LIST OF FOREST-TREES. 



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Species fur Ornament, Sfc. 



I>r,ANE-TI5EE. PLATANUS. Native of Ft- 



Wave-leaved cuncata . . . .Levant . . .50 



Eng. Name. 



SWEET GUM-TREE. 



Bot. Name. 

 LlQUIDAMBER. 



MALE FLOWER ament, conical, common ; 

 calyx, or involucre, four-leaved; corolla, 

 none; filaments, numerous. FEMALE 

 FLOWER calyx, in a globe, four-leaved ; 

 corolla, none ; styles, two ; capsules, two, 

 enclosed at the base by the calyx, one- 

 celled ; seeds, many. 



Time of sowing the seeds Spring,in pots 

 or boxes of light earth ; to be shaded 

 during summer, and protected from 

 severe frost in winter : may be pro- 

 pagated also by layers. Soil It will 

 succeed best in a sandy loam, but 

 will thrive in most kinds of soils of 

 an intermediate quality between mois- 

 ture and dryness. Use Ornamental. 



Species for Ornament, Sfc. 



SWEET GUM-TREE. LIQUIDAMBER. 



Maple-leaved . . . .styraci/ldra.N.Amei'., .30 

 Oriental imbcrbe .... 



CONIFERS. 



Subordo Taxinece. Nat. Sys. 

 1 MAIDENHAIRED-TREE. SALISBURIA. 



Monoccia Polyandria. Linn. 



MALE FLOWER ament, naked, filiform ; co- 

 rolla, none ; anthers, incumbent, deltoida ; 

 FEMALE FLOWER solitary; calyx, four- 

 cleft ; seed, a drupe with a triangular shell. 

 Propagated by cuttings. 



Time of sowing Propagated by layers. 

 Soil A sandy loam. Uses Habit 

 of growth and ornamental foliage. 



Species -for Ornament, 8fc. 

 Maidenhair-tree . .adiantifolia .Japan . . .20 



YEW-TREE. 



TAXUS. 



Diwcia Monadelpkia. Linn. 



MALE FLOWER calyx, none, except a four- 

 leaved perianth like a bud ; corolla, none ; 

 stamina, many ; anthers, buckler-shaped, 

 eight-cleft. FEMALE FLOWER corolla, 

 none ; style, none ; seed, ovate, oblong, 

 projecting with its apex beyond the berry, 

 which is seated in a globular cup, 



Time of sowing seeds Autumn, as soon 

 as they are ripe. Soil Sandy loam ; 

 but it will also grow in most kinds of 

 soil, particularly such as are chalky. 

 Uses Hedges for shelter. The wood 

 is used by turners, inlayers, and cabi- 



net-makers. It is much valued for 

 flood-gates for fish-ponds, axletrees, 

 cogs of mills, &c., bowls, wheels, and 

 pins for pullies, and by turners for 

 spoons, cups, &c. It has been dis- 

 puted whether the yew is poisonous or 

 not : the facts, however, in confirma- 

 tion of the poisonous nature of the 

 whole plant are too numerous to 

 admit of rational doubt, and, conse- 

 quently, great caution should be em- 

 ployed in planting it out of the reach 

 of the more valuable domestic animals. 

 That the berries have been eaten in 

 very small ."quantities with impunity 

 seems to be admitted ; and also that 

 sheep and goats, according to Lin- 

 naeus, are less affected by taking it 

 into the stomach, than horses and 

 cows. The yew is a native of Britain, 

 as well as of other parts of Europe, 

 of North America, and Japan. The 

 yew tree was formerly what the oak 

 now is, the basis of our strength, for 

 of it the old English yeoman made 

 his bow,* as he now makes of the oak 

 his seventy-four gun man of war. 

 The number of remarkable yew trees in 

 different parts of the country are very 

 interesting ; and how much more so 

 would they be rendered, had we re- 

 cords of the periods when they were 

 planted ! but we must, from want of 

 space, refer the reader to Evelyn, Gil- 

 pin, Barrington in Archaeologia. vii., 

 xlviii., and liii., and to Martyn's Edi- 

 tion of Miller's Gardener's Dictionary 

 on this point. 



Species for Ornament, Sfc. 



YEW-TREE. TAXUS. Native of Ft. 



Common baccdla . . . .Britain . . .20 



Var. Striped-leaved 



Upright or Irish . Hibernica . . . 



Eng. Name. 

 JUNIPER-TREE. 



Bot. Name. 

 JUNIPERUS. 



Subordo CupressincB. ' 

 MALE FLOWER calyx of the ament, a scale; 

 corolla, none ; stamina, three. FEMALE 

 FLOWER co/yar, three-parted ; petals, three ; 

 styles, three ; pericarp, or covering of the 

 seed, a fleshy berry, irregular with the 

 three tubercles of the calyx ; seeds, three, 

 bonelike, convex on one side and cornered 

 on the other, oblong-shaped. 



Soil Light, silicious, sandy soils. Uses 

 The common juniper-bush is es- 

 teemed for its beauty as a shrub, and 



* GiJpin's Forest Scenery, vol. i. p. P2, 



