DECIDUOUS TREES. 
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generally, when wild, found growing in moist or wet land, but 
it will thrive in any good deep soil. The tree has no particular 
claims to beauty in its habit of growth, but from its dark green 
glossy foliage in summer, and the brilliant fiery tinge which it 
takes on when ripening its leaves, it is extremely valuable for 
forming groups in the picturesque style. A single tree of it 
even, standing at some distance from the house, and where 
its brilliant autumn tints can be readily seen, often forms for 
Fig. IT.— Persimmon. 
weeks a feature of beauty surpassing that of any other on the 
place. 
Persimmon — Diospyros . — The persimmon or Virginia date 
plum makes an open, irregular, half round-headed, rather erect 
tree of pleasing character and of a medium size, that fits it well 
for grounds of limited extent. It groups well with the English 
elm, the bird cherry, and others ; and when the value of its fruit 
is regarded, deserves a place in almost all grounds. In the 
southern sections of Illinois, Missouri, etc., there are varieties of 
it that ripen their fruits long before frost; but the wild trees of 
