THE WILD CHERRY. 



cju'.-.r^ir. ; r,r.tinfiil Lnp. 

 PRUNUS CERASUS. PL 13. 



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Fruftifcation. Flowers with five petals, 

 from twenty to thirty chives, and 

 one pointal : feed-bud changing to 

 a pulpy fruit, containing one nut or 

 flone. 



Specific character. Umbels of flowers on 

 fhort foot-ftalks : leaves oval-pointed, 

 ferrated, fmooth, often doubled to- 

 gether. 



THOUGH the wild black cherry is not a 

 common tree in our woods, yet it may 

 claim the rank of a native, fince it is met 

 with in feveral counties, of a large iize, 

 and propagates itfelf. Young plants of it 

 are often found within the hollow trunks 

 of old willows, into which the (tones have 

 6 been 



