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It will thrive in the most barren soils, es- 

 pecially those of a rocky or gravelly nature 

 doing equally as well in a deep, rich loam, 

 or any soil but a wet one. It is, in fact, a 

 tree for any situation. The Bartram speci- 

 men is eighty feet high, and seven feet nine 

 inches in circumference ; and one of the 

 marrone variety, thirty-five feet high and 

 three feet in circumference. 



It may be propagated by seed sown in 

 drills in the spring, or in the fall, if preserved 

 from vermin. The improved varieties are 

 perpetuated by grafting. 



2. C. PUMILA, Michaux. Leaves oblong 

 lanceolate, acute, whitish tomentose beneath. 

 Chinquapin. Native of the Southern States. 

 Flowers in June. 



In its wild state, this is but a shrub of 

 meagre stature; but cultivated, makes a 

 pretty, round-headed, miniature chestnut-tree. 

 A specimen at Bartram is twenty-five feet 

 high and thirty-five inches in circumference. 

 There is a very pretty specimen in Mr. Pierce's 

 arboretum, twenty-eight inches in circumfe- 

 rence and about thirty -five feet high. 



In its native localities, it seems to prefer 



