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The berries should be sown as soon as 

 they are ripe. If not sown till spring, they 

 seldom come up till the year following. 



2. C. OCCIDENTALS, Linnceus. Leaves ob- 

 liquely ovate, serrate, acuminate. Flowers 

 mostly solitary. Divisions of the calyx 

 ciliate. Fruit brownish, not black, as de- 

 scribed by Michaux. American nettle-tree. 



"When in , cultivation, this is a large tree, 

 rivalling some of the elms, which family it 

 more resembles than even the last, often ex- 

 hibiting the corky barked appearance of some 

 of them. It is not quite so spreading in its 

 habit. 



It delights in a moist, rich soil ; and, in- 

 deed, will become a large tree in no other. 

 The specimens at Bartram being on gravelly 

 soil, and consequently short-lived, are now 

 all dead ; but young trees abound. 



It is propagated as No. 1. 



CERASUS, Jussieu. Nat. Ord. Drupace^e, 

 Icosandria, Monogynia, Linn. Drupe glo- 

 bose; nut sub-globose; not covered with a 

 bloom as in the plum. 



1. C. CHIC ASA, Seringe. Branches glabrous, 



