X CONTENTS. 



CONVERSATION VII. 



Uncle Philip describes to the Children the virtues of Beech- 

 nuts, and of Ash-trees ; also of the Mulberry-tree, on the 

 Leaves of which Silk-worms feed ; he tells them a Story, too, 

 of a Poet, and how V7illows were first brought into England 

 by means of a Basket of Figs 181 



CONVERSATION VIII 



Uncle Phihp and his httle Friends contmue their Conversation 

 about Trees ; he tells them of the different kinds of Elm, and 

 Lime, and of the numerous Family of the Pines ; and of a 

 vast Trough that was made once in Switzerland, reaching 

 from the top of a Mountain to a Lake nine miles distant, 207 



CONVERSATION IX. 



Uncle Phihp teaches his little Visiters how to make Spruce- 

 beer ; and goes on to tell them about the different kinds of 

 Spruce-trees, and the Cypress and Cedars ; after this he de- 

 scribes the Larch, or Hackmatack, and then brings his Con- 

 versations upon the Trees of America to a close - - 235 



