TREES OF THE TALLEST GROWTH, FOR THE ABELE OR SILVER LEAF. Populus albá. A tree of rapid growth, rising to a great height; the leaves are cordate, pointed, of a very dark green above, perfectly white and woolly or downy beneath. The petioles are slender, and like the aspen are set in motion by every breath of wind; and the lively contrast of the upper and under surface gives the tree a striking appearance. It is raised from suckers. #AILANTHUS OR TREE OF HEAVEN. Ailanthus glandulosa. A tree from Japan or China, which there rises to an enormous height; with a slender and very straight trunk; the leaves are pinnate, and from three to four feet in length; the leaflets very numerous and beautiful. An elegant tree of extremely rapid growth. It answers well in the latitude of Boston. It is sometim called Tallou or Tillou. It is raised from seeds and from suckers. ASH. Fraxinus excelsoir. A fine stately tree, which rises to a height of sixty feet, with pinnate leaves. The timber is very strong and compact. Raised from seeds. MANNA ASH. F. rotundifolia. This tree is from Calabria, it grows tall and stately, with pinnate leaves. Manna is procured from this variety. That which naturally exudes is called tear manna; but that which is obtained by incision, is called canulated or flaky manna. BEECH. Fagus sylvestris. The F. ferruginea or AMERICAN BEECH is a tree of a tall and majestic form; the leaves oval, acuminate, serrate, shining; the fruit small, triangular; the kernel sweet; it affords an oil. The timber is fine. It is raised from seeds. BUTTON WOOD. Platanus occidentalis. A tree which sometimes attains an enormous size. Its growth is very upright; its leaves very large, alternate, of a beautiful shining green and deeply lobed; the flowers are a globular ball, an inch in diameter. The bark is smooth, separating in scales; a noble tree. It is raised from seeds. S. S. CAMPHOR. Laurus camphora. A native of Japan; a tree rising one hundred and fifty feet in height, which M. Michaux is persuaded will do well in Georgia. It may succeed in Florida. The leaves are oval, pointed; the flowers of a white color; the fruit deep purple. The wood of the tree and especially the root chopped small yields camphor by distillation in water. #CATALPAS. Bignonia catalpa. A native of America; a large tree with a round head; the leaves are very large and cordate; of a bright green. The flowers are in very large clusters of a white color touched with purple; they appear in July, and are very showy and beautiful. Long cylindrical pods, a foot or more in length, inclose the seeds. The bark is tonic, stimulant and powerfully antiseptic. It is raised from seeds. The timber is very durable. VIRGINIA CHERRY. See page 223. HORSE CHESNUT. Esculus hyppocastanum. A noble and extremely hardy tree, evidently from Northern Asia. It rises from fifty to sixty feet in elegant and compact proportion. The leaves are large, palmated, in five leaflets on a common petiole, of a dark green, and the tree forms an impervious shade; the blossoms appear in May or June, they are in large clusters, of a white color mottled with red, and of a superb appearance. The fruit is large, inclosed in a prickly hull. They are devoured by cattle; they produce fine starch. It is raised from seeds. + CYPRESS. We enumerate two varieties, 1st, Deciduous Cypress; (Cupressus disticia,) a native of the Sotuhern states where it grows to an enor mous size, very erect and stately and bears the climate in the latitude of Boston. The foliage is light green and very delicate. 2d, **White Cedar, (Cupressus thyoides) a tree which rises with a very straight trunk from seventy to eighty feet, the leaves are flattened and branching; a beatiful evergreen tree. ELM, Ulmus. Scotch Elm, Wych Elm, Ulmus montana. The leaves are large, oval, acuminate, pointed, serrated. The tree grows erect, and sometimes attains an enormous size. The bark assumes a black cast. The timber is very valuable. American Elm. (U. americana.) The growth of this variety is very irregularit attains a large size and height, and the branches droop like the willow. It rises sometimes to a hundred feet. Red Elm. Slippery Elm. (Ulmus rubra). Another handsome variety. The bark of the red elm is medicinal; it is highly