4 2 Trees with Simple Leaves. [A n 



Fruit, berry-like, round, purplish, sweet, and edible. June. 



Found, in woods and along streams ; common at the 

 North ; rare in the South. 



A small tree, ten to thirty feet high, or in some of its 

 numerous forms reduced to a low shrub ; noticeable and 

 showy in early spring because of its flowers. 



The variety A. C. oblongifblia, T. and G., differs some- 

 what from the above in the dimensions of the flowers and 

 flower clusters, etc. 



The name " shad-bush " is given because the trees 

 blossom about the time that the shad "run." 



Genus OXYDENDRUM, D. C. (Sorrel Tree.) 



From two Greek words meaning sour and tree. 



Fig. 2i. Sorrel Tree, Sour Wood. O. arbbreum (L.) t D. C. 

 Leaves, SIMPLE ; ALTERNATE ; EDGE TOOTHED. 



Outline, oval. Apex, pointed. Base, rounded or slightly 

 pointed. 



Leaf, four to six inches long, one and a half to two and a 

 half inches wide, soon becoming smooth, with a 

 decided acid taste (whence the name). 



Bark of trunk, rough and deeply furrowed. 

 Flowers, white, in loose and long one-sided clusters. 



Found, from Pennsylvania and Ohio southward, chiefly 

 along the Alleghany Mountains, and usually in dry, 

 gravelly soil. 



A tree forty to sixty feet high, with hard, close- 

 grained wood, which is used for the handles of tools, the 

 bearings of machinery, etc. 



