. Cerasus virginiana,THE VIRGINIAN CHERRY-TREE. Synonymes. Pruntis serotina,Cerasus virginiana, Cerasus serotiyia, Cerisier de Virginie,Virginischer Kirschbaum,Ciliegio di Virginia,Virginian Bird Cherry-tree,Wild Cherry-tree, Black Cherry-tree, Engravings. IHi:haux, North American Sylva, figures beloflj Ehrhart, Beitrage zur Naturkund. MicHAUx, North American Sylva. LocDON, Arboretum Britannicum. ToKREY AND Gray, Flora of North America. De Candolle, Prodromus. France. Germany. Italy. Britain. Anglo-America. Loudon, Arboretum
. Cerasus virginiana,THE VIRGINIAN CHERRY-TREE. Synonymes. Pruntis serotina,Cerasus virginiana, Cerasus serotiyia, Cerisier de Virginie,Virginischer Kirschbaum,Ciliegio di Virginia,Virginian Bird Cherry-tree,Wild Cherry-tree, Black Cherry-tree, Engravings. IHi:haux, North American Sylva, figures beloflj Ehrhart, Beitrage zur Naturkund. MicHAUx, North American Sylva. LocDON, Arboretum Britannicum. ToKREY AND Gray, Flora of North America. De Candolle, Prodromus. France. Germany. Italy. Britain. Anglo-America. Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, ii., fi^. 418 et vl. pi. 114, and Specific Characters. Leaves (rather coriaceous) oval, oblong, or lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, glabrous,or bearded along the midrib beneath, smooth and shining above, finely serrate, with appressed, orincurved callous teeth; petioles, (or base of the leaf,) mostly with two or more glands; racemes elon-gated, spreading; petals broadly obovate; drupes globose, purplish-black.—Torrey and Gray, Descriptioji. HE Cerasus virgin- ^ H H 1^ iana, where the soil |x LI [§ 3^i^d cUmate are the S^^l most congenial to itsgrowth, sometimes attains a height of eightyor one hundred feet, with a trunk three or fourfeet in diameter; but it varies much in size,according to the circumstances under whichit grows. In England and the North Ameri-can British provinces,Ut seldom exceeds thirtyor forty feet in height, with a trunk ten ortwelve inches in diameter; and in the neigh-bourhood of the Great Slave Lake, in latitude62° N., it grows only to a height of about fivefeet. The general surface of the bark issmooth; but it is blackish and rough, detach-ing itself in narrow semi-circular, hard, thickplates, which adhere for a time to the tree,previous to dropping off. The trunk is usu-ally straight for about one fourth of its height, where it ramifies into a spreadingsummit of a handsome outline; but its foliage is too thin to display that massyr
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