i3 8 Trees with Simple Leaves. [b i 



Found, in low rich woods and along streams, from New 

 Brunswick through the Northern States, and south- 

 ward along the Alleghany Mountains to Northern 

 Georgia and Alabama. 



A small tree or shrub, ten to twenty feet high, with 

 wide-spreading branches and flattish top. A "Shaker 

 Medicine " is made from its bitter bark. 



Genus CHIONANTHUS, L. (Fringe Tree.) 



From two Greek words meaning " snow" and " flowers." 



Fig. 70. — Fringe Tree. C. Virgmica, L. 



Leaves, simple ; opposite ; edge entire. 



Outline, oval, long oval, or reverse egg-shape. Apex y 

 pointed (or sometimes rounded). Base, pointed. 



Leaf, smooth. 



Flowers, with narrow petals nearly an inch in length, 

 snow-white, in long, loose, and drooping clusters. 

 June. 



Fruit, one half to two thirds of an inch long, oval, purplish, 

 with one stony seed. 



Foimd, along the banks of streams from New Jersey and 

 Southern Pennsylvania southward. Common and 

 very ornamental in cultivation. 



A small tree eight to twenty-five feet high, or often a 

 shrub. 



