. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Tkees of tile Xoetiieen States and Canada. 413 Tlie Black or Sweet Haw is a low busliy tree, sometimes attaining the heiglit of 25 or 30 ft. with trunk 8 or 10 in. in diameter, and is often shrubb}', especialljf in the northern part of its range. It develops a wide rounded top of many rigid branches and frequent spur-like branch lets, and its trunk is often crooked or inclined. It inhabits mainly dry rocky hill-sides and uplands, frequently along fence rows and road- si
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Tkees of tile Xoetiieen States and Canada. 413 Tlie Black or Sweet Haw is a low busliy tree, sometimes attaining the heiglit of 25 or 30 ft. with trunk 8 or 10 in. in diameter, and is often shrubb}', especialljf in the northern part of its range. It develops a wide rounded top of many rigid branches and frequent spur-like branch lets, and its trunk is often crooked or inclined. It inhabits mainly dry rocky hill-sides and uplands, frequently along fence rows and road- sides, where its seeds have been dropped by the birds. Rarer to the westward it is espe- cially common in the vicinity of the coast. Like the other arborescent representatives of the genus, its glossy leaves and numerous clusters of white flowers and ornamental fruit have made this tree popular for ornamental planting, in parks and private grounds both in this country and in Europe. The fruit is very sweet and occasionally eaten by children, but is of no practical im- portance. Its close-grained hard wood is unimportant commercially, but the bark is used in medicine, as it possesses neurotic, antispasmodic, tonic and diuretic properties. Leaves oval to ovate or occasionally obovate, 1-3 in. long, obtuse or rounded at base and obtuse or acutish at apex, finely serrate, at maturity firm, coriaceous, shining dark green above, i^aler and glabrous beneath ; petioles about y^ in. long, grooved and nearly terete or on vigorous shoots slightly margined. Flowers white, y^ in. wide, in several-rayed cymes 2-4 in. across. Fruit, ripe in October, oval or subglobose, glaucous, blue-black in red-stemmed few-fruited clusters ; stone flat or slightly convex one side, blackish.* 1. For genus see p. 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 res
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