OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 95 



ma awl-shaped, elongated, spreading. Styles 

 short, connate. Fruit drupaceous, 1 -seeded, 

 round. 



1. C. CRASSIFOLIA, Lamarck. Leaves ob- 

 liquely cordate ovate, much attenuated, and 

 acuminate, mucronately serrate, very sca- 

 brous, and of large size. Flowers appearing 

 before the leaves. Divisions of the calyx 

 spathulate, nearly entire. Hackberry. Na- 

 tive of the Northern and Middle States. 



This fine tree is very little known in our 

 vicinity ; and, where it exists, is taken for 

 the next species. There are two specimens 

 (one of each), side by side in the garden of 

 Friend Joshua Hoopes, of West Chester, 

 where the difference between the two can be 

 seen at a glance. And in the garden of Mar- 

 shall, there is a fine specimen seven feet in 

 circumference, and probably ninety feet high. 

 Its branches spread, and the whole appear- 

 ance is very much that of an elm; with per- 

 haps a darker hue.* 



* Mr. G. W. Emerson, in his "Trees and Shrubs of 

 Massachusetts," observes that this tree "has gnarled, 

 projecting roots, putting out nearly three feet from the 

 surface on every side." 



