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FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



crimson, magenta, and plum-purple as well as black- 

 purple berries, which are in various stages of ripe- 

 ness ; but I may add that their appearance is as a 

 promise unfulfilled, for, 

 ripe or unripe, they are all 

 equally satisfactory — or 

 rather unsatisfactory; they 

 are quite 

 tasteless. 

 The leaf 



Shadbush or Juneberry 



is interesting if not exceedingly beautiful ; it fre- 

 quently varies from the pointed oval figure, which 



