. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. es of small wliite Ihiwers it is ahighly ornamental tree. Its fruit, when fullyripe is of pleasant vinous flavor and is oftenused in making rum, and the aromatic barkis valued as a flavoring, as a tonic and sedativemedicine. The wood of wliich a cubic foot weighs lbs. is strong, ratlier hard and very close grained and one of our most valuable woods for furniture making and interior finishing.^ Leaves oval or oblona: to lanco-obovate. 2-.^) , tapering or rounded at base, taper-
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. es of small wliite Ihiwers it is ahighly ornamental tree. Its fruit, when fullyripe is of pleasant vinous flavor and is oftenused in making rum, and the aromatic barkis valued as a flavoring, as a tonic and sedativemedicine. The wood of wliich a cubic foot weighs lbs. is strong, ratlier hard and very close grained and one of our most valuable woods for furniture making and interior finishing.^ Leaves oval or oblona: to lanco-obovate. 2-.^) , tapering or rounded at base, taper-pointed,serrate with incurved teeth, glabrous, thicklustrous dark green above, paler beneath, withslender petioles bearing red glands. Floirrrsopening when the leaves are nearly grown, 14 in erect or nodding racemes 4-6 in. long,terminating short lirancblets; calyx withshort lobes, persistent : petals obovate. Fruit sob-globose and somewhat lobed, %-V^ in. in di-ameter, reddish black with juicy purple flesh ofvinous flavor and stone about Vi in. long pointedat apex. 1. A. W., II,
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