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tages. On the other hand, it is of very rapid 

 growth, and, in appearance, often rivals the 

 beauty of our own black walnut. In some 

 situations, it does not sucker so freely as in 

 others, and occasionally not at all. Severe 

 pruning, or any external injury either to the 

 roots or branches, seems to have considerable 

 influence in the production of suckers. Hav- 

 ing thus given both its merits and demerits, 

 I leave it to its fate. Though I cannot re- 

 commend it as a lawn tree, yet in cities, 

 where it is so difficult to keep trees healthy, 

 its suckering propensities cannot injure any- 

 thing in the street, and there its value, by 

 its freedom from insects, may atone for its 

 stench while in flower. The Bartram speci- 

 men is sixty feet high and seven feet in 

 circumference. >^ 



AMELANCHIER, Medikus. Nat. Ord. Poma- 

 eese. Icosandria, Pentagynia, Linn. Calyx 

 5-cleft. Petals 5, oblong lanceolate. Styles 

 more or less united. Fruit, a small apple, 

 with 3-5 gristly cells. 



A. BOTRYAPIUM, De Candolle. Leaves ovate 

 oblong, slightly cordate at the base, acumi- 



