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fifty feet high and forty-two incites in circum- 

 ference. 



LIQUIDAMBAR, LinnoBus. Nat. Ord. Altin- 

 giaceao. Monoecia, polyandria, Linn. Male 

 'flower with a common 4-leaved calyx, with- 

 out a corolla. Female calyx in a globe, 4- 

 leaved, without a corolla. Styles 2. Capsules 

 many, in a globe, 2-valved, many seeded. 



L. STYKACIFLUA, Linnceus. Leaves pal- 

 mate-lobed, with the sinuses of the base of 

 the veins villose. Sweet gum. Native of the 

 Middle States. 



This varies very much according to the 

 circumstance or situation wherein it grows. 

 In the shade, or surrounded by other trees, 

 it has very few side branches, and grows up 

 with a clean smooth stem to a great height. 

 In a wet soil, but in an exposed situation, it 

 grows tall, with a very bulky trunk, and a 

 loose cylindrical appearance. In a cool, deep, 

 rich loam, it becomes very spreading and 

 round-headed, and in that state is one of the 

 prettiest of trees. Its star-like cut leaves, 

 with their beautiful gloss, move, like some 

 poplars, with the lightest breezes ; and, ex- 



