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A. nigra, ^A, rubra. A. dasicar- 

 now called Xegundii.s.i fraxini- 



pGj an 

 foltnin 



afford the most. This sugar is equal to the cane sa*>-ar 

 of Sacchanim officinarmn. "When badlv made, it is 



dark and has an empyreumatic taste. When properlv 

 made, it granulates well, may be easily refined into loaf 

 sugar, and has a pure sweet taste. The syrup made by 

 boilijig the sap is very good : when boiled longer, it be- 

 comes sugar with little care. A single tree aftbrds from 

 10 to 20 gallons of sap by mere tapping, and 3 or 4 gal- 

 lons give nearly a pound of sugar* We could make 

 maple sugar in sufficient quantity for the whole use of 

 our population, and even for exportation. But instead, 

 the trees are wantonly destroyed or neglected. Hardly 

 lOOjOOOlbs. of sugar "'are made annually, and chiefly in 

 remote settlements. We ought to plant and cultivate 

 these trees instead of destroying them, or leave from TO 

 to 50 on each acre of cleared land. Whole forests of 

 them have lately been planted in Germany, Hungain% 

 and France. The leaves of A. striatum^ called Dock- 

 mockie maple, are used in topical application for the in- 

 flamed breast. 



ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, L. Yarroiv, Milfoil. 

 Common to Europe and America, from Canada to Loui- 

 siana, in woods and fields. ^Vhole plant used. Bitter 

 and nidorose, tonic, restringent, and vulnerary, but sub- 

 narcotic and inebrlant. Used for heniorrhofds, dysen- 

 tery, hemoptysis, menstrual afttctions, wounds* hvpo- 

 chfindria, and cancer, ^ The iaiusioa and ex^ract"^ are 

 employed. The American plant is stronger than the 

 European, and has lately been exported for use : thi^- 

 often happens with our plants, our warm suuiuiers ren- 

 dering our medical plants more efiicacious. The A.plar- 

 mica^ or Sneezeweed, is said also to ^row in New^ York; 



few botanists have seen it. Used as an errhlne in 

 Europe. 



ACHRaS SAPOTA, L. SapodiL Florida and B?i. 



hama. Fine fruit. Seeds acrid diuro"^^^. useful in emul- 

 sion for nephritis, dysury, and disea-f « *)t the uretlua 



ACMDA CARMABiNA,L. JrUhw Hemp. This 



\vi^ the be^t white hemp of inc Nordiern Indians, . !.;> 



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