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Of maples there are three timber trees ; the rock-maple, the white 

 maple or river maple, and the red-flowering maple, commonly called , 

 in this neighborhood, the white maple. In England they have only 

 two large maple trees, and but one of them is considered indigenous. 



Of ash trees we have three, and it is believed four, white,black, red 

 and yellow ash. In England there is only one ash, of which there are 

 several varieties. 



We have one hornbeam ; there is one in England, so called, from 

 the resemblance in the longitudinal projections upon the trunk to the 

 ridges on the horn of a deer. We have one beech ; the English have 

 one. 



We have also the hop-hornbeam, or iron-wood, (ostrya) to which, in 

 England, there is nothing analogous. 



We have the tupelo tree, and in this instance, as in some others, 

 there is no name universally known for this tree, as there is no tree at 

 all resembling it, in the native country of our ancestors. 



We have one chestnut tree ; the English have one. We have four 

 birch trees of considerable value ; the small white or grey birch tree, 

 the white or canoe birch, the black and yellow. The white is a tree 

 of easy growth, and of great value. 



We have two or three willows of some size, besides many small 

 ones ; the English have five or six willows. We have many fine Eng- 

 lish willows growing in this neighborhood. We have the celebrated 

 Duke of Bedford's willow growing here. We have the white willow, 

 the blue willow, the crack willow, and others growing in this neighbor- 

 hood. 



We have at least four large poplar trees ; the English have four. 

 We have one sycamore ; the English have none. We have three 

 elms ; the English have seven, of which two or three are doubtful na- 

 tives. We have the hoop ash. We have two walnut trees ; the black 

 walnut and the butter-nut. The black walnut, though not always re- 

 cognized, may be found gi'owing in about every county in the State. 

 If a man wants a gun-stock, he will be sure to find this tree. The but- 

 ter-nut grows every where. The English walnut is not a native of Eng- 

 land. We have four hickories belonarina; to Massachusetts, and to 

 these England has nothing to correspond. The sassafras tree is pecu- 

 liar to this country. It was the first tree which attracted strongly the 

 attention of our ancestors ; and it composed a part of the first cargo re- 

 mitted to their native country. We have one bass-wood tree. We 



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