The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . and Texas. Uses: A mostvaluable lumber tree; handsome, quick-growing shade and orna-mental tree; the fruit, roots and bark yield a tonic drug. The black cherry is a substantial citizen in any communityof trees. In an astonishingly short time the sapling becomes atree, low trunked, great of girth, and crowned with a dome ofgraceful, pendulous branches. The satiny brown bark reminds us of the birches. It hasthe same slit-like horizontal breathing holes, and the birchesway of shedding
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . and Texas. Uses: A mostvaluable lumber tree; handsome, quick-growing shade and orna-mental tree; the fruit, roots and bark yield a tonic drug. The black cherry is a substantial citizen in any communityof trees. In an astonishingly short time the sapling becomes atree, low trunked, great of girth, and crowned with a dome ofgraceful, pendulous branches. The satiny brown bark reminds us of the birches. It hasthe same slit-like horizontal breathing holes, and the birchesway of shedding its bark. But a taste, or even a sniff of a twig,or a bit of bark, will decide the point. The cherry birch, whichis the species most likely to be confused with the black cherry,has a pleasantly aromatic flavour. The bark of the cherry isbitter as gall. In old-fashioned home remedies, in patent medicines, and inthe prescriptions of regular physicians cherry extracts and decoc-tions are often met. No spring tonic is seriously expected to ridus of that tired feeling unless the tang of wild cherry is there. 328. THE BIRD CHERRY (t, unsylvanica) The white flowers spread a feast for the bees in May and the ruby fruits for the birds in June. The tree lover finds beautjin the dainty foliage all summer long, and 4a the satiny brown bark all winter
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