THE LINDENS, ETC. 



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Wild or Canada 

 Plum. 



Primus Americana. 

 Pruwus nigra. 



The wild plum, sometimes called 

 Canada plum, is a rather thorny tree 

 in its wild state, from 12 to 30 feet 



high 



There are 

 improved varieties 

 which are also com- 

 mon, and from one 

 of these thornless 

 ones my 

 sketch of 

 the leaves 

 is taken. The 

 white flow- 

 ers apjDear in 

 spring, direct- 

 ly before or with the 

 leaves, and the fruit, 

 ripe in August or ear- 

 ly September, is oval, 

 about one inch in di- 

 ameter ; its color is 

 dull orange, or even 

 orange - red,* almost 

 free from bloom 



Canada Plum. 



* The fruit from which my drawing was taken (from a tree in 

 cultivation), when fully ripe, has a peculiarly luminous, aesthetic, 

 translucent red color, which I greatly admire. 



