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and some of them are also, on various accounts, well suited to 

 the lawn. Among others, that bearing the rather small, pretty 

 sweet apple, called by Duhamel the " Pigeonnette" which is a 

 beautifully-formed tree, with clean, expanding arms and free 

 habit, and, though the fruit may be kept into winter, yet it be- 

 gins to ripen early, and is admirably adapted to the use of 

 children, as it falls gradually from the tree. 



Along our country roads, too, fruit-trees might to some ex- 

 tent be properly planted, not only for ornament, but use, to be 

 reckoned, like our wild fruits, as common property. 



Besides those named above, our woods furnish a great variety 

 of fine ornamental trees, which are easily obtained. The Chest- 

 nut, Castanea Americana ; the various Oaks, particularly the 

 White Oak, Quercus alba, and the Rock Oak, Quercus monta- 

 na, both yielding also solid and useful timber ; the American 

 Linden or Basswood, Tilia glabra ; the Wild Cherry, Prunus 

 Virginiana ; the Hop Hornbeam or Ironwood, Ostrya Vir- 

 ginica ; the Shad Flower, Aroma botryapium, and many oth- 

 ers, which the following list does not include. 



1. ASH, Weeping, Fraxinus pendula. A curious and pret- 

 ty ash, readily increased by side grafting upon the common 

 kinds. 



2. BEECH, Copper-colored or Purple, Fagus purpurea ; Red, 

 Fagus ferruginea ; Common, Fagus sylvatica. The two lat- 

 ter are common in our woods, and are clean and beautiful for^- 

 est trees. The first, which is curious, may be grafted upon 

 them by tongue or side grafting. 



3. BIRCH, White, Betula alba ; Red, Betula rubra ; Yel- 

 low, Betula excelsa ; Paper, Betula papyracea. All common, 

 abounding, and beautiful. 



4. CATALPA, or Cigar-tree, Catalpa syringcefolia. A fine 

 flowering tree, easily raised from seeds sown in the spring. 



5. CHERRIES, Large Double-flowering, Cerasus sylvestris 

 pleno ; Weeping, Cerasus vulgaris semperftorens. May be 

 grafted on any common kind. 



6. CHINESE KOLREUTERIA, Kolreuteria paniculata. A 

 pretty tree, with a profusion of yellow blossoms in the latter 

 part of summer. Increased by layers. 



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