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BASSWOOD OR LINDEN. 



American Linden or Lime (JFilia Americana^. On Sac and 

 Gasconade rivers. On good, rich soil. 



BIRCH. 



Red Birch or River Birch (Betula rubra). On borders of 

 nearly all the streams. 



BLACKBERRY. 



Low Blackberry or Dewberry (Rubus Canadensis) . In open 

 forests. 



Wedge-leaved Blackberry {Rubus cuneifolius) . In forests 

 adjacent to the bottoms of all the larger streams. 



BLADDER-NUT. 



American Bladder-nut {Staphylea trifolia). In rich bottoms 

 and on the debris at the bases of the bluifs. 



BUCKEYE. 



Large Buckeye (JEsculus lute a), in rich bottoms. 



BLUEBERRY. 



Huckleberry (Vaccinium ). On flint hills, in Taney, 



Green, Maries and Gasconade counties. 



Blueberry ( Vaccininm vacillans). On flint hills, in Taney and 

 Green counties. 



BOX ELDER. 



Box Elder or Ash-leaved Maple (Negundo aceroides). Abun 

 dant in rich bottoms. 



BURNING BUSH. 



Burning Bush (JEuonymus atropurpureus) . On Little Pomrae 

 de Terre very beautiful when in fruit. 



BUTTON-WOOD. 



Sycamore {Platanus occidentalis) . In the bottoms of all 

 our principal streams. 



BUTTON BUSH. 



Button Bush ( Cephalanthus occidentalis) . In wet places and 

 beside streams not very abundant. 



CEDAR. 



Red Cedar (Juniperus Virginiana). On dry limestone bluffs, 

 along many of the larger streams. Very abundant in Franklin 

 county, near the Meramec river. 



CHERRY. 



Black or Wild Cherry (Cerasus serotina, D. C.). On the 

 best soils. 



