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SYEVA AMERICANA. 



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more than an inch in diameter, white ami of an agreeable odor. 

 Like those of the preceding species, they open in succession 

 during two or three months, and begin to appear when the tree 

 is only three or four feet high. The fruit is in form of round, 

 ligneous capsules, which, when ripe, open at the summit in four 

 seams, to release the small seeds. 



No particular use is made of this tree, except for ornament. 



GYMNOCLADUS. 



Dioecia Decandria. Linn. Lcguminosss. Juss. Jlperimt, emollient. 

 Coffee Tree. Gymnocladus, canadensis. 



Upper Canada beyond 

 Montreal, and that part of 

 Genessee which borders on 

 Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, 

 are the most northern coun- 

 tries which produce the 

 coffee tree ; but it is much 

 less abundant in these cli- 

 mates than in Kentucky and 

 Tennessee, and in the tracts 

 which border on the Ohio 

 and Illinois rivers, between 

 the 35th and 40th degrees 

 of latitude. The French of 

 Canada call this tree Chicot; 

 those of Illinois Gros Fevier ; 

 and the inhabitants of the 



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Western States, Coffee Tree. The richest lands are required 

 for the production of this tree. 



It usually grows to the height of 50 or 60 feet, with a diameter 

 of 12 or 15 inches. In summer this tree when fully grown has a 

 fine appearance : its straight trunk is often destitute of branches 

 for 30 feet, and supports a summit not very widely spread, but 



