REDBUD; Jurvs TREE (Ceris Canadensis, Linn.). 25 to 

 50 feet. Dainty .ree with broad, flat head of smooth, thorn- 

 less, angular branches. Bark red-brown, furrowed closely 

 and deeply, and into scaly plates. Wood red-brown, hard, 

 close-grained, weak, with thin sap wood. Leaves broadly 

 heart-shaped or ovate, short-pointed, with plain margin, 

 smooth, alternate, on slender stalks, yellow in autumn. Length 

 and breadth 3 to 5 inches. Flowers before leaves, in April, in 

 axillary clusters, each on stalk, of the pea-biossom type, rose 

 pink to purple, coloring the whole tree. Fruit a thin, pointed, 

 flat pod, purple, shining, 2 or 3 inches long, many -seeded, per- 

 sistent, shedding seeds all winter. Dist.: Stream borders, 

 under other trees, New Jersey to Florida; west from Ontario 

 to Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, and 

 Alabama. Desirable flowering tree for lawns and parks. 



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