Tin Trees of T(.r<(* m 



pointed at the apex, serrate with slender teeth, smooth on both 

 sides. Flowers in loose racemes. Fruit globose, 1 /4'-%' in 

 diameter, red, black, or yellow with thin, juicy, astringent 

 flesh. 



Newfoundland to Manitoba and British Columbia, south to 

 Georgia, west to Texas and Colorado. 



2. Padus eximia Small. Texas Cherry. A rather large 

 round topped tree 60-80 high with spreading branches and 

 smooth, red-brown twigs. Leaves ovate, some of them varyng 

 to oblong, oblong-lanceolate or oval, 11//-3' long, blunt at 

 the apex or taper pointed, serrate, smooth on both sides, dark 

 green above, paler beneath. Flowers in drooping racemes. 

 Fruit globose, purple, with sweet flesh. 



Found only in rich valleys of southern Texas. 



3. Padus serotina (Ehrh.)Agardh. Wild Cherry. Black 

 Cherry. A large narrow topped tree 80-100 high and 

 4-5 in diameter, with horizontal branches, and reddish 

 brown, rough, aromatic, bitter bark and twigs. Leaves oblong, 

 or elliptic to obovate lanceolate, 2'-5' long, l 1 /?'^' wide, taper 

 pointed, finely serrate with incurved teeth, firm, glossy, smooth 

 on both sides. Flowers white in long racemes. Fruit globose, 

 almost black with sweet, astringent flesh. 



Ontario to North Dakota, Florida and Texas. In Texas it 

 is found in the eastern portion and in the mountains of the 

 west. 



The wood is strong, hard, close grained, yellowish red, and 

 is used in making furniture, panels and for finishing. 



LAUROCERASUS (Tournefort) Reichenbach. Wild Orange. 



Wild Peach. 



Laiirocerasus caroliniana (Miller) Roemer. A beautiful, 

 medium sized tree 30-40 high with smooth, gray bark, green 

 twigs and reddish brown branches. Leaves leathery, persist- 

 ent, elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, entire or few teeth, 2'-4' long, 

 pointed at the apex, glossy green above, dull below. Flowers 

 in short racemes. Fruit oblong or oval, black with thick, lus- 

 trous skin and thin flesh. 



Trees. 



