Handbook of Trees of the ISToktiieejm St. 



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The Yellow Buckthorn or Indian Cherry, as 

 it ib also called, is a small slender tree "with 

 unarmed branches sometimes attaining the 

 lii^tit uf 30 or 35 ft. with trunk G or S in. in 



(liaitieter. it is more often, however, shrulV.iy 

 and scattered as an undergrowth through fur- 

 psts of the Black Jack, Post, ^liinrje and Chin- 

 quapin Oaks. Blue Ash, Bumelia, etc., on rich 

 bottomdands and limestone slopes. In these 

 situations its clc tr bright green foliage and 

 horvies. varying fmiu scarlet to black according 

 to degree of ri[ieness, are highly ornamental 

 and have occasioned its planting,' in ornamental 

 shrubberies, for whieh it is well adajjted. Its 

 fruit is sweet and edible though of no com- 

 mercial impnrlance. 



The AYOod is rather liglit, a cu. ft. weighing 

 34.04 lbs., but hard and close-graiiu'il and of a 

 rich brown color witli clear yellow saji-wood. 



Leaves f'llipl ical to ovate, 2-0 in. lony: witli C, 

 or 7 pairs of veins arcuate near the margin, 

 wedge-shaped or voimded at base, acute (or soinc- 

 timcs acuminate ) at apex, obscurely serral ''- 

 crenate or neai'ly enlire, tomi'Dl(.ise at bi-st but a( 

 maturity shinin.i,^ dark .i;reen witli iiupressed \-i'ins 

 alirivc, glatu'ous <ir u early so ln-neal h : petioles 

 pubescent ; winter buds naked. Flmrrrs ( M^y- 

 .Tunc) perfect, about ^s in. broad, in pubeseeut 

 umbels or some solilnry on peduncles frora V^ tn 

 % in. long; calyx r.-lobed : petals .1, enveloping a 

 short stamen. rniit subglobose, ^■■i in. in di- 

 ameter, ripening in early antnmu. bl.qek and 

 sweetish when fnllv ilpe nnd eonlaining 2-4 

 closely coherent nutlei s rrmnded on back. 



