Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
39. Wild Black Cherry. Rum Cherry. (Prunus serotina.) 
LEAF: 2-5’, simple, alternate, serrate, lance-oblong, -apex 
tapering, glossy above. FLOWER: white, in long clusters, after 
the leaves; June. FRvuiIT: purplish-black; bark ragged; tree 
and shrub. (Pl. IX.) 
40. Beech. (Fagus ferruginea.) 
LEAF: 4-6’, simple, alternate, serrate, oblong, apex tapering, 
border slightly ‘‘fulled.” FRuir: prickly. Branches long, 
slender, horizontal ; bark light-ashy. (Pl. VI.) 
41. Chestnut. (Castanea sativa, var. americana.) 
LEAF: 4'~12', simple, alternate, serrate (teeth incurved), lance- 
oblong, apex pointed. FLOWER: whitish, in long abundant cat- 
kins; June, July; bark perpendicularly light-streaked. (Pl. IV.) 
42. June-berry. Shad-bush. (Amelanchier canadensis.) 
LEAF: 2-3’, simple, alternate, finely serrate, oblong (broadly 
or narrowly). FLOWER: white, in short or long clusters, just 
after leaves have started; April, May. FRuitT: globular, red 
or purplish, sweet, ripe in June; low tree and shrub. (Pl. VIII.) 
43. Nettle-tree. Hackberry. Sugarberry. (Celtis 
occidentalis.) 
LEAF: 2’-4', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, markedly taper- 
ing, base obligue and sometimes cordate. FRUIT: purple, size of 
very small cherry; bark peculiarly warty on lower trunk; Mid- 
dle States and rarely east. (Pl. X.) 
44. Wild Red Cherry. (Prunus pennsylvanica.) 
LEAF: 3-5’, simple, alternate, fiely serrate, lance-oblong, 
apex pointed, rather glossy. FLOWER: white, in rather large 
lateral clusters, long stemmed ; May, when leaves are half-grown. 
FRUIT: very small, light red. cen 
45. Balsam Poplar. (Populus balsamifera.) 
LEAF: 3-6’, simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, apex tapering, 
smooth, leathery, lighter beneath; duds fragrant. _ RANGE: 
northern New England to Wisconsin, and north. (Pl. VI.) 
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