228 Belmont County. 
peras exudes in a state sufficiently pure in quality, and in quan- 
tities sufficient for several families, who collect and use it in dye- 
ing. The same may be said of alum, which is collected in the 
same way for similar purposes. 
Botany. 
Though this country is very rich in the mineral, yet it is not 
less so in the vegetable kingdom, as may be seen by a reference 
to the subjoined catalogue, although numbers of trees, shrubs and 
plants, are purposely omitted, which are known to exist here. 
Family. Species. Classical name. Remarks, 
Oak, White, Quercus segs Abundant. 
Black, Nig De 
Meadow, avai ee the siege 
Maple, Sugar, Acer Acer Saccarino ae 
Se aernee: White, um, 
Poplar or Tulip, White, RS ey Abundant. 
: ellow, 
_ Walnut, Black, Juglans pre 
—_—— j eC, 
Shellbark Hickory, ee ovata. 
_—— Pignut, ' ————e_-- Minima. 
Bitternut, and pro- 
ly several 
other species. 
Beach, Two species, Fagus. 
- Chesnut, Americana. 
Ash, White, Fraxinus Alba. 
__ ue, ——— Purpurea. 
—_—. Black, a i 
ommend Swamp Baan OY © i 
2 quities 
Elm, Two or three spe- Ulmus. 
Ze cies, 
Ruckeys, Common, Afsculus flava Lu- 
tea? 
Locust, Four species, Robinia Pseudo A- 
cacia, &e. 
Persimmon, Diospyros Virginica. 
». ‘inn or Basg Tilia Europea, 
