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cimen at Bartram measures fifty feet high 

 and forty-nine inches in circumference. 



3. M. NIGRA, Linnceus. Leaves cordate, 

 rugged, smaller than the preceding. Black 

 or English mulberry. Native of the south 

 of Europe. 



This much resembles the other, and is 

 adapted to the same circumstances. The 

 fruit is smaller, and nearly round. 



NEGUNDO, Moench. -Nat. Ord. Aceraceas. 

 Dioecia, Pentandria, Linnceus. Calyx small ; 

 4-5-toothed. Petals wanting. Anthers 4-5, 

 linear, sessile. Female flowers in racemes; 

 the male ones in bundles. 



N. .ACEROIDES, Moench. Leaves of 3-5 leaf- 

 lets. Leaflets rhombic ovate, coarsely cut 

 and toothed. Box elder ; ash-leaved maple. 

 Native of the Middle and Southern States. 



Not so common in gardens as it ought to 

 be. In favorable situations it is a stately 

 tree, growing fifty or sixty feet. When 

 crowded by other trees, the trunk seldom 

 grows straight, and, indeed, never looks so 

 well in any respect as when grown by itself. 

 It very much resembles the ash. It has a 



