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Amelanchier botryapium — Shadbush. 

 A. Canadensis — Juneberry. 

 A. robundifolia — Koundleaved Juneberry. 

 Cratoegus coccinea— Hawthorn. 

 C. crus-galli — Cockspur Thorn. 

 C. macracautha — Longspined Thorn. 

 0. Mollis— Red Thorn. 

 C. punctata — Yellow Haw. 

 C. rotundifolia — Glandular Thorn. 

 0. Tomentosa — Blackthorn or Pear Thorn. (The Irish- 

 man's joy.) 



There are 14 species of Hawthorn on the road between the well and so favorably 

 known, Verdun Hospital and Montreal. 



Primus Americana — Plum. 



P. Pennsylvania — Red Cherry. 



P. Vh'ginica — Choke Cherry. (Very handsome as a 

 little tree, more often a shrub.) 



Pyrus Americana — Mountain Ash. 



P. Coronaria — Crab Apple. 



P. Mains hybrida — Apple. (Of this there are different 

 varieties and subvarieties.) 



P. Serotina — Black Cherry. 



III.— WITCH HAZELS. 

 Hamamelis Yirginica — Witch Hazel. 



The Divining Hod Hazel— my old pupil, Mr. Hepburn, of Picton, the well known 

 owner of the Alexandria, etc.,— says he has never failed to find water with it. 



III.— OLIVES. 



And then in the land of my birth will I fall, 



In the land of the Olive and Phig ; 

 And bury me deep in the What-do-yer-call 



And play on the Thingamyjig. 



Ashes. 



" Fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima " Not thought so in houses. 

 Fraximus Americana — White Ash. 

 F. nigra — Black Ash. 



