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rally distributed. About five thousand specimens. Flow 

 era in April. Will grow in a poor soil. Is a very hand- 

 some, .-mall tree, the leaves changing in tlic autumn to va- 

 rious hades of crimson, scarlet and orange, and very 

 often retained on the plant during the winter. 



Sth. Castanea Americana — Chestnut. 



A tall tree, sometimes >ivry to eighty feet high, and 

 three to (our feet in diameter. Leaves six to eight inches 

 long, and about two inches wide. Will thrive in the most 

 barren soils, especially those of a rocky or gravelly 

 nature. Generally distributed. Five hundred specimens. 

 Flower- i:i June. 



ill. CATALPA SYRING.EFOLIA— Calalpu. 



A tree, twenty to thirty feet high. Leaves from live 

 to eight inches in diameter. Flowers in June, and at that 

 time very ornamental. Found in the neighborhood of 

 several residences. Introduced from the South. About 

 fifty specimens. Will grow in any soil. 



LOth. Celastrus scandens— B tter-sweet. 



A climbing plant, winds around shrubs and small trees, 

 or along stone fences, ten to twenty feet long. Leaves 

 two to three inches long. Flowers early in June. Found 

 in the thickets in the upper portion of the park. 



llth. CELTIS OCCIDENTALFS — Sugar Berry. 

 A small tree, from fifteen to thirty feet high, and six 

 or eight inches in diameter, with numerous slender 

 spreading blanches. Leaves two to three inches long 

 and one to two inches wide, dark green. Flowers in May. 

 Found in a number of situations. 



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