nutritious, and is capable of sustaining human life. Cork bark elm. (U. suberosa) All these varieties are fine for avenues and lawns. LIME OF LINDEN. Tilia. The European Linden rises in an elegant and pyrymidal form; the American or bass wood has a round head. The leaves are large, alternate, round, obtusely pointed, cordate, serrated. The blossoms though not showy, have a sweet odor. Both varieties are of rapid growth, and form fine shades for streets and lawns. The wood is light, soft, and not liable to split. Raised from seeds and layers. * HEMLOCK. Pinus canadensis. Weeping Spruce. An elegant tree, and neglected for no other reason than because it is so common. The foliage is very delicate. The tree rises from seventy to eighty feet. The bark is used in tanning leather. Raised from seeds. LARCH. Pinus larix, Larix europea. Sometimes called Scotch Larch. This is a noble tree of a pyramidal form and larger and more valuable than the American variety. Its branches are disposed in stages, and grow in a horizontal direction; it is of extremely rapid growth, will flourish in almost any soil; and resists the severest cold; a beautiful tree while in leaf; its timber is valuable and of great durability. AMERICAN LARCH, or Hacmatac. Pinus microcarpa. This tree is of rapid growth, it attains to the height of eighty or one hundred feet. The tree is beautiful while in blossom and in leaf, and has a sweet odor. The timber is heavy, very strong and exceeding durable. LOCUST. Robina pseudo acacia. A tall, beautiful tree, of very rapid growth, with pinnate leaves; the flowers are produced in racemes; they are white, and have a sweet fragrant odor. This tree, so valuable for its timber, is liable to the destructive attacks of a worm and throwing up innumerable suckers from its roots. HONEY LOCUST or TREE THORNED ACACIA. Gleditschia triacanthos. A tree of rapid growth, which attains a stately size. The foliage is beautiful; the leaves are pinnate; they close at night; the seed pods are a foot or more in length. The tree is armed with triple or branching thorns, sometimes a foot long, of formidable appearance. A hedge properly trained, would soon be impassable to man or beast. The stems should be allowed to rise six feet in height, when they must be checked in their advancement to force out lateral shoots. MAGNOLIA, BLUE FLOWERING. M. acuminata. This tree is very hardy. It rises erect and in beautiful form to a great height in a congenial climate. The leaves are handsome. the flowers are of a blue color. SCARLET MAPLE. Acer rubrum. A large tree of a very handsome form, the leaves are cordate, lobed, dentate, downy beneath. The blossoms appear early in April; they are of a rich crimson hue. The leaves in autumn change to beautiful deep crimson. SUGAR MAPLE. Acer saccharinum. A tree of medium height; the leaves are large, three or five lobed; from its sap sugar is produced; a tree of utility and ornament. *WHITE PINE. Pinus strobus or Weymouth Pine. A beautiful evergreen tree, which has been termed the Palm tree of the north. It rises with a straight trunk to an enormous height. Mention is made in Cox's travels, of a tree at the mouth of the Columbia river fortysix feet in circumference, one hundred and fifty feet to the lowest branches and three hundred feet high, there called by the traders Roi des Pins. The leaves are very delicate and beautiful. The timber extremely valuable. *PINUS LAMBERTIANA. A splendid genus of the Pine, discovered by Douglas in the North of California. One specimen seen, measured two hundred and fifteen feet in height and fiftyseven in circumference. The cones measure sixteen inches in length. Pinus Douglasi - Pinus grandis and Pinus monteola are described as immense and beautiful trees found growing on the Northwest coast of America. *‡‡ SILVER FIR. Fir Balsam, Balm of Gilead. Pinus bal samea. A native of the northern parts of America. An evergreen tree of a tall and elegant appearance: the leaves are of dark green above and of a silvery hue beneath; a tree much admired for the beauty of its form and foliage. *SPRUCE. Pinus. The Black Spruce, P. nigra, and the Red Spruce, P. rubra, Norway Spruce, P. abies, are all ornamental varieties and deserving a place in every large garden. The branches of most of those varieties incline to grow horizontally. #SYCAMORE. Acer pseudo platanus. The tree grows tall and of elegant form; the leaves are very large, broad, of a dark green hue. A tree of ornament. 