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TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 



long. Flowers dkscious, very small. May. Fruit globular, about 

 y z in. in diameter, violet-purplish ; ripe in autumn, and remaining 

 on the tree through the winter. A small tree, 15 to 20 ft. high, from 

 southern Virginia southward, in moist woods. 



GENUS 62. SYBf NGA. 



Leaves simple, entire, opposite ; flowers ornamental, in 

 large, dense clusters. The Lilacs 'are all beautiful, but 

 form mere shrubs, except the following : 



Syringa Japonica. (JAPAN LILAC. 

 GIANT TREE LILAC.) Leaves deciduous, 

 opposite, oval to cordate, thick, dai-k 

 green, glossy; flowers white, 4-parted, 

 odorless, in very large, dense, erect, ter- 

 minal clusters, blooming in summer; 

 fruit dry 2-celled pods with 2 to 4 

 seeds. A magnificent small tree, 20 to 

 30 ft. high ; from Japan ; probably hardy 

 throughout. 



S. Jap6nlca. 



GENUS 63. CHIONANTHUS. 



Low trees or shrubs with simple, deciduous, opposite, 

 entire, thick, smooth, petioled leaves. Flowers 4-parted, 

 with long, slender, delicate white lobes, drooping in clus- 

 ters from the lower side of the branches and forming a 

 fringe ; in early summer. Fruit a purple drupe. 



Chionanthus Virginica, L. (FRINGE- 

 TREE). Leaves smooth, thickish, large 

 (3 to 6 in. long), oval or obovate, entire. 

 The leaves are occasionally somewhat 

 alternate and thin ; they resemble those 

 of the Magnolia. Drupe ovoid, % in. long, 

 covered with a bloom. A beautiful small 

 tree or shrub, 8 to 30 ft. high, wild along 

 streams, southern Pennsylvania andsouth- 

 ward, and generally cultivated north for 

 its delicate fringe-like flowers. Hardy. 



A variety (var. angustifolia) with long, 

 narrow leaves is occasionally cultivated. 



C. Vlrgtoica. 



