. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Prunus nigra Ait. Canada Plum. Horse Plum. Fig. 2410. Primus nigra Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 165. 1789. Prunus mollis Torr. FI. U. S. i : 470. 1824. A tree, 20°-30° high, the trunk sometimes 10' in diameter, the bark thin. Leaves oval, ovate or obovate, long-acuminate, pubescent when young, crenulate-serrate, narrowed, obtuse or subcordate at the base, z's' long;
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Prunus nigra Ait. Canada Plum. Horse Plum. Fig. 2410. Primus nigra Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 165. 1789. Prunus mollis Torr. FI. U. S. i : 470. 1824. A tree, 20°-30° high, the trunk sometimes 10' in diameter, the bark thin. Leaves oval, ovate or obovate, long-acuminate, pubescent when young, crenulate-serrate, narrowed, obtuse or subcordate at the base, z's' long; petioles stout, 4'-i' long, bearing i or 2 red glands near the blade; flowers in lateral umbels, expanding before the leaves, I'-li' broad; pedicels 6"-io" long, slender, glabrous; calyx- lobes glandular-serrate, glabrous within, sometimes pubescent without; petals white, turning pink; drupe oval, I'-iJ' long, yellow to orange-red, thick-skinned, bloom little or none, the flesh adherent to the oval compressed stone, which is sharply ridged on the ventral edge, somewhat grooved on the dorsal. Newfoundland to Alberta, Massachusetts, Georgia and Wisconsin. Wood hard, reddish-brown: weight per cubic foot 43 lbs. Red or wild'plum. Pomegranate. May. Fruit Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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