IMAMS.
Prunus Americana. Wild Yellow or Red Plum. East ern United States. This is the common wildplum of the country east of the Rocky mountains, from Mississippi to Minnesota. la the valley of the Mississippi, and particn larly southwestward, the two next named species also occur.
P. Amami& Wild Plum. Mississippi Valleyand west word.
P. Masa. Chickasaw Plum. Southeastern United States.
P. umbellata. Small Wild Plum. South Carolina and southward. A small purple or black plum, sour and bit ter, growing from South Carolina to Florida.
P. .7elinaylvanica. Wild Red Cherry. Eastern States. A small tree, or often a shrub, with sour, unpleasant fruit. P. seroltna. Wild Black Cherry. Eastern United States. A fine, large tree, of wide range, frequent in the Northern' and Western States, and along the Allegheny Mountains in the Southern States. The wood is compact, flue-grained, and highly esteemed for cabinet work The fruit is small, rather sweet and pleasant when fully ripe. P. Virginian. Chokecherry. Eastern United States. P. Caroliniana. Mock Orange. North Carolina and southward. A small tree with evergreeu leaves, growing from North Carolina to Florida and in the Gulf States. It closely resembles the Cherry Laurel of Europe. It is a beautiful tree for cultivation, but probably would not hear a northern climate.
P. demissa. Rocky Mountain Choke-cherry. Rocky Mountains aid California.
P. A ”dersonii. Desert Plum. California and Nevada. P. ilicifolia. Holly-leaved Cherry. California.
P. mods. Oregon. This is the principal wild cherry of Oregon and the northwestern coast. It grows to the height of twenty to thirty feet. The fruit is astringent and unpleasant.
Aruitallia cerasiformis. California.
Adetiostom• sparsillora. Chimisell. California.
Cercocarpus ledifolius. Mountain Mahogany. Rocky Mountains. A low, spreading tree, not usually over ten to fifteen feet high, but sometimes forty feet high, and two and a half feet thick. The leuves are evergreen; the wood is a dark red, like mahogany, extremely compact and heavy. It is frequent on the mountains of Utah, Nevada, and California.
C. parrifolius. Small Mountain Califor nia. A much smaller tree or ehrub than the prececting; the wood quite similar.
Pyrus coronaria. American Crab Apple. Eastern Uni ted States. The common wild crab apple of the United States, growing in grades and frequently forming exten sive thickets. The ilmit is variable, but seldom palatable or serviceable. It is used, however, in new portions of the country for preserves or for making cider.
P. angustifolia. Narrow-leaved Crab. Pennsylvania southward and westward. Perhaps only a variety of the
preceding, with narrower leaves and rather smaller fruit.
P. Amer!. ana. American Mountain Ash. Northeastern United States. A small tree gru•iug in swamps and mountain woods, sparingly iu the Allegheny Mountains, most common in New England and northward. It is fre quently seen in cultivation, and much resembles the European Mountain Ash. The clusters of bright-red ber ries are very ornamental, and remain on the tree until winter.
P. rivularis. Oregon Cr b Apple. Oregon and Rocky Mountains. This is a small tree, ranging from California northward into Alaska. The fruit is, fibs size of a cherry, of an agreeable flavor, used, particularly in Alaska, by the natives of the country for food.
C. tomentosa. Black or Pear Thorn. Eastern United States.
Cratcegus spathulata. Wild Thorn. Virginia and south ward. Of wild thorns, we have numerous species, most of which are small and shrubby. About twelve species and varieties of the country east of the Rocky mountains may be counted as small trees, and two of the Rocky mountains and western coast.
C. apiifolia. Wild Thorn. Virginia and southward.
C. cordata. Washington Thorn. Virginia and south ward.
C. arborescens. Wild Thorn. Southern States.
C. eoccinea. Scarlet-fruited Thorn. Eastern United States.
tomentosa Black or Pear Thorn. Eastern United States.
C. tomentosa, var. punctata. Black Thorn. Eastern United States.
C. tomentosa, var. moths Gr. Wild Thorn. Eastern Uni ted States.
'G. Cr/is-gent. Cockspur Thorn. Eastern United States. C. csAii. at s. Wild Hawthorn. Southern States. C.fiava. Summer Haw. Virginia and southward.
C. glandulosa. Wild Hawthorn. Virginia and sonth ward.
C. rivularis. Western Hawthorn. Rocky Mountains. C. sanguinpa. Oregon Thorn. Oregon.
.Photinia arbutifolea. Laurel Hawthorn. California. A beautiful evergreen shrub or small tree of the Pacific coast. It sometimes attains the height of twenty or twenty-five feet and a thickness of trunk of twelve or fif teen inches.
A melanchier Canadensis. Service or June Berry. East ern United States. Usually, a small tree, but sometimes becoming thirty to forty feet high, with a diameter of ten or twelve incites. It is found mostly by the banks of mountain streams. There are several varieties, some of them used as ornamental shrubs.
A. alnifolius. Service Berry. Rocky Mountains. This is usually a shrub ; in Oregon and Washington Territory, it is said to be a small tree, yielding abundance of berries, which are largely employed as food by the Indiana.