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Ulmus Americana; the Soft, or Silver Leaf Maple Acer 

 dasycarpum; the American and European Linn Tilia Ameri- 

 cana and Tilia Europcea ; the Box Elder Negundo Aceroides. 



Of these six species, the Hackberry is beyond compari- 

 son, the best. It is difficult to say which of the others 

 should have the preference. Taking all things into account, 

 perhaps they have about equal merits. All, except the 

 European Linn, are natives of our forests, prefer rnoist, 

 rich land, but will flourish in almost any soil. 



The Hackberry is a medium sized tree, resembling the 

 elm; has a medium growth, is clean and symmetrical. 

 When not crowded its top rounds up well and becomes 

 quite dense. Its spray is the most graceful of our forest 

 trees, and it holds its leaves till late in autumn. It is 

 exceedingly tough. Its limbs never break. It will bear 

 any amount of trampling around, and any amount of 

 drouth, heat, cold, dust and smoke. It bears a dark purple 

 globuler stone fruit, about the size of a pea, with a thin, 

 sweet pulp, ripening late in the fall. It is rarely infested 

 with insects; in fact, I never knew this tree to be injured 

 by them! The only insect that seems to fancy it is the 

 Psylla Celtides Mam-ma. Riley, which sometimes forms 

 little gulls on the leaves. It grows slowly when small, but 

 when it becomes large enough for transplanting, its growth 

 is fully equal to that of the elm. A row of these trees may 

 be seen in front of Mr. David Proctor's place, on Perry 

 street. Another, and the largest one in the city, groWs in 

 Dr. I. W. Johnson's front yard, on Perry street. There is 

 one in Mr. W. H. Cruger's front yard, and there are two in 

 the court house square. A few others may be seen in the 

 eity, most of which were set out -last year. A good sized 

 tree of this species grows in Chambers street, on the bluff. 

 For some distance 'round the tree, the earth has been 

 vvnslied from the roots, which have been battered and 

 trampled enough to kill many trees ; yet, under this treat- 

 | ment, it seems not only to have suffered no injury, but to 

 thrive. 



