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useful tree in ornamental gardening. Its 

 growth is generally erect, though it varies 

 much from seed in this respect. A very fine 

 specimen at Bartram, remarkably spreading 

 and round-headed, is thirty-five feet high 

 and thirty-six inches in circumference. It 

 delights in a deep rich loam, and may be 

 propagated from seeds sown early in spring, 

 or from layers, or the mode given for No. 1. 



8. C. PADUS, De Candolle. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, somewhat thin, sharp, and serru- 

 late, with the teeth rather spreading. Ra- 

 cemes long and leafy. Fruit round. English 

 bird-cherry. Flowers in April. 



A low flat-headed tree, seldom growing 

 over thirty feet high, but valuable to us for 

 the earliness and beauty of its white flowers. 

 It thrives best in a moist, shady situation ; 

 may be propagated as the preceding, or by 

 budding on the G. serotina, which improves its 

 vigor. A small specimen at Bartram, in a 

 dry situation, is twenty feet high. 



4. C. BEKOTINA, De Candolle. Leaves ob- 

 long, acuminate, serrate dentate, smooth; 

 the petiole bearing about four glands. Flow- 

 ers in racemes; petals round. Fruit deep 



