146 BOTANY OF THE 
and to myself undistinguishable form of the European Chestnut), 
White Oak (Quercus alba), and I think the Post Oak (P. obtusi- 
loba), Scarlet Oak (Q. coccinea), Red Oak (Q. rubra), and Black 
Oak (Q. tinctoria),* Sugar-berry (Celtis occidentalis,) Tron-wood 
(Ostrya Virginica), one or more species of Hickory (Carya), and 
Wallnut (Juglans), Yellow or Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipi — 
fera), Red Mulberry (Morus rubra), one or more undetermined — 
species of Thorn (Crategus), Wild Cherry (Cerasus Virginiana, or 
serotina?) the bark of this is a popular remedy, in great repute all 
over the United States as a tonic combining a sedative effect, and 
is exhibited in the form of syrup or infusion), Dogwood (Cornus 
Jorida), Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Sugar Maple (4. saccharinum), 
or Rock Maple (4. nigrum, probably only a variety of the last), 
Sassafras (S. officinalis), Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium), 
American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia), Smooth Sumach (hus 
glabra), and Privet (Ligustrum vulgare, naturalized) ; whilst over 
these and the smaller shrubs climbed the Virginian Creeper (4m- 
pelopsis quinquefolia), Poison Oak (Rhus radicans), Green Briar 
(Smilax rotundifolia), Fox Grape (Vitis Labrusca), Scarlet or 
Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens, rare so far north, 
and gathered in one spot only), and Waxwork (Ce/astrus scandens). 
With the exception of the Red Cedar, the trees were all deci- 
duous, so far as I could observe, few or no Pines being inter- 
mingled with them. E 
lt was in these marshes at Hoboken, that I first had occasion 
to notice the prevalence of Orthoptera and Hemiptera above 
most other orders of insects, in the United States: a predomi- 
nance which seems alike conspicuous in the multiplicity of species 
and of the individuals belonging to each. The various kinds of 
_ Crickets, Grass-hoppers, and Cicadas, literally swarm throughout 
the country, and during the sultry nights of summer, keep up, as 
by day, an incessant, but ill.assorted concert of the shrillest 
tones, the din of which I have scarcely heard surpassed by the 
stentorian vocalists of their order in tropical climes. At this 
* The tree, which goes under the name of Q. biennis amongst American botanists, — 
appears different from that so called in Europe, and has much smaller flowers, ——- 
