THE BIRD CHERRY. 



5°3 



FRUIT OF BIRD CHERRY 

 (Natural Size). 



THE LEAF. 



The buds are purplish-brown, long and tapering to a point. 

 They are arranged singly in sequences of three. 



The young leaves are folded lengthways along the mid-rib, and 

 only the light glossy surface of the under-side is to be seen. The 

 bud-scales do not fall away at once, but continue to grow and to 

 protect the leaf-petiole for a time. When the leaves are fully 

 developed they lie borizontally and nearly flat ; the leaf-blade itself, 

 however, is waved and puckered. 



The underside soon loses its first glossiness, though it remains 

 a bright green, paler in tone than the upper surface, and beautified 

 by the clear " intaglio " pattern which the main and secondary 



