CATALOGUE OP PLANTS. 



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ROSACEA. Rose Family. 

 PRUNUS, Tourn. Plum. Cheery. 



P. Peksioa, Sieb. & Zucc. Peach. 



Cult, from Persia. B*, several trees on house-site, Hill- 

 side St. 

 P. domestica, L. Common Plum. 



Cult, probably from Asia. BB, a well-established patch of 

 Damson Plums, near wall below The Falls. 

 P. pumila, L. Dwarf Cherry. Sand Cherry. 



Rocky and sandy places. JB*, occasional on or near hill- 

 tops in the seams of ledges: — M, occasional. 

 P. Cerasus, L. Garden Cherry. 



Cult, from Eu. B, occasional on house-sites and by road- 

 sides : — M, one tree, border of wood-road, Melrose. 



P. avium, L. Bird Cherry. 



Cult, from Eu. and often escaped into woods. B*, single 

 tree on house-site, Hillside St. : — M, occasional. 



P. Pennsylvanica, L. f. Wild Red Cherry. 



Rocky soil, woods, and thickets. B*, common in dry ledgy 

 places and on hill-tops, often on fire-burned slopes where it is 

 soon shaded out by stronger plants : — M*, frequent in dry, 

 rocky, and upland woods : — S, common on Milkweed Hill : — 

 BB, occasional. 



P. Virginiana, L. Choke Cherry. 



Dry rocky places, borders of woods and roadsides. B*, 

 frequent : — M *, common : — BB, occurs. 



P. serotina, Ehrh. Wild Black Cherry. 



Woods and open places. B, frequent, usually on ledges : — 

 M *, common on borders of woods, and frequent by roadsides. 



SPIR/EA, L. SriRiEA. Meadow Sweet. 



S. tomentosa, L. Hardhack. Steeple Bush. 



Low ground. B* and M, common in meadows and pastures, 



