CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 TREES OF AMERICA. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Trees, how regarded by Lumbermen. — Cedars of Lebanon. — Oldest Treo 

 on Record — Napoleon's Regard for it — Dimensions. — Durability of tho 

 Cedar, how accounted for. — The Oak — Religious Veneration in which it 

 was held by the Druids — The Uses to which their Shade was appropri- 

 ated. — Curious Valuation of Oak Forests by the Ancient Saxons. — Tho 

 Number of Species. — Its Value. — Remarkable old Oak in Brighton. — Char- 

 ter Oak. — Button-wood Tree — Remarkable Rapidity of its Growth. — Re- 

 markable Size of one measured by Washington — by Michaux. — Diseaso 

 in 1812, '43, and '44. — The Oriental Plane-tree — Great Favorite with the 

 Ancients. — Cimon's Effort to gratify the Athenians. — Pliny's Account of 

 its Transportation. — The Privilege of its Shade a Tax — Used as an Orna- 

 ment — Nourished with Wine. — Hortensius and Cicero. — Pliny's curious 

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CHAPTER II. 



The Elm. — English Elm. — Scotch Elm. — Slippery Elm. — American Elm. — 

 Superiority of latter. — Different Shapes, how accounted for. — Great Elm 

 on Boston Common — Rapidity of Growth. — Tho Riding Stick. — Kemark- 

 able Dimensions of noted Trees. — Boston Elm again — Its Age — By whom 

 set out. — Washington Elm, why so named. — " Treei of Peace," a Tribute 

 of Respect. — English Elm in England and America. — (Jaei in Prance — 

 In Russia. — Birch Family — Its Variety and Uses. — The Maple Family. — 



Number of Species. — Red Maple. — Unrivaled Beauty of American For- 

 ests. — Rock Maple — Amount of Wood cut from one in Bianiord. — Curious 

 method of distinguishing it from the River Maple. — Amount ami Value of 



the Soger in Massachusetts. — Great Product from one Tree. — > 



in the State of Maine. — Dr. Jackson's Report*. &e 13 



