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LIST OF FOREST-TREES, 



eties of the common hawthorn (oxya- 1 

 c.intha), the Glastonbury is remarkable 

 for the season of the year in which it 



N into flower, which is usually in 

 January or February, and sometimes 

 eording to the state of 

 the weather then, and of that during 

 the previous summer and autumn. 

 The wood of the common Hawthorn 

 is hard and tough, and is esteemed 



\le-trees, handles of tools, &c. 

 "When planted singly it not imt're- 

 quently rises to 20 or even 30 feet in 

 height ; and we have measured stems 

 of individual trees of this species, 

 \arying from 3 to 7 feet in circum- 



v. The merits of this and the 

 interesting species and varieties men- 



1 below, for ornament in park 



iv, come more properly for dis- 



>n under the second division of 

 the subject of Planting, proposed in 

 the introduction to this treatise : but 

 though their value, in an economical 

 point of view, has not yet been deter- 

 mined, their natural habits and growth 

 otter matter well worthy the attention 

 and investigation of the forest -planter, 

 and they are therefore here enume- 

 rated. Uses The common hawthorn, 

 it is well known, is used for making 

 quick or live fences. It is of great 

 importance to have the plant strong 

 and large before finally planting it in 

 the hedge-row. This plant delights in 

 a deep soil, and where it is not natu- 

 rally such, its depth ought to be in- 

 M'd. When the plants or quicks 



;irge, they produce a fence in a 

 short space of time, and save much 

 expense in weeding, nursing, and tem- 

 porary fencing. 



tm'-nl, 8fC. 





Native of Ft 





real American l<'r<i((rf/nscoc-} T 



;horn....{ Hnla. . . . } N ' AllM:r - 



(!.... fnfilnlu . . 



'. pyrifolia 



1 i-//ifilicn . 



IIoll' . . f//'i>i'/u/(>sa 



Ytllmv-lxTnrd . . . Jlnni . . . . 



Goos< ! ptirri/'i>/itt 



. pwtclata, 



Y,-llow-fniiU-il /;///",, ... 



//i 



M-1 



',-tin 



\Vhite-thorn f>j- ; /n>-nn//i<iHni.i\[\ 



Var. Cuinmon .... vutydns . 



Ft, 



Var. Great-fruited. 

 ,, Oilastonlniry . 



., Dbl.-flowered. 



Yi'llow-berried 

 Parsley-leaved 

 Klegant red . . 

 Su t-< t-scented 

 Woolly-fruited 

 Sloe-leaved . . 

 dut-leaved . . 

 Comb-shaped , 



Frosted 



Crimson 



Black-berried 



major . . 

 pro; cox. 

 plena . . 

 riiirca . . 

 azari'/us 



S.Europe 



odoralissinia.Crimea. 

 . eriocurpa . .Britain 

 , ;>ri/mV///<J/M.N.Arner. 

 . dissfcfit. . . .Persia 

 , pectinnta . . - 

 . prtrinosa. . . - 

 . pimicea. . . . Dahuria 

 . melanocarpa.Ta.wm 



OLEIN/E. Nat. Sys. 



Eng. Name. 



ASH-TKKI-. 



Hot. Name. 



FKAXINUS. 



Polygamia Dicecia. Linn. 



BISEXUAL. MALE FLOWER ccili/r, none, or 

 a four-parted perianth ; enrol/a, none, or 

 four petals; itamina, two; pisfil, one; 

 capsule, one-seeded, terminated by a spear- 

 shaped membranous wing. FEMALK 

 FLOWEU cu/y.r, none, or a four-parted 

 perianth ; corolla, none, or four petals ; 

 pistil, one ; capsule and seed, the same 

 as in the bisexual flower. 



Time of sowing the seed Autumn, as 

 soon as ripe, or dry the seed in a cool 

 airy loft, and preserve them in sand 

 during the winter ; and then in April 

 sow them on beds of fresh mellow 

 soil ; the plants will appear in the 

 following spring; but if sown in the 

 autumn as soon as ripe, most of the 

 plants will appear in the same season. 



Soil Clayey loam brings the ash to the 

 greatest perfection, but it will grow 

 on every description of soil. Evelyn 

 mentions an ash-tree of 132 feet in 

 height, and Young, in his Irish Tour, 

 states the length of an ash, at thirty- 

 five years growth, to be 70 feet. 



Uses This wood is hard and tough, 

 and much esteemed for implement! 

 of husbandry, and also for the pur- 

 poses of the coach-maker, cooper, 

 turner, &c. It makes a profitable 

 kind of underwood, and may be cut 

 every eight years for hoops, and every 

 fourteen years for hop-poles, &c. It 

 1 Hint the leaves, when eaten by 

 . irive the butter which is made 

 of their miik a rank taste; butter, 

 however, in the spring, and towards 

 autumn, has frequently a rank taste, 

 when the cows yielding it are com- 

 pletely out of the reach of leaves of 

 any kind of forest-trees whatsoever. 



