. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . lobes persistent at the base of the fr.: fls. ap-pearing relatively late in the season: large trees. 29. ser6tina, Ehrh. Wild Black Cherry. Strong,straight tree, reaching 100 ft., with very dark brownbitter-aromatic bark: lvs. oblong, lance-oblong or ob-long-ovate, tapering to a po
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . lobes persistent at the base of the fr.: fls. ap-pearing relatively late in the season: large trees. 29. ser6tina, Ehrh. Wild Black Cherry. Strong,straight tree, reaching 100 ft., with very dark brownbitter-aromatic bark: lvs. oblong, lance-oblong or ob-long-ovate, tapering to a point, thickish and firm, shin-ing above, with many small incurved callous teeth: long, loose racemes, appearing when the lvs. arenearly full grown: fr. size of a pea, purple-black, bit-terish, ripening in late summer and September. Gen-erally distributed from Nova Scotia to Dakota, south toFla. and Texas. 4 —A valuable timber tree,furnishing lumber for cabinet work and house finish-ings ; also a fine lawn tree. It is much used in forestry Var. salicifdlia, Koehne {P, salicifblia, HBK. , Cerasus Cdpollin, DC). Capulin. Lvs=narrower (usually narrowly lanceolate), smooth andshining, usually more leathery. Western Tex., Ariz.,New Mex., Mex. and south. 1888, p. 137; 1893 1994. Prunus Pennsylvanica (X 34). No. 21. plantings. Var. p6ndula, Hort., has drooping varieg^ta, Hort., has ycllow-niarked lvs. , Hort. (var. Caj-fhai/hia, Hort., by cartilaginen, Lelim.), is a han<lsoine form with verylong, shining lvs. Var. asplenifdlia, Hort., has narrow,■deeply toothed lvs.
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