2d, striped leaved Sycamore. A. fol. var. A variety with beautiful striped leaves. TULIP TREE. Liriodendron tulipifera. A very majestic tree which rises with a straight trunk to the height of eighty or an hundred feet. The leaves are large, of a singular form of a bright green. The flowers appear in June and much resemble the Tulip, of a greenish yellow, touched with red. WEEPING WILLOW. Salix babylonica. PARASOL. A well known tree, rising to the height of forty or fifty feet; its branches drooping; one of the most elegant of all shade trees. Its outline when standing insulated is pleasing and very striking. The Napoleon Weeping Willow is the same, but is raised from the branches brought by Capt. Jacob Smith of Rhode Island from the tomb of Napoleon at St Helena. 2d, Golden Willow, S. vitellina, a variety of a gold color which attains a stately size. CLASS II. - TREES OF SECONDARY HEIGHT, for the THIRD RANGE. + ACACIA, PURPLE FLOWERING. Robinia viscosa. A tree which never grows tall, the young wood is glutinous and the flowers are of a purple color and in large racemes. LARGE DOUBLE FLOWERING ALMOND. See page 196. APPLE. + CHINESE Double FlowerinG. See page 76. RED SIBERIAN CRAB. See 75. YELLOW SIBERIAN CRAB. See page 75. CURLED LEAVED ASH. F. atrovirens. A very curious and striking variety, a most singular tree. The growth is very upright; the young wood very thick and blunt; the leaves curled; of the darkest green shade. 6. Golden Ash (F. aurea.) The bark of this singular variety is of a gold color. CHINESE Asн. Fraxinus sinensis. An ornamental and singular variety; the leaves are small and very narrow, of a dark green shade. WEEPING ASH. F. pendula. A variety with pendant branches; and very ornamental. purpurea. A tree remarkable for its leaves, which are of a dark crimson or purple hue, which appear to most advantage in June or July. In autumn they fade to purplish green. #MOUNTAIN ASH. Sorbus aucuparia or Roan tree. A tree rising in an elegant and pyramidal form to the height of thirty feet. The tree itself is an ornament and its flowers which are in large clusters. In autumn the tree is covered with large clusters of red berries, and its appearance at this time is very striking and beautiful. S. S. CABBAGE TREE. Chamarops palmetto. A superb tree, growing on the shores of the ocean from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf of Mexico. It rises with a straight trunk to the height of forty or fifty feet, but never branches. Its regular summit is crowned with tufts of palmated leaves of a shining green; their footstalks 20 inches long; the undeveloped leaf is folded like a fan, and opens five feet in diameter. The fruit is a small berry and in clusters. The wood is spongy, and has therefore been used in the construction of forts. It resists the sea-worm. S. S. CARICA PAPAYA. A beautiful evergreen, which Mr Bartram pronounces the most graceful and elegant production known. It grows only in the southern parts of the Union. It rises 15 or 20 feet, but never or but seldom branches. Its trunk is straight, smooth, of a bright ash color, and polished like leaf-silver. Its top is spherical and formed of very large lobe-sinuate leaves, supported on very long footstalks. The fruit, like figs, comes out singly and in the axils of the leaves, and in continual succession. The tree is in continual flower. *RED CEDAR. Juniperus Virginiaca. Or Black Cypress. A dark evergreen tree, of conical form. The wood is extremely durable and has a fine odor. Hedges formed of this material, by clipping become remarkably compact. DOUBLE FLOWERING CHERRY. See page 222. #CHIONANTHUS. C. Virginiaca. SNOW DROP or FRINGE TREE. A low growing tree with numerous branches; the leaves are large, oblong, entire, nearly opposite; the flowers are in long bunches, of pure white resembling flakes of snow, or cut in narrow segments like fringe; the berries are black; they contain an oblong hard seed. An elegant tree. S. S. FRANKLINIA. Gordonia pubescens. A tree growing from six feet to thirty feet in a congenial climate. 1 |