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LIST OF FOREST-TREES. 



inifnl, or trh'is; mine for 



-/'V lifrn 

 . -.v.-of ft. 



. 



. ... ....50 



.... 10 to !."> 



\iioured ... .... 1 - 



. . . .10 



... 



. . . . . . .40 



lloli ' . . 



S. Kurope 



; . . . 'J to 1 ") 



.'r.'/.V . . . .80 



'ijntn . . . 



. . .N. Amur. . 40 



ritji/ti'/liu ....'JO 



. . . ... .30 



,, Entire-lvd. do. in:/iristi. . . . '- 



\ ar.-lvd. do. . . nlti'iinnla . . . 



nii/rn . . 30 



1 trilvlia 



. . . 



liti<-l,iriti . . . .... 90 



(>(< inru . . . .... 80 



h f>nf,'ixfris . . . .... 90 



i/ic iff/it t . . . 



.. 



Italian t't'-H/its .... 



I '-ffi . . N. Ainer. 40, 50 



1 lijrnln 80 



.... 50 



!>-<in<f,'ri . . . 3, 4 



like :n>pe 



1-cupped . . Jin/if) fid 'us . .France 



.-' . . . . S. Kurope 

 . . Austria 



\iner. 

 v<l cong/omerdtc&uiopQ 



/'?/'/.. . Py;, 



\mer. 

 lill 

 \ .Allier. .f'.O 



.... 10, '_'() 







... ... 



... 



... . . . .70 



. . . . 



i In na . . . 40, GO 



70 



. . . 



ant 



* The wl lion in North 





led 



within 



'. three dollars a thou- 



lollaM ; :mrl in |H)H, 

 I :il liMy-livr dollar*, 



fl i that municipal regulation, at 

 cm hundred dollar* I 



l-RCUS. Native of Ft. 

 Suhdecidmms . . . .rastr//da . .S.Europe 



(i lossy-leaved ..../ ~.<'nniana . 



<iin ejppansa . . . 



Portugal do.it titiii-ii . .Portugal 



Crenated cri'iintii. . . .S. Kurope 



Running scricen .... N.Amer.-Oin. 



Sea maritimii. . *3,8 



Cupulifcree. Nut. S>js. 



TREE. 





Polycotdritl. Linn. 

 ]MAi.].Fi,(t\\ F.H f///.r,l)i'll-sh,ipL'd, five-cleft; 

 enrol/a, none ; stamina, five to twelve. FE- 

 MAI.K F).o\\ KK calyx, four-cleft; corolla, 

 none ; styles, two or three, three-cleft ; 

 seeds, an angular or three-corner shaped 

 nut, one or two contained in each muricate 

 capsule, which opens with four valves, and 

 emits the seeds or nuts. 



Time of yawing the seeds from October 

 to February : they require particular 

 protection from field-mice and other 

 vermin. Soil Siliceous, sandy soils 

 are well adapted for the growth of the 

 beech ; or it will attain a great size in 

 elevated clayey loams incumbent on 

 sand : it will prosper on chalky, stony, 

 barren soils. Uses It is used by 

 cabinet-makers, turners, mill and 

 wheel-wrights, for cogs, spokes, and 

 felloes. In the dockyards it is used 

 for wedges, &c. It is also used l>y 

 musical-instrument-makers for sound- 

 ing-boards, &c. ; by coopers for clap- 

 boards. Near large towns it is in 

 at demand for billet- wood. It 

 aii'nrds a large quantity of potash 

 and good charcoal. 



In Devonshire, where the severity of the 

 western winds i.s jrreat, the beech ap- 

 pears to withstand the bad diects bet- 

 ter than most other kinds of trees, and 

 this hardy habit of it. renders it valu- 

 able for planting in hi<;h chalky and 

 gravelly soils, where shelter is of so 

 much importance to the surrounding 

 lands. According to Vancouver,-, the 

 l;eeeh and sycamore are found most 

 powerful to resist the rigour of the 

 westeilv ^a!es. The nuts, or luaxt, of 

 the beech a { lord an oil ;{; by expression, 



Mirhunx, in his ' North Amriirun Sylva,' 

 Unit tlicii- an- found forty-four species of 

 o;ik lidu.-iii tin- '.oil, iiiid-l j ili decrees of north 

 latitude of that coiitiiif-nt. 



irvi-y ot Devon, p. 251, 



t It I iii-xt in liniMii'ss to the olive 



'lichaux, the forests of Eu and 

 Client of the Oise, have yielded 

 in ;i single xeason t\vo millions of bushels of beech- 

 nuts. Ibid. 



