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TREES OF MINNESOTA. 



Plate 43. Prunus pennsylvanica. Wild Red Cherry. 



1. Flowering branch, one-half natural size. 2. Longitudinal section of 

 flower. 8. Fruiting branch, one-half natural size. 4. Longitudinal section of 

 fruit, slightly enlarged. 5. Cross section of fruit, ti. Embryo, enlarged. 7. 

 Axil of leaf showing stipules, one-half natural si/e. 8. Winter branchlet, one- 

 half natural size. 



