CRITIQUE ON THE APRIL HORTICULTURIST. 



Spice Wood, Laurus benzoni. 



Hackbeny, Celtus crassifolia. 



American Strawberry, Euoaymus Ame- 

 ricana. 

 CA- Ttose Locust, Robinia viscosa. 

 05. 'White Birch, Betula popolifolia. 

 Bfi. Swamp Oak, Quercus prinu.i discolor. 



67. Trodraro medecine. [?] 



68. Hornbeam, Carpinus .Americana. 

 09. Black Poplar, Populus Hudsonica. 



70. Sloe, Virburnum lentago. 



71. Curled Maple, .Acer rubrum. 



72. White Cedar, Cupressus thyoides. 

 7o. Wild Plum Prunus domestica. 



74. Moose Wood, Acer striatum. 



75. Scrub Oak, Quercus cafesbei. 



76. Red Beech, Fagus ferruginea. 



77. Red Clierrj^, Cerasus borealis. 



78. Tree Whortleberry, Faccirmm arborcum. 



79. Leather Wood, Direa palustris. 



80. Water Oak, Quercus aquatica. 



81. Bald Willow, Salix? 



82. Bird Eye Cherry, Cerasus podus. 



83. Balsam Fir, Abies balsamifera. 



84. Black Sumach, Rhus copallinum. 



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Common Laurel, Kalmia latifolia 

 Bastard Hickory, Juglans myristicrafor- 



mis. 

 Black Chestnut, Castanea, var. 

 Butternut, Juglans cathartica. 

 Small Chestnut Oak, Quercus prinus 



chinquapin. 

 Birds Eye Wild Cherry. 

 Black Birch, Betula ceuta. 

 Pepperidge, Nyssa multijlora. 

 Black Ash, Fraxinus samtucifolia. 

 Rose Willow, Salix. 

 Mountain Pepperidge, Nyssa capilata. 

 Black Willow, Salix nigra. 

 Juniper, Juniperus communis. 

 Ash Leaved Maple, Acer negundo. 

 Chestnut Oak, Quercus prinus palustris 

 Pin Oak, Quercus palustris. 

 Canoe Birch, Betula papyracea. 

 Water Hickory, Juglans aquatica. 

 Mochernut, Juglans tomentosa. 

 Witch Hazel, Hamamilis Virginica. 

 Red Birch, Betula rubra. 

 Prickly ash, Zanthoxylium/raxinum. 

 White Spruce, Abies alba 



CRITIQUE ON THE APRIL HORTICULTURIST. 



BY JEFFREY.S. 



On the Improveinent of the Vegetable Races. — We are altogether in the novitiate as yet 

 in the United States, so far as much progress in this re.spect is concerned. What with 

 getting a living, clearing up the forests, subduing the land, getting avenues to market, and 

 looking out for the main chance, we have had but little time to look into the great secret 

 store-houses of nature, and closely examine her beautiful and elaborate processes of im- 

 provement. What we have discovered in this line, has been chiefly blundered into by ac- 

 cident; and if we have had any men among us who occasionally devoted any amount of mind 

 to investigation, and published their results to the world, it has been in the ephemeral pa- 

 pers of the day, and in the usual skimble-skamble reading of such as ought to have been 

 instructed by it, the essential benefit has been lost. But thanks to the late encourage- 

 ment of books and publications set apart to subjects of vegetable physiology'', growth of 

 plants, new varieties of fruits, &c., &c., we may now begin to date some real progress in 

 this line. Every thinking mind will subscribe most cordially to the sentiments of the 

 article in question, which is truth, concisely, cogently, and plainly set forth. 



You remark: " we are not going to be led into a physiological digression on the subject 

 of the inextinguishable rights of a superior organization in certain men and races of men, 

 &c." Very well, Mr. Editor, you may not, but /am. And you no doubt perfectly agree 

 with me, as every body else will, who has the candor to confess it. There is as much 



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