1876.] 



AND HORTICULTURIST, 



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and that " they will all be exhibited at the Cen- 

 tennial." 



If sections of all our trees could be prepared 

 so as to properly show their qualities for various 

 useful or ornamental purposes, our wealth in 

 this respect, would, I think, astonish some of 

 our own citizens and be of interest to those from 

 other States and countries. For if Col. Fidde- 

 man had been able to extend his researches 

 throughout the State, he would have found that 

 we have at least sixty-six distinct species of trees 

 that are native to Delaware soil. In this number 

 are included four species of the Ash, two of the 

 Elm, two of the Walnut, five of the Hickory, 

 thirteen of the Oak, three of the Birch, three of 

 the Poplar or Aspen, (not the Tulip Poplar,) and 

 four of the Pine, besides other genera which are 

 each represented by a single species. 



In the list below, all trees which attain a less 

 diameter of trunk than six inches are excluded 

 as are also all such as are natives of other por- 

 tions of the United States, but of recent intro- 

 duction here, though gradually making them- 

 selves at home, as, for example, the Catalpa, 

 Honey Locust, &c. A single tree in the list is to 

 me very doubtful as a Jiative of Delaware, viz., 

 the common Locust ; but as Mr. Tatnall (in his 

 " Catalogue of the Plants of New Castle County,") 

 and Col. Fiddeman think otherwise, I have 

 acquiesced. 



It may not be inappropriate to say that Dr. 

 Geo. Vasey, the Government Botanist at Wash- 

 ington, will exhibit at the Centennial, specimens 

 of about four hundred and fifty of the native 

 woods of the United States. 



The Latin names as well as the English are 

 here given, for the reason that the former are 

 stable and recognized all over the world, while a 

 single one of the latter is often applied in differ- 

 ent sections of the country to two very distinct 

 species. Thus, what is called "Red Oak" in 

 Delaware, is called "Spanish Oak" in Pennsyl- 

 vania, while the Spanish Oak of Delaware is 

 scarcely known in Pennsylvania : 



LIST OF TREES. 



Swamp Magnolia, Magnolia glauca. 

 Tulip Tree, Tvilip Pop- 

 lar, Liriodendron tulipifera. 

 Linden, Bass Wood, Tilia Americana. 

 Sugar Maple, Acer saccharinum. 

 Silver Maple, Acer dasycarpum. 

 Red Maple, Acer rubrum. 

 Box Elder, Negundo, Negundo aceroides. 



Locust, 



Red Bud, Judas Ti-ee, 



Wild Plum, 



Wild Cherry, 



Wild Crab Apple, 



Sweet Gum, 



Robinia Pseudacacia. 

 Cercis Canadensis. 

 Prunus Americana. 

 Prunus serotina. 

 Pyrus coronaria. 

 Liquidambar styraci- 

 flua. 

 Common DogA\'ood, Cornus florida. 

 Black Gum, Sour Gum, Nyssa multiflora. 

 American Holly, Ilex opaca. 



Persimmon, Diospyros Virginiana. 



Fringe Tree, Chionanthus Virginicus. 



White Ash, Fraxinus Americana. 



Red Ash, Fraxinus pubescens. 



Green Ash, Fraxinus viridis. 



Water Ash, Black Ash, Fraxinus sambucifolia. 

 Sassafras, Sassafras officinale. 



Slippery Elm, Ulmus fulva. 



American Elm, Droop- 

 ing Elm, Ulmus Americana. 

 Hackberry, Hoop Ash, Celtis ocidentalis. 

 Red Mulberry, Morus rubra. 

 Scyamore, Buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis. 

 Bkck Walnut, Juglans nigra. 

 Butternut, White Wal- 

 nut, Juglans cinerea. 

 Shellbark, Carya alba. 

 White heart Hickorj', Carya tomentosa. 

 Red Hickory, Pignut, Carya porcina. 

 Small fruited Hickory, Carya microcarpa. 

 Bitter Fruited Hickory, Carya amara. 

 White Oak, Quercus alba. 

 Water Oak, Quercus aquatica. 

 Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor. 

 Scarlet Oak, Black Oak, Quercus coccinea, and 



varieties. 

 Willow Oak, Peach Oak, Quercus Phellos. 

 Spanish Oak ( Dela- 

 ware), Quercus falcata. 

 Bartram Oak, Quercus heterophylla. 

 Shingle Oak, Laurel 



Oak, Quercus imbricaria. 



Black Jack Oak, Quercus nigra. 



Post Oak, Quercus obtusiloba. 



Pin Oak, Quercus palustris. 



Chestnut Oak, Rock 

 Chestnut Oak, &c., Quercus Prinos and va- 

 rieties. 

 Red Oak, (Delaware), 

 Spanish Oak, (Penn- 

 sylvania, Quercus rubra. 

 Chestnut, Castanea vesca. 

 Beech, Fagus ferruginea. 

 Hop Hornbeam, Iron- 

 wood, Ostrya Virginica. 



