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BLACK HAW (V. prunifolium, Linn.), with leaves like a 



Elum's, and the narrow petiole margin smooth, has flowers ana 

 ruits very much like those of the others. The berries are a 

 trifle smaller perhaps, and a shade darker. This species is 

 smaller throughout than the other two; it blooms earlier, and 

 has stout branches, like V. rufidulum. It is found from Con- 

 necticut to Georgia, and west to Michigan, Kansas, and Texas. 

 In European parks and gardens and in those of our Eastern 

 States this little "stag bush" is often cultivated for its hand- 

 some flowers and foliage and its persistent fruit. 



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