124 APPENDIX. 



B. GROSSULARIA.. PFUld. Branches prickly; petioles hairy; bractes 2 leaved; berry hirsute, or glabroun. 

 FwZg-o— Goose-berry. English Goose-berry. 



JT/- Middle of April. -Fr. mat. Beginning of July. 



Hab. Gardens. 2 to 4 feet high: flowers yellowish green; fruit pearly, or amber color. Nat. Europe. 



Obs This delicious fruit does not succeed very well in this vicinity— perhaps for want of skill in the cul- 

 ture. The bushes grow very luxuriantly; but the berries are apt to be covered with a kind of russet mould, 

 ■which causes them to blight. 



Calijx inferior, 5 cleft. Corolla 5petalled: 



37. CERASUS. Juss. Gen. PI. p. 340. 



[Lat. Cerasus, a Cherry; the name of a town of Natolia, whence that fruit was derived.] 



Drupe succulent, globose, glabrous. Nut roundish, smooth, one side slightly sulcate. 



G. vtTLGATiis Umbels subpedunculate; leaves lance-ovate, glabrous, conduplicate. 



iSyrjon. Prunus cerasus. JVilld.&.c. Fw/g-o— Sour Cherry. Common Cherry. 



J7. Middle of April, Fr. mat. Beginning of July. 



Hab- About houses, &c. 15 to 20 feet high: flowers white; fruit mostly red. Nat. Europe. 



Obs. This fine fruit is very generally cultivated. There are several sorts propagated by those who 

 are attentive to such matters, — which are believed to be mere varieties, aflfected by long culture, &c. and 

 nepd not be enumerated here. 



It mav, however, be worth while to mention, that the trees which produce the valuable variety, called the 

 3IoreUo cherry, beg:an about 16 or 18 years ago, in this vicinitv, to be affected with a singular disease of the 

 branches, producing rough, cellular protuberances, or enlargements, which have been gradually multiply- 

 ing unti' the trees have ceased to bear, and are now totally disfigured, and ruined. It has been (supposed to be 

 th^ work of an Insect; butthe cause is not satisfactorily ascertained. The disease, hitherto, has been almost 

 exclusivelv confined to the Morello; but of late I observe something like it appearing occasionally in the 

 common sour cherry trees. For some interesting papers on this subject, see the 7th volume of the Ameri- 

 ca Farmer.— A work which is replete with valuable information in every department of Agriculture. 



C. AVIUM. Umbels sessile; leaves lance-ovate, pubescent beneath, conduplicate. 



Synon. Prunus avium. IVilld. &c. Ku/g-o— English cherry Bird cherry. 



Fl- Middle of April. Fr. mat. Beginning of July. 



Hab. About houses, &c. 30 to 60 feet high: flowers white; fruit black, or red. Nat. Northern Europe 



Obs. We have also several varieties of this species,-— and soitip which appear as if they might be hybrids, 

 partaking of the characters of both this and the preceding,— such as the May-duke, Bleeding-heart, &c. 



38. PRUNUS. Juss. Gen. PL p. 341. 

 [The Latin name for the Plum; origin unknown.] 



Drupe carnose, mostly oval, glabrous. Nut ovate, subcompressed, acute. 



32- DOME^TicA. JVilld. Peduncles subsolitary; leaves lance-ovate, convolute; branches thornless. 



Fu/gr)— Black Plum. Common Plum. Damascene Plum. 



f/. Midd'Hof A 'ril- Fr. mat. Latter end of August. 



Hab. Gardens, &c. 10 to 15 feet high: flowers white; fruit bluish black. Nat. Southern Europe. 



Obs Thpre are many varieties of this, and some valuable ones cultivated here; but our farmers and gai- 

 deners have not yet taken sufficient care to introduce the best sorts, extensively. 



P. CHicASA. EH. Flowers fasciculate; leaves narrow-lanceolate, sen ulate; branches spinose. 

 Synon. P. angustifolia- Marsh. Fa/g-o— Chicasaw Plum. Mountain Cherry. 



Fl- Middle of April. Fr. mat. Latter end of August. 



Hab. Gardens. 10 to 15 feet high: flowers white; fruit yellowish red. Nat. Southern States. 



Obs. This pleasant fruit has been introduced in a few instances; but it is not common. The drupe is glo- 

 bose; whence it has acquired the name of mountain cherry. 



39. ARMENIACA. Juss. Gen. PI. p. 341. 

 [Di^rived from Armenia, the native country of the fruit.] 



Drupe carnose, mostly oval, pubescent. Nut one margin acute, the other obtuse, sulcate both sides. 



A. vuLiGARis Eaton. Leaves sub-cordate, dentate; stipules palmate; fruit sub-compressed. 

 Synon. Prunus armeniaca. IVilld. Fu/go— Common Apricot. 



Fl. Beginning of April. Fr. mat Latter end of July. 



Hab. Gard^ms, &c. 10 to 15 feet high; flowers white; fruit yellowish. Nat. of the East. 

 06s. There are several varieties •£ this cultivated under different nanaes; such as Moor-par/;, Brussels, &c 



