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ROSACES. 



Woods and hedges ; common. A highly ornamental 

 tree, not only on account of its elegant white flowers in 

 spring, but even more so in- autumn, when its leaves 

 assume a bright crimson hue, which distinguishes them 



PRUNUS PADUS (Bird-Clierry). 



among all the varied tints of the fading year. The fruit 

 is small, bitter, black, or red, and as soon as it is ripe is 

 greedily devoured by birds. Fl. May. Lofty tree. 



5. P. Cerasus (Bed Cherry). Flowers in umbels ; 

 leaves not drooping, smooth on both sides ; . calyx-tube 

 not contracted ; fruit round. "Woods and hedges. This 



