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first season. The soil in which they are sown 

 must not get dry, or they will never vegetate. 

 The young plants should be removed early 

 into nursery-rows, and frequently removed 

 until finally transplanted. This mode will 

 make this tree capable of being easily re 

 moved, which is generally supposed to be 

 next to impossible. 



OSTRYA, Micliaux. Nat. Ord. Corylacece. 

 Monoecia, Polyandria, Linn. Male flowers; 

 scales orbicular-ovate; anthers conspicuously 

 bearded at the summit. Female catkins 

 linear, without scales, but having a small 

 membrane inclosing each flower. Nut ob 

 long, included in the enlarged bladder-like 

 membrane. In other respects resembling 

 Carpinus. 



0. YIRGINICA, Michaux. Leaves elliptic- 

 ovate, acuminate, sharply serrate. Cones 

 oblong; buds acute. Hop-hornbean ; iron- 

 wood. Native of the Middle States. 



A very pretty tree, greatly improved by 



cultivation. Its head is then spreading, 



light, graceful, and as elegant as a birch, 



and becomes near fifty feet high. It will 



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