SOME MEDICINAL WILDINGS 



woods from eastern Canada to Texas. It is from 

 forty to eighty feet high and identifia])le l)y its shiny 

 reen leaves (too often a prey to caterpiUars) and 



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Wild Cherry 

 (Pruniis serotina) 



its close racemes of small white ih)wers succeeded 

 by small, black, juicy, fhittened fruit with a l)itter 

 but vinous flavor. An infusion of the dried bark 



