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The fruits are small, dark-blue drupes that are borne in open 

 terminal clusters. They are considered edible by those who like 

 them. The bark is much like that of the dogwood. I know of 

 but two stations for this tree at Hartsville. There are a large 

 number of rather small specimens on the sandy slope south of 

 Crowley's spring, and there is a single good-sized tree that stands 

 about thirty feet from the swamp edge and about 100 yards above 

 the bathing place behind Captain Cannon's house. 



CULTIVATED TREES: NOT NATIVE. 



In addition to the native or naturalized trees mentioned above, 

 there are, of course, a number of exotic species in cultivation in 

 Hartsville, and a description of some of the more important sorts 

 may be of interest. 



Maidenhair Tree {Ginkgo biloba L.). 



This tree, perhaps the most remarkable in the world, is placed 

 even below the pines and other coniferous evergreens in the 

 evolutional scale, but one would never suppose so from the large 

 deciduous leaves and general habit of growth. The singular 

 leaves are fan-shaped and with a texture very like that of the 

 maidenhair fern leaflet. The fruit is a good-sized, plum-like 

 drupe with bad smelling flesh enclosing a sweet, edible nut. The 

 tree is a native of China and Japan, where it is an object of wor- 

 shipful veneration. It is the sole survivor of an earlier vegetation 

 that has long since passed away. The two sexes are separate, and 

 the fruit is borne only on the female trees. There is a small 

 specimen in Major Coker's lawn. 



Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica L.). 



A well known tree with drooping branches and long, narrow 

 leaves that are whitish beneath. It is a native of the Caucasus 

 and is much used for certain landscape effects. There are several 

 in Mr. C. W. Coker's yard. 



Deodara Cedar (Cedrus Deodara Land). 



A very beautiful true Cedar from the Himalaya Mountains, 

 with light, bluish-green drooping spray. It is closely related to 

 the Cedar of Lebanon. The best specimen is in the yard of Mr. 

 C. C. Twitty. 



