. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 455- — Garden Plvun. 12. GARDEN PLUM —Prunus domestica Linnjeus Prunus insUitia Linnaeus The European garden plum, also known as the Damson plum or Bullace, is an occasional escape to roadsides and about old orchards, often forming dense thickets; it sometimes attains a height of 8 meters. The branches are stiff and upright, with or without thorns. The twigs are rather stout, somewhat hairy at first, be- coming smoot
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 455- — Garden Plvun. 12. GARDEN PLUM —Prunus domestica Linnjeus Prunus insUitia Linnaeus The European garden plum, also known as the Damson plum or Bullace, is an occasional escape to roadsides and about old orchards, often forming dense thickets; it sometimes attains a height of 8 meters. The branches are stiff and upright, with or without thorns. The twigs are rather stout, somewhat hairy at first, be- coming smooth and red to gray- ish brown. The leaves are thick and firm, very variable in outline, from ovate to obovate, 5 to 8 cm. long, sharp or taper- pointed, more or less tapering at the base into the stout, broad, channelled leaf-stalk, coarsely and irregularly toothed, dull dark green and somewhat wrinkled above, paler, rough, and prominently veined beneath. The flowers are white, appearing in April or May, with the leaves; they are usually solitary, sometimes 2 or 3 in a cluster, on slender stalks about 5 cm. long. The fruit, which ripens in August, varies somewhat, but on wild plants is usually about cm. long, blue-black, with a bloom; the stone is large, slightly roughened, promi- nently ridged and grooved on one edge. The wood is hard, close-grained, red- brown, sometimes with hghter streaks; its specific gravity is about It takes a fine poUsh and is a favorite, in Europe, for cabi- net work and instrument making. 13. SOUR CHERRY —Pnmus Cerasns Linnseus A native of Europe, also called Egriot, widely cultivated in many improved fruiting varieties, and a frequent escape, from suck- ers at the roots or spontaneously by seed, in waste places along roadsides and margins. Fig. 456. — Sour Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustratio
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