THE TUPELO or PepperiJgo (.Vv^.wi sylvatiro) 



Flowers appear after the leaves in May. They are greenish and very small. Staminatc trees hear crowded heads of 

 stamens only. Pistillate trees bear perfect flowers, l to 3 in a cluster. The sour, blue berries ripen in October. The foliage is 

 the glory of the tree, dark-green and glossy all summer, scarlet in autumn. The wood 



especially dense and heavy 



