THK PKRSIMMON {Diospyros Virginiana) 

 This may be a broad tree of wayward habit or a tall one with handsome, round head. The bark is broken by deep fur- 

 rows into small thick plates. Winter buds are small and red. The yellow flowers are borne in axils of leaves m June. The 

 pistillate trees bear orange-coloured berries, \ Xo \\ inches in diameter. They are astringent and inedible until dead ripe; after 

 heavy frosts they are sweet and luscious. The Negro and the opossum are devoted to this fruit, and arc its most ardent collectors 



