. 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. 5o6 The Wild Cherries 5. WILD CHERRY—Padus serotma (Ehrhart) Agardh Prunus serotina Ehrhart This well-known tree, also called the Black, Cabinet, or Rum cherry, is abun- dant in mixed forests and neglected clearings, from Nova Scotia to Ontario and South Dakota southward to Florida, Kansas and Texas, attaining a maximum height of 35 meters, and a trunk diameter of 2 m. The bark of old trunks is nearly 2 cm. thick, fissure
. 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. 5o6 The Wild Cherries 5. WILD CHERRY—Padus serotma (Ehrhart) Agardh Prunus serotina Ehrhart This well-known tree, also called the Black, Cabinet, or Rum cherry, is abun- dant in mixed forests and neglected clearings, from Nova Scotia to Ontario and South Dakota southward to Florida, Kansas and Texas, attaining a maximum height of 35 meters, and a trunk diameter of 2 m. The bark of old trunks is nearly 2 cm. thick, fissured in all directions into small scaly plates of a dark red-brown color j with raised edges on yoimg trunks and branches the bark is smooth and yellow- ish brown, the outer portion peeling off easily, exposing a bright green umer layer. The twigs are slender, smooth, pale green or yellowish brown, becoming bright red or brown; winter buds covered by brown, pointed scales. The leaves are firm, oval to oblong or lanceolate, 6 to 15 cm. long, taper-pointed, or rarely blunt, wedge-shaped or rounded with two prominent glands at the base, margined by short, thick-tipped glandular teeth, slightly hairy at the midrib when imfold- ing, soon becoming smooth, shining, dark green with impressed midrib above, paler Fig. 467- —wad Cheny. ^th prominent midrib beneath, the leaf- stalk about cm. long. The tree flowers from April to June, when the leaves are partly expanded; flowers about 8 mm. across, on short pedicels less than i cm. long, in narrow, erect or spreading racemes 10 to 15 cm. long, the axis and pedicels smooth; the calyx-tube is cup-shaped, smooth, its lobes ovate, obtuse, and sUghtljr irregularly toothed, and, with the filaments, persistent in fruit; petals white, broadly obovate; filaments and pistil smooth. The fruit ripens in August or Sep- tember, is globose, 8 to 10 mm. in diameter, dark purple or black; skin thick; flesh dark, juicy, but sUghtly astringent; the stone
Size: 1432px × 1744px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkhholtandco
