1'KKKs, SHRUBS ,\M) vinks OB KIB801 BL 



nalrely Into lamber for making tobaeoo boxes, ete. Qrows in Bollinger, 

 Butler, Cape Qlrardeau, Donklln, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Soott, Stod- 

 dard aril Wayne counties. Also has been reported from St. Loula county, i>ut it 



is not probable that it geta so far north. 



PLANE-TREE family Platah i 



St/ca'-t r». A very large, Talnabk tree found throughout our borders, and 

 reaching tnent alone the Missouri river in the central and wes- 



tern part of the State. Trees 10 to •-'."> feet in girth and 100 to 180 feet in height are 

 not rare, and great quantities of it are sawed into lumber for making tobacco 



-. ete. It is found in Andrew, Atchison. Barton, Bates, Zollinger, Buchanan, 

 Butler. Tape Girardeau. Cedar, Clark. Clay, Dade, Daviess, Dunklin, Greene, 



. Howard, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferaon, Lawrence, Macon, Madison. tloDonald, 

 Madrid. Newton. Oregon, Platte, Hay, Scott. Shannon, St. 

 Francois, St. Louis, Stoddard. Texas. Washington, Wayne and Wright counties. 



BOSS FAMILY (BOBAfJM). 



I ' -ilaster opnlii'olius ( L.) Kuutze. 



\ :known shrub in many places in the state, and found in 



Boone, Clark. Cole. Greene. Henry, Howell. Jackson, Jasper. McDonald, Miller 

 *:on. Tike. Shannon. St. Charles, St. Louis, Vernon and Wayne 

 counties. This is i'Hysocarpus upulifoliua Maxim. 



Spinas .oryrubosa Kaf. 



ft. Has been found in Putnam county. This is spiraea betulcefolia 

 *. .:?on. 



9 piroa salicifolia L. 



iow sxceet. Has been found in Boone, Greene and Jackson counties. 



111. Spim-a tomentosa L. 



Hard hack. Has been found in Boone, Clark, Cooper and Harrison counties. 



j. Pyrus angastifolia Ait. 



'crab-appU. A species confined to the southwestern part of the 

 State. Has been found In Dunklin, Missisippi, St. Louis and Washington counties. 

 I have never heard of it'.being grown for its fruit, but.it is sometimes planted for 

 ornament. 



I'yrus coronaria L. 



Crah-api - la the common crab-apple of this State, and is much more 



common than is now known.; but until we can distinguish this with certainty from 

 onr other crab-apples, we cannot definitely outline its range. This also is not 

 known to have been grown for its fruit, but is often planted for ornament. At 

 present we know that it grows in Butler. Clark, Dsvtess, Dunklin, 'Greene, Jack- 

 son. Madison, Miller and Shannon counties. 



