Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the Character and Color of Species Common Throughout the United States, Together with Maps Showing Their General Distribution
Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the Character and Color of Species Common Throughout the United States, Together with Maps Showing Their General Distribution
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...an erect, much branched shrub only on Nantucket Island, does not appear to be a distinct species; the reflex lance-shaped 1 Vide Britton and Brown's Ill. Flora of the Northern U. S., vol. ii., p. 238 (1897). In ed. II., p. 292 (1913) probably not A. spicata (Lamarck) C. Koch. 2 Vide Bicknell, in Bulletin Torrey Bot. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...an erect, much branched shrub only on Nantucket Island, does not appear to be a distinct species; the reflex lance-shaped 1 Vide Britton and Brown's Ill. Flora of the Northern U. S., vol. ii., p. 238 (1897). In ed. II., p. 292 (1913) probably not A. spicata (Lamarck) C. Koch. 2 Vide Bicknell, in Bulletin Torrey Bot. Club., vol. xxxviii., pg. 453, "Flowering Plants of Nantucket." sepal corresponds with A. stolonifera, but other characters correspond with A. oblongifolia, suggesting a hybrid origin. Only a consensus of botanical opinion can prove the Nantucket plant unique. The type species is found near Reed Pond. Shadbush A snrub or smal l trce 8-25 or occasion Juneberry al1v 40 'ct high, with a trunk diameter Serviceberry of 16 inclles-Bark grav variegated witn A melanchier sepia brown stripint, on older trees narrowly canadensis Arrowed into flat, scaly ridges, on young trees greenish grpy, quite smooth, and slightly streaked. Commonly 'orming a group of several stems, but not infrequently with a single trunk. The slender twigs madder brown with a slight gloss. The lustrcis Jeep green leaves are distinctly elliptical, or slightly obovate, sharp-pointed, about 2-3 inches long, sharply and finely toothed, heart-shaped or rounded at the base, woolly on the veins beneath, the slender woolly stems nearly an inch long, often ruddy-tinged. In early autumn the baves turn a rusty red. The white flowers in long loose clusters, with 5 straplike petals inch long, and many yellow stamens, the sepals finally sharply reflexed. Blooming before the leaves have fully unfolded, in April-May. The fruit a dry, edible berry, lacking distinct flavor, resembling a huckleberry, varying in color from crimson through magenta to dark or black purple, according to the stage...
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