Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



39. Wild Black Cherry. Rum Cherry. (Primus serotina.) 

 LEAF: 2'-$', simple, alternate, serrate, lance-oblong, apex 

 tapering, glossy above. FLOWER : white, in long clusters, after 

 the leaves ; June. FRUIT :. purplish-black ; bark ragged ; tree 

 and shrub. (PI. IX.) 



40. Beech. (Fagus ferruginea.) 



LEAF : 4'-6', simple, alternate, serrate, oblong, apex tapering, 

 border slightly "fulled." FRUIT: prickly. Branches long, 

 slender, horizontal ; bark light-ashy. (PI. VI.) 



41. Chestnut. (Castanea sativa, var. americana.) 

 LEAF : 4'-i2', simple, alternate, serrate (teeth incurved), lance- 

 oblong, apex pointed. FLOWER : whitish, in long abundant cat- 

 kins ; June, July ; bark perpendicularly light-streaked. (PI. IV.) 



42. June-berry. Shad-bush. (Amelanchier canadensis.) 



LEAF : 2'-s', simple, alternate, finely serrate, oblong (broadly 



or narrowly). FLOWER : white, in short or long clusters, just 



after leaves have started ; April, May. FRUIT : globular, red 



or purplish, sweet, ripe in June ; low tree and shrub. (PI. VIII.) 



43. Nettle-tree. Hackberry. Sugarberry. (Celtis 



occidentalis.) 



LEAF : 2 f -4', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, markedly taper- 

 ing, base oblique and sometimes cordate. FRUIT : purple, size of 

 very small cherry ; bark peculiarly warty on lower trunk ; Mid- 

 dle States and rarely east. (PI. X.) 



44. Wild Red Cherry. (Prunus pennsylvanica.) 

 LEAF : 3'-$', simple, alternate, finely serrate, lance-oblong, 

 apex pointed, rather glossy. FLOWER : white, in rather large 

 lateral clusters, long stemmed ; May, when leaves are half -grown. 

 FRUIT : very small, light red. 



45. Balsam Poplar. (Populus balsamifera.) 

 LEAF : 3'-6', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, apex tapering, 

 smooth, leathery, lighter beneath ; buds fragrant. RANGE ; 

 northern New England to Wisconsin, and north. (PL. VI.) 



