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appearance ; and when in the summer months 

 the tree is covered with its large, erect pani 

 cles of red berries, the effect is beautiful in 

 the highest degree. Unfortunately, it is one 

 of the most inveterate suckerers in the vege 

 table kingdom. Its admirers must be careful 

 to select a position for it where this propen 

 sity will not prove objectionable. It thrives 

 best in a light, dry, and rich soil, making no 

 progress in a wet one. 



3. E. VENENATA, De Candolle. Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, sharply 

 acuminate, the margin very entire, and 

 slightly revolute. Panicles loose, on long 

 peduncles. Poison-ash ; poison-sumach. 



This tree possesses little beauty, and, from 

 its poisonous properties, none but an enthu- 

 sia stic lover of trees in all their forms will 

 be induced to cultivate it. It thrives best in 

 a moist situation. The Bartram specimen is 

 about fifteen feet high. 



KOBINTA, Linnceus. Nat. Ord. Fabacea3. 

 Diadelphia, Decandria, Linn. Calyx 4 -cleft ; 

 the upper division slightly notched. Legume 

 compressed, many-seeded, gibbous. 



