BURNING BUSH, ETC. 



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black haw is a very small tree, from 15 to 30 feet 

 high ; in the North it is oftenest a thickly branched 

 shrub. It is common in 

 dry soil or beside streams, 

 and extends from south- 

 western Connecticut 

 westward to Missouri 

 and Indian Territory, 

 and southward to Florida 

 and Texas. 



Arrow-wood. The arrow- 



Fiburnum dentatum. W00( J p;ets 



its name from the fact that 

 its stems were used by the Indians to make arrows. 

 The leaves are altogether different from those of 

 the two preceding varieties ; they are broadly ovate, 

 sometimes slightly heart-shaped, light green, strongly 

 straight-veined, and the very prominent, sharp teeth 

 resemble those of a small circular saw. Its fruit, a 

 quarter of an inch long, is rich purple-blue in color. 

 The arrow-wood is a small tree, or oftenest a shrub, 

 which grows from 5 to 15 feet high ; it is common 

 in wet places from Maine to Minnesota, and extends 

 as far south as northern Georgia. 



Arrow-wood. 



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