THE LINDENS, ETC. 



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Wild or Canada The wild plum, sometimes called 

 Plum. Canada plum, is a rather thorny tree 



Primus Americana. ... -ijiij; inj. ■>,-. j: ± 



Pruuas nigra. ^ 1*^ Wild State, from_ 12 to dU teet 



high. There are 



improved varieties SW -/'^'^'Sih 

 which are also com- 

 mon, and from one 

 of these thornless 



ones my 



sketch of --^^^^'^^-^.^r ^ 

 the leaves ■^F^>A 'WA ^^^ 

 is taken. The '^3>4' 

 white flow- 



ers appear m 

 spring, direct- 

 ly before or with the 

 leaves, and the fruit, 

 ripe in August or ear- 

 ly September, is oval, 

 about one inch in di- 

 ameter ; its color is 

 dull orange, or even 

 orange - red,* almost 

 free from bloom : it 



Canada Plum. 



* The fruit from which my drawing was taken (from a tree in 

 cultivation), when fully ripe, has a peculiarly luminous, aesthetic, 

 translucent red color, which I greatly aJmire. 



