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in circumference. There are some very 

 healthy luxurious specimens in Marshall's 

 Garden, in Chester County, Pa. 



I have been unable to determine whether 

 the A. triloba, Michaux, is distinct. My friend, 

 Col. Carr, late proprietor of the Bartram Bo- 

 tanic Garden, considers them so. I am in- 

 clined to think them identical from the de- 

 scriptions, and have adopted the original 

 name, as the plant I describe is so known 

 in the nurseri^. 



It is readily propagated from suckers or 

 seeds. 



AKALIA, Linnceus. Nat. Orel. Araliaceaa. 

 Pentandria, Pentagynia, Linn. Calyx very 

 small, mostly 5-toothed. Petals 5, expanded 

 or reflexed at the apex. Styles very short, 

 permanent, spreading. Fruit, a berry ; usually 

 5-celled, and striated. 



A. SPINOSA, Linnceus. Stem and leaves 

 prickly. Panicles much branched. Ange- 

 lica tree. Club of Hercules. 



Thinly scattered through the Middle, 

 Southern, and Western States. When full 

 grown, and covered in the fall and winter 



