THE 



TREES OF AMERICA; 



NATIVE AND FOREIGN, 



lltrtorCallj) antr iJotauicallg SJcltucatctr, 



AND 



SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED; 



BEING CONSIDERED 



PRINCIPALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY ; SOIL AND SITUA 



TION ; PROPAGATION AND CULTURE ; ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES ; PROPERTIES AND 



uses; ECONOMY IN THE ARTS; INTRODUCTION INTO COMMERCE; AND 



THEIR APPLICATION IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS * 



ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. 

 B Y B/ J.-B R O W N E, 



AUTHOR OF THE SYLVA AMERICANA. 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 



BOTAMICAU 

 GARDEN 



' Tliink of yonr ancestors ; think of posterity." 



Galgacus. 



NEW YORK: 



HARPER &: BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 



PEARL STREET, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



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