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and give it quite an interest in winter, each 

 small twig crowned with its future head of 

 flowers in embryo. 



Propagated as To. 1. 



The finest Bartram specimen is thirty feet 

 high and two feet nine inches in circumfer 

 ence. 



4. C. MAS, Linnaeus. Flowers in heads, 

 surrounded by a four-petalled, green, leafy 

 involucre, appearing before the leaves. 

 Cornelian cherry. Native of most parts of 

 Europe. 



A round-headed, small, shrubby tree of 

 great beauty, whether considered with regard 

 to its early bee-enticing flowers ; its regular, 

 spreading, twiggy head ; or the beautiful large 

 red elliptical fruit with which it is covered 

 in the fall. It grows in any soil or situation, 

 but best in a deep rich loam. A specimen 

 at Bartram is fifteen feet high and twelve 

 inches in circumference. 



It may be propagated as No. 1. 



Many beautiful varieties might be raised 

 from seed. One with yellow fruit is said 

 already to exist. 



5. C. SANGUINE A, Linnovus. Leaves ovate, 



