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A good description of both plants, with cuts to illus- 

 trate the leaves, was published in Mr. Upham's Visitor, 

 No. 9, last September. The smoke tree (Rhus cotinus) 

 common in old gardens, belongs to this genus also. 

 In Mr. Clark's yard. No. 8 Chestnut street, back from 

 the street, is a curiosity in the shape of a buckthorn 

 (Rhamnus catharticus) which has been allowed to grow 

 at its will until it has formed a rather graceful tree 

 some twenty feet high. This is the tree of the ordinary 

 buckthorn hedges about Salem, in its natural state, and 

 there are others in various parts of the city which having 

 been allowed their liberty have made very respectable 

 trees. 



June ninth. 



