PLUM FAMILY 



pact shrub, rarely more than three or four feet high, in 

 its blooming period covered with small white flowers, 

 which in late summer are followed by a profusion of 

 handsome, globular, purple or scarlet fruit which is 

 collected in large quantities at some points on the New 

 England coast and sold in the markets for preserving. 

 " As a garden plant this shrub covers itself early 

 in May with innumerable small white flowers which 



wreathe the branches from 

 end to end and have the 

 merit of lasting for a con- 

 siderable time." 



Graves' Beach P\\\m,Prunus 

 gravesii, is a rare species, four 

 feet high, with orbicular ser- 

 rate leaves. The white flow- 

 ers, borne in lateral umbels, 



Le,ves of the Beach Plum, a' to 3' long. expand wkh the JgaveS. Fruit 



is globose, nearly black with light blue bloom. 



Blackthorn or Buckthorn, Primus spinosa, two to fif- 

 teen feet high, is a native of Europe, which has escaped 

 from gardens and is found along roadsides from Mas- 

 sachusetts to Pennsylvania. It is a much-branched, 

 thorny shrub, with oblong or ovate leaves, rounded at 

 base, serrate, and obtuse at apex. The fruit is globose, 

 half an inch in diameter, nearly black, covered with a 

 bloom. 



SAND CHERRY. DWARF CHERRY 



Prunus pumila. 



A depressed or trailing shrub, sometimes lifting its branches 

 six inches, sometimes three or four feet. Found on sandy or 



no 



