6', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, apex tapering, 

 smooth, leathery, lighter beneath ; buds fragrant. Range ; 

 northern New England to Wisconsin, and north. (PI. VI.) 



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