4 2 Trees with Simple Leaves. [A n 



Fruity berry-like, round, purplish, sweet, and edible. June. 



Found, in woods and along streams ; common at the 

 North ; rare in the South. 



A small tree, ten to thirty feet high, or in some of its 

 numerous forms reduced to a low shrub ; noticeable and 

 showy in early spring because of its flowers. 



The variety A. C. oblongifblia, T. and G., differs some- 

 what from the above in the dimensions of the flowers and 

 flower clusters, etc. 



The name "shad-bush" is given because the trees 

 blossom about the time that the shad " run." 



Genus OXYDENDRUM, D. C. (Sorrel Tree.) 



From two Greek words meaning sour and tree. 



Fig. 21. — Sorrel Tree, Sour Wood. O. arbbreum (L.), D. C. 

 Leaves, simple ; alternate ; edge toothed. 



Outline, oval. Apex, pointed. Base, rounded or slightly 

 pointed. 



Leaf, four to six inches long, one and a half to two and a 

 half inches wide, soon becoming smooth, with a 

 decided acid taste (whence the name). 



Bark of trunk, rough and deeply furrowed. 



Flowers, white, in loose and long one-sided clusters. 



Found, from Pennsylvania and Ohio southward, chiefly 

 along the Alleghany Mountains, and usually in dry, 

 gravelly soil. 



A tree forty to sixty feet high, with hard, close- 

 grained wood, which is used for the handles of tools, the 

 bearings of machinery, etc. 



