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the shoots till the twisted parts are covered ; 

 or the shoots maybe bent down to the ground, 

 notched and slit as in the usual mode of layer- 

 ing, and sunk a few inches in the ground. 

 The first mode saves labor; the last, after 

 waterings. 



2. A. DASYCARPUM, EhrJiart Leaves pal- 

 mately 5-lobed, deeply sinuated with the 

 sinui acute. Flowers in clusters, before the 

 leaves. Ovaries downy. Seeds with large 

 wings. Silver maple. Native of the North- 

 ern and Middle States. 



One of the finest of our native trees. It 

 is so often seen in a half-starved, stunted 

 state, as a street tree, that one might be in- 

 credulous of its beauty when under proper 

 circumstances, from a mere description. Un- 

 less in favorable soil, it does not make a deep 

 shade but in that case few can excel it, and 

 its shade is so mellowed by the silvery under 

 surface of the leaves, as to make quite a 

 pleasing effect. It branches out pretty near 

 the base, and spreads to a great extent with- 

 out much ramification, which renders it 

 liable to be broken at times by heavy winds. 

 The finest specimen at Bartram is seventy- 



