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RED CHERRY TREE. 
of the Wild Cherry stone : hence I presume that it would afford a fragrant 
spirituous liquor. 
The only merit of this tree is its brilliant vegetation, which renders it, 
when in bloom, one of the most beautiful productions of the southern part 
of the United States. Too delicate to support the winter of Paris, it would 
flourish in the open field only in the southern departments of France and in 
Italy. 
PLATE LXXXIX. 
A branch ivitli leaves and flowers of the natural size, and fruit of the 'preced- 
ing year. 
[The name of u Wild Orange Tree” would appear to be a misnomer. It 
is called in Loudon’s Arboretum, the Carolina Bird Cherry.] 
RED CHERRY TREE. 
Cerasus borealis. C. foliis ovali-oblongis,_acuminatis, glabris ; floribus sub- 
corymbosis ; fructibus rubris. 
The Red Cherry is common only in the Northern States and in Canada, 
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It is rarely met with in New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania, and is wholly unknown in the Southern States. In the Dis- 
trict of Maine and in Vermont it is called Small Cherry and Red Cherry ; 
the last of which denominations I have preferred. ' 
The size of the Red Cherry places it among trees of the third order : it 
rarely exceeds, and often does not equal, 25 or 30 feet in height and 6 or 
8 inches in diameter. Its leaves are 5 or 6 inches long, oval, denticulated 
and very acuminate. The flowers are collected in small, white bunches, 
and give birth to a red fruit of inconsiderable size, which is ripe in the 
month of July. This fruit is intensely acid, and is not abundant even on 
the largest trees. 
The trunk is covered with a smooth, brown bark, which detaches itself 
