IFANDTiOOK OF TuKKS OV T 1 1 K NoTtTllETJN StATF.S ANT) CaiYADA. 417 



Tlio Northern Xuniiy-lirrry is at licst a small 

 troe, unly iiinlcr most f,i \ .11 alilc coialitiuiis at- 

 taining tliL' liuiyiit of li.-, ,,v :i(l ft., with trunk 

 S ur 10 in. ill dianiL'ter, and is roinnuinly only 

 a slirub. When isdiati'.l froni othrr trc's it 

 Jl'\uIo|is a wide rounded tup witli tonyli tortu- 

 ous hranclios. The harl< of trnnic is of a darl<- 

 l.rown rolor and lissmod into inoiiiiiient ridges, 

 whieji are more or less ili\ ided by trans\-erse 

 llsstires. 



It inhabits the banl<s of streams, margins of 

 swamps and lovv rirh boftomdands, or 

 sparingly hilbsides where tluMe is an al)nn- 

 ilaiiee of naiistnre, and in tni'se loealities, in 

 tile month of Alay, its lustrous green hoaxes 

 and large rlusters of snniU wiiite llowers are 

 sure to elieit admiration from e\en the casual 

 observer. Its bluedilaek frnit m autumn pre- 

 sents a new jihase n! beauty, wiiieh the eouiitry 

 children consider as also of utility, for they 

 lielight in eating the sweet fruit. It is then 

 lliat the appropriateness of its names — Wild- 

 Raisin Till am! .'^ ircrl -l,ci ri/ — is apparent. 



The wood is tine-grained, hard and heavy, ,a 

 cubic foot weighing 4.5..") 1 lbs., and the yellow- 

 ish brown heart-wood is of very disagreeable 

 and lemark.ably persistent odor, suggestive of 

 the odor of rancid liutter. 



Linn.i ovate tii nval. 2i._. to .1 in. lonfr. mostly 

 ruundcfl at base and acuminate at apex, sharply 

 serrate, at maturity lustrous dark urcen atiove, 

 yellowish .srecn and with minute l)Iack dots be- 

 neath : petioli^s wi.le. ei""\-ed al)ove, the lower- 

 most wavy marsineil. rnfuus-tomentose. Ploirrrs 

 )4 in. broad in se\-ei-al-i-a,\-ed c.A'mi\s, o-."* in. across. 

 Fruit ripe in Sciitemlier. ol)long', on drooping 

 I)Pdicels in red stemmed clusters with thick blne- 

 lilack Klaucims skin ; stone very flat oval or 

 orbicular. 



