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LIST OF FOREST-TREES. 



in Cornwall, all evincing the great per- 

 :i to \vhich it arrives on a sandy, 

 gravelly, or clayey loam. The wood, 

 as already mentioned, is considered to 

 equal value to that of the oak, 

 I applied to the same purposes: 

 opinions, however, vary oixthe subject, 

 and it is probable that the conclusions 

 drawn from the supposed facts of the 

 wood of the chestnut being found sound 

 in very old buildings, are liable to 

 some degree of doubt, inasmuch as a 

 decisive proof of such wood being 

 :mt and not oak does not appear 

 tn have been brought forward. We 

 have at pages 8 to 11 pointed out a 

 M means of identifying the wood 

 of different species of trees. The value 

 of the bark of the chestnut for tanning 

 is inferior to oak bark, and the tree is 

 not so hardy : with these deductions, 

 and they are considerable, the two spe- 

 cies of trees may be considered of equal 

 interest to the planter. The value of 

 the chestnut for coppice wood for the 

 produce of hop poles, is well known. 

 The varieties of the common chestnut 

 mentioned below are very ornamental 

 trees. The American chestnut differs 

 but little from the English. It is most 

 common in the mountainous districts 

 of the Carolinas and of Georgia, and 

 it does not appear beyond the 44th 

 decree of north latitude. It flourishes, 

 Michaux states, on the sides of moun- 

 tains, where the soil in general is gra- 

 velly. The nuts are smaller and sweeter 

 than those of the European species, 

 and are sold at three dollars per 

 bushel in the markets of New York, 

 delphia, and Baltimore. The 

 wood is thought to be inferior to the 

 European specie*,. In Fiance that ol 

 the c minion chestnut is held in high 

 ;i fiir coppice wood : it is cut 

 . seven \ears for small hoops 

 at fourteen years for large hoops 

 and at twenty-live for posts and lighl 

 timber. Land so occupied, it is stated 

 Nidds a rent superior to that undei 

 ' crops in the propor- 

 "f tour to one. The Chmeapii 



remarkabh 



than lor the beauty of its toll, 

 I' its fruit. 



>t Specie*. 



Rwttjt or Sj,.ini-,li. iV.w/ Kngland. .T)< 



American li,-i<"'ni(i .America 



Species for Ornament, fyc. 



CHESTNUT, ' \STA.NKA. Kativ of Ft. 



V'ar. Gold-striped .risen England?. 50 



,, Silver 



1-Vrn-leaved. . 



,, Shining-leaved 



.. Jhvt'.orChin- 

 capin 



PLATANEJE. 



\pumila . . . .N.Amer., , - 



Kn K . Name. 



PLAHB-TBBK. 



Nat. Si/s. 



!!<,(. Name. 



PJ-ATANUS. 



Moncecia Polyandria. Linn. 



M.\i,KFi-owKK antent, globe-shaped; calyx, 

 none ; corolla, scarcely perceptible ; nn- 

 thcrs, growing around filament. FKMUF. 

 Fi.o\\v:;i ''"///'', '} inncnf. globular ; 



corallu, many-petalled ; atin-uut, recurved ; 

 seed, roundish, with a foot-stalk, terminated 

 by an awl-shaped style, with a capillary 

 pappas at the base. 



Time of solving the seeds immediately 

 after they are ripe, in a moist, shady 

 situation, or by layers and cuttings in 

 March. Soil This tree prefers moist 

 loam, but free from stagnant moisture. 

 Uses Except for fuel, the timber ap- 

 pears to be of little value. The trees 

 are admired for their beautiful shade. 

 The oriental plane is hghly praised by 

 ancient writers. ^Elian and Pliny 

 extol it for the magnitude of its growth 

 and beauty of form. It is generally 

 believed that this tree was introduced 

 into England by the great Lord 

 Chancellor Bacon, although its intro- 

 duction, according to Turner's Herbal, 

 is set down as in 1562, or one year 

 before the birth of that illustrious man ; 

 one thing is certain, that his plantation 

 of it at Verulam first brought this 

 tree into public notice. Its culture of 

 late years has fallen into disrepute 

 from the inferior quality of its timber. 

 The American plane, or button-wood, 

 is also a tree of large growth. Mi- 

 chaux measured one on the banks 

 of the Ohio, whose stem, at five feet 

 from the ground, gave forty-seven 

 feet in circumference. This tree being 

 more tender, or liable to be injured by 

 the late spring frosts, has been spar- 

 ingly planted of late years in England, 

 and its wood is not of more value 

 than the former. 



IT I-'nrcst Species. 



!'!.. \T.\\1 S. 



( hirnt.il ........ nrirnlu/is. . .Levant . . . 50 



Aniciiciin ....... Occident Alt*. NJLmet,* .70 



Spanish ........ acerifulia ..Levant 



