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Populus alba. White Poplar. Variety, Great White Pop- 

 lar, or Abele. 



Populus angulata. Carolina Poplar. 



Populus balsamifera. Common Tacamahaca Poplar-tree. N. 

 America and Siberia. Leafs in April. 



Populus candicans. Heart-leaved Tacamahaca Poplar-tree. 

 Canada. 



Populus dilatata. Lombardy or Po Poplar-tree. 40 to 60 

 feet. Leafs in May. 



Populus Graeca. Athenian Poplar-tree. Archipelago. 



Populus heterophylla. Various-leaved Poplar-tree. Virginia 

 and New York. 



Populus leevigata. Smooth Poplar-tree. N. Amer. 



Populus monilifera. Canadian Poplar-tree. N. Amer. 



Populus nigra. Black Poplar-tree. 



Populus tremula. Trembling Poplar-tree or Asp. 



Prunus avium. Wild Cherry-tree. Varieties, with black or 

 red fruit, and with double flowers. 



Prunus Canadensis. Canadian Bird-Cherry-tree. 



Prunus cerastis. Cultivated. Cherry-tree, with double flowers. 



Prunus doraestica. Common Plum-tree. Ornamental varie- 

 ties are, Double-blossomed, Gold-striped, Silver-striped, 

 and Stoneless. 



Prunus mahaleb. Perfumed Cherry-tree. Low and crooked. 

 The wood has an agreeable odour. Flowers in April and 

 May. Germany and S. of Europe, Crimea, Caucasus. 



Prunus nigra. Canadian Black Cherry-tree. 



Prunus padus. Common Bird-Cherry-tree. 10 to 12 feet. 

 Flowers in May. 



Piumis Pennsylvanica. Pennsylvanian or Upright Cherry- 

 tree. Flowers in May. 



Prunus rubra. Cornish or Red Bird-Cherry-tree. 



Prunus Virginiana. Common American Bird-Cherry-tree. 



Punica granatum. Pomegranate-tree. 18 or 20 feet. Va- 

 riety with double flowers. Requires a warm situation, and 

 is commonly planted against a wall. 



Pyrns angustifolia. Narrow-leaved Crab-tree. Flowers in 

 May. N. Amer. 



Pyrus baccata. Small-fruited Crab-tree. April. Siberia. 



Pyrus communis. Common Pear-tree. Varieties, Double- 

 flowering, and Twice-flowering. 



Pyrus coronaria. Sweet-scented Crab-tree. N. Amer. May. 



Pyrus mains. Common Apple-tree. Variety with double 

 flowers. 



Pyrus nivalis. Alpine Pear-tree. 



Pyrus pollueria. Woolly-leaved Pear-tree. Germany. 



Pyrus prunifolia. Siberian Crab-tree. 



Pyrus salicifolia. Willow-leaved Crab-tree. Siberia, Cauca- 

 sus, Persia. Low and bushy. 



Pyrus spectabilis. Chinese Apple-tree. 20 to 30 feet. Flowers 

 large and beautiful. Beginning of May. Sheltered situa- 

 tion. 



Quercus segilops. Great prickly-cupped Oak-tree. S. of 

 Europe and the Levant. 



Quercus alba. White Oak-tree. N. Amer. 



Quercus aquatica. Water Oak-tree. N. Amer. 



Quercus cerris. Turkey Oak-tree. S. of Europe. Varieties, 

 Rough-leaved, Narrow-leaved, Lucombe or Devonshire. 



Quercus discolor. Downy-leaved Oak-tree. N. Amer. 



Quercus esculus. Italian or small prickly-cupped Oak-tree. 

 S. of Europe. 



Quercus nigra. Black Oak-tree. N. Amer. 



Quercus phellos. White-leaved Oak-tree. N. America. 

 Varieties, Short, Long, and Various-leaved. 



Quercus prinus. Chestnut-leaved Oak-tree. Varieties, Broad- 

 leaved and Long-leaved. 



Quercus rubra. Red Oak-tree, N. Amer. Varieties, Cham- 

 pion, Scarlet, and Mountain Red Oak. 



Quercus robur. Common Oak. Varieties, Stalk-fruited, 

 Sessile-fruited, and Dwarf Silver-striped. 



Rhamnus paliurus. Common Christ 's-thorn. S. of Europe, 

 Levant, Caucasus, and Barbary. 



Rhamnus Spina Christi. Syrian Christ' s-thorn. Palestine, 

 Barbary, Egypt. 



Rhamnus Zizyphus. Jujube. S. of Europe, Africa, China, 

 Cochin-china, and Japan. 



These can scarcely be called hardy, since they will live 

 only against a wall in mild winters. 



Robinia pseud-acacia. Common or False Acacia, or Locust- 

 tree. Large. Leafs late. N. America. 



Salisburia adiantifolia. Ginhgo, or Maidenhair-tree. Com- 

 monly planted against a wall. 



Salix alba. White Willow. Large and lofty. Leaves sil- 

 very. 



Salix amygdalina. Broad-leaved or Almond-leaved Willow. 

 Scarcely rises to a tree. 



Salix Babylonica. Weeping Willow. Large. Admired for 

 its pendulous branches. Levant. Leafs early. 



Salix caprea. Round-leaved Sallow. Sometimes becomes a 

 large tree. There is a striped-leaved variety in the nur- 

 series. 



Salix cinerea. Cinereous-leaved Sallow, which is the Common 

 Sallow of Britain, is rather a shrub or coppice-plant than a 

 tree. 



Salix fragilis. Crack Willow. Very large. 



Salix hastaUu Halbert-leaved Willow. A little tree, never 

 tall. 



Salix helix Rose Willow. A small slender tree, 10 or 12 

 feet high. 



Salix lanata. Woolly-leaved Willow. A dwarf tree. 



Salix pentandra. Sweet or Bay-leaved Willow. 10 or 12 

 feet high. 



Salix triandra. Long-leaved three-stamined Willow. 30 feet, 

 but generally kept low for Osiers. Ornamental. 



Salix vitellina. Yellow Willow. Middle-sized. 



Sambucus nigra. Common Elder-tree. 12 to 16 feet. Va- 

 rieties, Green-berried, White-berried, Parsley-leaved, Silver- 

 striped, Silver-dotted, Gold-striped. 



Sambucus racemosa. Red-berried or Mountain Elder. 10 

 or 12 feet. This, with the Canadensis, are rather shrubs; 

 and the Common Elder appears more frequently in that 

 form than as a tree. 



Sassafras-tree. See Laurus. Service. See Sorbus. Service, 

 Wild. See Cratregus. 



Sorbus aucuparia. Mountain Ash. Leafs in April. 



Sorbus domestica. Service-tree. 



Sorbus hybrida. Bastard Service-tree. 



These are middle-sized trees, of slow growth. 



Spindle-tree. See Euonymus. 



Styrax officinale. Officinal Storax. 12 or 14 feet. Italy 

 and the Levant. This, however, with the grandifoliiim 

 and lavigatum, can scarcely be called hardy trees. 



Sycomore. See Acer. Tacamahaca. See Populus. 



Tamarix Gallica. French Tamarisk. Middle-sized, in Eng- 

 land 14 or 16 feet. An elegant tree. S. of Europe, Tar- 

 tary, &c. 



Tamarix Germanica. German Tamarisk, is rather a shrub. 



Tilia alba. White Lime-tree. 



Tilia Americana. Broad-leaved American Lime-tree. 



Tilia Europea. Common or European Lime or Linden-tree.-- - 

 Varieties, Large-leaved, Small-leaved, Elm-leaved, Stripe- 

 leaved, Red-twigged. 



