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spiny. Emetic holly; South Sea tea. Na 

 tive of the Southern States. 



A very beautiful small evergreen tree, 

 rising from fifteen to eighteen feet high, of a 

 pyramidal form, with very dark green foli 

 age, and clothed with beautiful red berries 

 throughout the winter. It is scarcely con 

 sidered hardy here, though I believe in most 

 cases it is so. 



JUGLANS, Linn. Nat. Ord. Juglandaceae. 

 Monoecia, Polyandria, Linn. Catkins of the 

 staminate flowers simple, cylindrical, loosely 

 imbricated, with a 5 -6 -parted scale for a 

 calyx. Styles two, very short, with large 

 stigmas. Fruit with the husk undivided. 



1. J. CINEREA, Linn. Leaflets mostly eleven, 

 oblong lanceolate, oblique or roundish at 

 the base, softly pubescent beneath; petioles 

 downy. Fruit ovoid, oblong, leathery, downy, 

 sticky, or viscid, and the shell of the nut 

 deeply striated. Butternut; white walnut. 

 Native of most of the Northern, Middle, and 

 Western States. 



The ailanthus has been admired for its 

 &quot; oriental&quot; appearance in the landscape. As 



