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AMELANCHIER 



A. CANADENSIS, Medicus. SERVICE-BERRY, JUNE-BERRY. 



A tree 20 to 30 ft. high in Great Britain, but occasionally over 40 ft. high 

 in a wild state ; branches slender, the lower ones pendulous, forming in the 

 open a wide-topped, rounded head. Leaves ovate or oval, rounded or heart- 

 shaped at the base, pointed, saw-toothed, I J to 3 ins. long, I to if ins. wide ; 



AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS. 



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clothed with white hairs when they expand, soon becoming quite smooth and 

 of firm texture. Flowers pure white, produced in April (usually when the 

 leaves are less than half their full size), in erect or drooping racemes 2 to 3 ins. 

 long, terminating short lateral twigs ; petals obovate or strap-shaped, \ to f 

 in. long, J in. wide. Fruit ripening in June, orange -shaped, J- to \ in. wide, 

 changing from green to red, finally to black-purple, very sweet and pleasant 

 when ripe, in some forms, in others dry and tasteless. 



