. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. 62. Figure 18 AMERICAN MOUNTAIN AsH. 1. Leaf. 2. Krnlt. 3. Winter twig , ^ . BLACK GUM. 4. Leaves sbowin^ ^f ^/^'J^^V Wi^ef twig""' 5. Twig with fruit on typical stalks. 0. ^^ inter twig 63 Whito.— red-tinted, flowers (xcur in terminal <'orymbs. ITsnally 3'—10' tall; along stream-banks. 131. Meadow-sweet,—Spiraea salicifolia, L. Twigs very fine, orange-hjotcn and smooth. Buds small, acute-apprest. Leaves stalked, ohvate or lanceolate, smooth, sharp-ser- rate above middle. Flowers w
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. 62. Figure 18 AMERICAN MOUNTAIN AsH. 1. Leaf. 2. Krnlt. 3. Winter twig , ^ . BLACK GUM. 4. Leaves sbowin^ ^f ^/^'J^^V Wi^ef twig""' 5. Twig with fruit on typical stalks. 0. ^^ inter twig 63 Whito.— red-tinted, flowers (xcur in terminal <'orymbs. ITsnally 3'—10' tall; along stream-banks. 131. Meadow-sweet,—Spiraea salicifolia, L. Twigs very fine, orange-hjotcn and smooth. Buds small, acute-apprest. Leaves stalked, ohvate or lanceolate, smooth, sharp-ser- rate above middle. Flowers white or pink-tinted; in dense terminal panicles, Capsiilas persistent. Occurs on moist to sw^ampy soils; 4' tall as a maximum. 132. Steeple-biish,—Spiraea tomentosa, L. Quite like meadow-sweet hut twigs and under sides of leaves are woolly; leaves ovate; flowers usually pink to purple. 133. *Japanese Rose or Globe Flower,—Kerria japo- nica, DC. Erect shrub, 4'—10' tall, with double or single yellow flowers; an old-fashioned ornamental often met around abandoned homesteads. Twigs slender, angular, bright green. Leaves acute, birch-like, 2-serrate. Native to China; in- troduced from Japan. APPLES, PEAR, CHOKEBERRIES, AND MOUNTAIN ASHES,—PYRUS, L. Trees or shrubs with fleshy or berry-like pome fruits; earpels soft or papery and 2-seeded. Flowers showy, in corymbs or cymes, have 5 blunt-ovate petals, and an equal number of more or less persistent sepals. Elongating twigs and short spurs present. Terminal buds well developed. 134. *Conimon Pear,—Pynis Communis, L. Twigs orange-hrown, smooth; often with spiny spurs. Leaves usually smooth, ovate, flne-serrate or entire. Buds brown smooth, close apprest. Fruit fleshy, obovoid. Small cultivated tree; rarely escaixnl. Native to southern Europe and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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