LIST OF FOREST-TREES, 



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AMYGDALIN^:. Nat. Sys. 



Eng. Name. 



ALMOND-TREE. 



Bot. Name. 



AMYGDALUS. 



Icosandria Monogynia. Linn. 



Calyx, five-cleft, inferior ; petals, five ; seed, 

 a nut, oval-shaped, compressed, acute, with 

 prominent sutures on each side, netted in 

 four rows and dotted, enclosed in a villose 

 or woolly drupe. 



Time of sowing seed Autumn ; cover 

 with light dry earth, three inches deep. 

 Soil A sandy loam, in a sheltered 

 situation. Uses Gay and ornamental 

 flowers in the spring : the naked seed 

 of the almond, properly so called, yields 

 an essential oil, and, by trituration, 

 forms an emulsion, or cooling bever- 

 age, much used. 



The naked seed or almond of the Amyg- 

 dalus amara affords an oil of similar 

 properties to that of the Amygdalus 

 communis, but the bitter principle 

 contained in the farinaceous part of 

 the seed is deleterious, containing 

 prussic acid. 



Species for Ornament, fyc. 



ALMOND-TREE. AMYGDALUS. Native of Ft. 



Sweet almond. . ..communis . .Barbary . . 18 

 Bitter almond. .. .amara ..... - 



Chinese ............ cochinchintnsis China 



POMACES. Nat. Sys. 



MESPILUS. MESPILUS. 



Icosandria Di-pentagynia. Linn. 



Calyx, five-cleft; petals, five; berry, inferior; 



seeds, five, bone-like, enclosed in a globu- 



lar berry. 



Time of sowing the seed autumn, or 

 as soon as ripe. Soil a rich loam ; 

 but it will succeed in any description 

 of soil free from the extremes of mois- 

 ture and dryness. Uses for its orna- 

 mental habit of growth and its fruit. 



Species for Ornament, Qc. 



MESPILUS. MESPILUS. 



Medlar, common. . Germdnica England . 1 2 



Var.Uprt. medlar, stricta. .... - 



Dutch ...... diffusa ..... - 



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. . .12 



Europe ._ 



Eng. Name 



PEAR-TREE. 



Bot. Name, 

 PYRUS. 



Calyx, five-cleft ; petals, five ; seeds, several, 

 oblong, blunt, accumulate at the base, con- 

 vex on one side, flat on the other, enclosed 

 in a pome or apple, fleshy, with five mem- 

 branous cells. 



Time of sowing the seed Spring : pre- 

 serve the seed during winter in dry 

 sand. Soil rich clayey loam, but 

 also on gravelly and chalky soils on 

 elevated, exposed situations. Uses 

 for underwood, ornamental blossoms 

 and fruit: the white beam (pyrus 

 aria), however, is considered by some 

 to rank as a timber-tree ; the wood, 

 tough and hard, is sometimes used for 

 axletrees, handles of tools, &c. The 

 wood of the wild service-tree (tormi- 

 nalis) is likewise applied to the same 

 purposes, and its fruit is frequently 

 brought to market. 



Species for Ornament, Sfc. 



PEAR-TREE. PYRUS. Native of Ft,' 



Arbutus-leaved. . . .arbutifol,. .Virginia 

 Var. Red-fruited 1 ,, 



arbutus-leaved } rub " ' 

 White-fruited 1 ,,, 



arbutus-leaved } alUa ...... " 



Black-fruited 



1 , 



arbutus-leaved } n ^ ra 

 Snowy .......... nivdlis .. 



Wild pear-tree . . .communis 

 Woolly- leaved 

 Crab-tree 

 Chinese apple 



.pollvtria . . . 



mains ..... 



.spectabilis . 



Siberian crab . . . .prunifolia . . 

 Small-fruited crab baccuta .... 

 Sweet-scented crab coronaria . . 

 Narrow-lvd. crab .angustifolia 

 Com. quince-tree, .cydonia . . . 

 Willow-lvd. crab . .salicifolia . 

 White beam-tree .aria 

 Swedish do ...... intermedia . 



Austria. 

 England 

 Germany 

 Britain 

 China 

 Siberia 

 - 

 Virginia 

 N. Amer. 1 

 Austria 

 Levant 

 Britain . .30 

 . Sweden 



En - 30 - 40 



AMELANCHIER. AMELANCHIER. 



Icosandria Pentagynia. Linn. 

 Snowy Amelanchier.io/rya/nwm.N. Amer. 



CRAT^EGUS. 



Calyx, five-cleft ; berry, inferior ; seeds, two, 

 roundish, umbilicated, body somewhat long, 

 distinct, cartilaginoxis. 



Time of sowing seed Autumn. Soil 

 will succeed in almost any kind of 

 soil of intermediate quality as to mois- 

 ture and dryness : the most ornamental 

 and useful of the species are the vari* 



