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PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



wild state. A low, straggling, thorny shrub, six to ten feet 

 high, along the sea-beach from Massachusetts, southward to 

 Virginia. A handsome ornamental shrub that thrives inland, 

 and in dry, sandy soils, as well as on the sea-coast. 

 P Pennsylvania, L. Wild Red Cherry. Leaves oblong-lanceo- 



46. HOLLY-LEAVED CHERRT. 



late, pointed, finely serrate, shiny, green and smooth on both 

 sides. Flowers many in a cluster, on long stems. Fruit round, 

 light red, quite small, pulp thin and quite acid. A small tree, 



