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 Plum, Prunus 

 gravcsii, is a rare species, four 

 feet high, with orbicular ser- 

 rate leaves. The white flow- 

 ers, borne in lateral umbels, 

 expand with the leaves. Fruit 

 is globose, nearly black with light blue bloom. 



Blackthorn or Buckthorn, Prunus 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 



Ler.ves of the Beach Plum, 2' to 3' long. 



