Description of Native Trees 



5. Water Oak. (Quercus aquatica.) 



LEAF : 2'-4/, simple, alternate, entire or obscurely 3-lobed, 

 apex obovate, base wedge-shaped, glossy, thick. RANGE : Mary- 

 land and south. 



6. Cucumber-tree. Mountain Magnolia. (Magnolia 

 acuminata.) 



LEAF : 5'-io', simple, alternate, entire, oblong, apex pointed, 

 green both sides, thin. FLOWER : $'-4 broad, bell-shaped, 

 yellowish-green, single, sepals 3, petals 6-9 ; May, June. 

 FRUIT : 2'-^' long, like small cucumber. RANGE : rich woods, 

 New York to Ohio, and south ; tallest of magnolias. (PI. VIII.) 



7. Umbrella-tree. (Magnolia tripetala.) 

 LEAF : i-2, simple, alternate, entire, lance-oblong, apex and 

 base pointed, not thick, many crowded at end of branch in um- 

 brella-form. FLOWER : 8'-io' broad, white, slight and disagree- 

 able odor, 3 sepals, 6-9 petals ; May. RANGE : Pennsylvania to 

 south and west ; a low tree. (PI. VIII.) 



8. Papaw. (Asimina triloba.) 



LEAF: 8'-i2', simple, alternate, entire, lance-obovate, apex 

 pointed, thin. FLOWER: i^' broad, dark purple, single, in 

 spring with leaves. RANGE : west New York to Illinois and 

 south ; low tree and shrub. (PI. VII.) 



9. Red-bud. Judas-tree. (Cercis canadensis.) 

 LEAF : 3'-$', simple, alternate, entire, roundish, base cordate, 

 apex pointed. FLOWER : small, very numerous, reddish-purple, 

 almost stemless, covering branches before leaves appear, showy, 

 cultivated. RANGE : New York to Illinois and south ; low tree 

 and shrub. (PI. VI.) 



10. Alternate-leaved Dogwood. (Cornus alternifolia.) 

 LEAF : 3'-5', simple, mostly alternate, entire, oval or ovate, 



apex tapering, base acute, whitish beneath, crowded at end of 



branch. FLOWER : small, white, in broad, flat-topped clusters ; 



May, June. FRUIT : blue, berry-like ; branch greenish ; low 



tree, oftener shrub. 



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