116 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
> eae or more in length. Flowers rather preceding the leaves, solitary or in pairs ; pedicels 
at half an inch jong. _ Petals white. Drwpe oval, ovoid o or obov' oid, of various colors, 
ps Omak t covered with ploom, the flesh rather firm 
Cultivated. “Fl, April. , August 
Numerous fa of this are cultivated,—some of them of a large 
tive. sod Sloe is Ley in Europe for hedges, and is said to be natural- 
ized in some parts of the United States; it is now considered as the 
orginal of the sine varieties of cultivated plum and of the Bullace 
Plum 
** Indigenous species. 
ica’na, Marsh. Branches subspinose ; leaves oval and 
very reiny, smooth when old; umbels subsessile, 2—5-flowered ; frui 
undish, oval, yellow, orange or red, nenriys destitute of bloom 3 the tur- 
gid stone more or less acute on both margin 
American Prunus. Red Plum. Yellow ts 
Stem 8-12 or 15 feet high, much branched ,—the young branches virgate, the old ones 
Tugged and somewhat thorny. Leaves 2- 3 inches long ; petioles one fou rth to half an 
threes or fours ; pedicels 
one third to half an inch lo: ong. Petals white. Drupe mostly reddish orange-colored, with 
a rich succulent yellow pulp, and a thick tough skin. 
Thickets, fence-rows and banksof streams. Canada to Texas. Fl. April. Fr. August. 
This Pluam—about which foreign Botanists have been so bewil- 
Soe Devinth & pogeen through our country. In its wild state, 
apt to aE 
o 
Died 
the flowe abortive. 3 the, , rat is sal and spay: 
acerb ; but ex log cl, the dru es becomes as ct hg 
comm 
. P. mari ‘thme, Wan r geldom thorny ; leaves ovate or oval, _ 
serrate, softly pubescent undern eath ; es cels short, pubescent ; frui 
globular, purple or crimson, with a bloo 
— Plum. Sand Plum 
low straggling shrub 2-5 tet et high. Leaves 2-8 inches long, rather stiff, smooth 
Fiat and downy, pitt = the mid-rib and veins, b —_— Flowers in umbels of “ 
6; ; pedicels 3g an inch tong 5 yx pubescent. Fruit inch to an inch in beggin 
stone v rgid, acute o aan piel ge rounded and mney grooved on the othe: 
_Near the sea : Massachusetts to Virginia. FU. May. Fr. Aug. -Sept. 
Bs maple & is found along the sea-coast and often extends inland 
= twenty miles or more. When aioe at a distance from the sea, its 
eaves are oes and thinner and the fruit smaller,—forms which have 
msider i 
ies i y, often, when fully ripe, of an papel: fevers it is 
a Song re ing along the New England coast and is sometimes 
— & P. Chiea’sa, Mz. Branches subspinose; leaves narrow, oblong 
