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becoming rather spiny. Leaves oblong oval, 

 sharp. Flowers on very short peduncles, 

 and mostly in pairs. Calyx glabrous; its 

 lobes very short. Fruit globose, small, yel- 

 low, or sometimes red. Chicasaw plum. Na- 

 tive of the Southern States. 



A small, twiggy, erectly-spreading tree, the 

 beauty of which principally lies in its lively 

 shining wood. A specimen at Bartram is 

 twenty-five feet high and thirty -four inches, 

 in circumference. 



The best way to propagate is to cut a tree 

 down to a few inches of the ground, making 

 it thus to throw out an abundance of shoots, 

 In the fall following, run a knife just through 

 the bases of each, vertically. Then fill with 

 soil to a few inches over the slit. In the 

 following fall they will be well rooted, and 

 may be taken off the parent. 



2. C. MAHALEB, Miller. Leaves somewhat 

 heart-shaped, toothed. Flowers in racemes. 

 Fruit nearly round, black, and very bitter. 

 Mahaleb cherry. Native of the south of 

 Europe. 



The deep black fruit of this tree, and its. 

 small apricot-like foliage, render it a veiy 

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