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from two to fifteen feet high, in May it is covered with a 

 profusion of white flowers, in dense racemes, and in July and 

 August the branches are bent down with a profusion of fruit. 



C. Pennsylvanica. The Northern Red Cherry. This is 

 a small, slender tree, with- delicate foliage, and handsome white 

 flowers. The fruit is deep-red, and not very abundant. 



C. scrotina. The Black Cherry. This is a well-known 

 tree, handsome in flower and fruit. In the shrubbery, it should 

 be planted in the background. The only drawback to the 

 beauty of this tree, is, that it is peculiarly subject to the rav- 

 ages of the caterpillar. They are sure to make this tree their 

 favorite home ; and, unless special pains is taken to dislodge 

 them early in the season, the tree, for ornamental purposes, is 

 utterly spoiled. 



CERCIS. 



Cercis canadensis. Judas Tree Red Bud. This is a 

 curious shrub, or low tree, indigenous to the southern part of 

 the United States ; often seen in large collections of plants, in 

 gardens in New England. It is curious, from being covered 

 with bunches of flowers, of a rose color, before the leaves 

 begin to appear. They give a brilliant appearance to the 

 whole tree, except at the extremities of the branches. 



The Red Bud is beautiful in the spring, and not without 

 interest, in full foliage, in the summer. 



CHIONANTHUS. 



Chionanthus Virginica, or Fringe Tree. This is a fine 

 deciduous shrub, or small tree, sometimes growing twenty feet 

 or more high, but flowering when six or erght feet high. It 

 has large leaves, six or eight inches long, and from two to three 

 inches wide ; tl^ flowers white, in numerous long bunches, and 

 have a fringe-like appearance. It is a native of North Amer- 

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