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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 2. 



Que reus prinua discolor — Swamp white oak. 

 Swamp white oak, most common name in the north- 

 ern and middle states. Water-chestnut oak, Pennsyl- 

 vania name. 



Quercus prinus palustris — Chestnut white oak. 



Chestnut white oak, name applied in the lower parts 

 of Georgia, and the Carolinas. White oak, peculiarly 

 so called on the Savannah river. Swamp-chestnut oak, 

 secondary name in the same places. 



Quercus prinus monticola — Rock-chestnut oak. 



Rock-chestnut oak, only name given to this tree in 

 New York and Vermont. Rock and rocky oak, second 

 name in the same countries. Chestnut oak, in Penn- 

 sylvania and Virginia. 



Quercus prinus acuminata — Yellow oak. 

 Yellow oak, name given to this tree in the county of 

 Lancaster, Pennsylvania. No particular name given 

 to it in other parts of the United States. 



Quercus prinus chinquapin — Chinquapin oak. 



Chinquapin oak, name employed in the upper parts 

 of Georgia, and the Carolinas. Small-chestnut oak, in 

 New York and Pennsylvania. 



Quercus Virens — Live oak. 

 Lire oak, onlv name in all the southern states; and 

 also in the northern states, where the wood is only 

 seen, but the tree is never found. 



Quercus Phellos — Willow oak. 

 Willow oak, only name in the southern states, and in 

 Pennsylvania. 



Quercus imbricaria — Laurel oak. 

 Laurel oak, secondary name in the states west of 

 the Alleghany mountains. Black-jack oak, more 

 common, but less proper name, because it is applied to 

 another, for which it is kept distinct. Chene a. laltc, 

 by the Illinois French. 



Quercus cinerea — Upland willow oak. 

 Barren's willow oak, name given in the lower parts 

 of the southern states. 



Quercus pumjla — Running oak. 

 Running oak, in the lower parts of the southern 

 states. 



Quercus heterophylla — Bartram 1 s oak. 

 Bartram's oak, name given to an oak on Schuylkill, 

 near Philadelphia. 



Quercus aquatica — Water oak. 

 Water oak, general name in Virginia, and in the 

 southern states. 



Quercus ferruginea — Black-jack oak. 

 Black-jack oak, name in u«e in the southern states. 

 Barren's oak, name employed in Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey, and Delaware. 



Quercus banisteri — Bear oak. 



Bear oak, name in New Jersey and New York. 

 Black scrub oak, name used in the north of Connecti- 

 cut river. Scrub oak, in some parts of Pennsylvania 

 and Virginia. 



Quercus catisbnei — Barren's scrub oak. 

 Barren's scrub oak, in the lower parts of the two 

 Carolinas and Georgia. 



Quercus falcata — Spanish oak. 

 Spanish oak, only name in use in Pennsylvania, 

 Maryland, and Virginia. Red oak, in the lower parts 

 of the southern states. 



Quercus tinctoria — Black oak. 

 Black oak, only name in the forests of the middle, 



western, and southern states. Quercitron oak, name 

 in commerce. Chene noir, by the Illinois French. 



Quercus coccinea — Scarlet oak. 

 Scarlet, oak, name given by M. Michaux to a tree, 

 which, in the middle states, bears the name of red oak, 

 being confounded with a species hereafter mentioned. 



Quercus ambigua — Gray oak. 

 Gray oak, only name given to this species in New 

 Hampshire and Vermont, as well as in the district of 

 Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. 



Quercus palustris — Pine oak. 

 Pine oak, name given to this species in New York 

 and New Jersey. Swamp Spa7iish oak, in Pennsyl- 

 vania and Maryland. 



Quercus rubra — Bed oak. 

 Red oak. name given to this oak in all the northern 

 and middle states. 



In all 27 species of oaks. 



Betula papyracea — Canoe birch. 

 Canoe and paper birch, names equally used in New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, district of Maine, Nova Scotia, 

 and further north. HTiHe birch, name also equally ap- 

 plied in the same countries. Bouleau a canot, by the 

 French in Canada. 



Betula populifolia — White birch. 

 White birch, sfeneral name in the northern and mid- 

 dle states. Old-field birch. 



Betula rubra — Bed birch. 

 Red birch, so called in New Jersey and some parts 

 of Pennsylvania. Broom birch, secondary name in 

 Pennsylvania. Birch, in the southern states. 



Betula lenta — Black birch. 

 Black birch, denomination applied to it in the north- 

 ern and middle states, Cherry birch, secondary name 

 in some parts of the northern states Sweet birch, in 

 the middle states. Mountain mahogany, in a part of 

 Virginia. Cherry birch. Bouleau cerisier, by the 

 Canadians. 



Betula lutea — Yellow birch. 

 Yellow birch, name given to this species in Vermont 

 and New Hampshire, as well as in Maine and New 

 Brunswick. 



Castanea vesca — Chestnut. 

 Chestnut, only name given to it in all parts of the 

 United States where it grows. 



Castanea pumila — Chincapin. 

 Chincapin, only denomination given to it in the 

 middle, southern, and western states. 



Fagus Sylvestris — White beech. 

 Beech, in the middle and southern states. White 

 beech, in the northern states and district of Maine. 



Fagus Ferruginea — Bed beech. 

 Red btech, in the northern states, and district of 

 Maine. 



Chamfcrops palmeto — Cabbage tree. 

 Cabbage tree, or palmetto, in the southern states. 

 This tree is extensively used in the construction of 

 wharves in Charleston, South Carolina, being free 

 from the ravages of the worms. 



Ilex opaca — American holly. 

 American holly, so called in all the parts of the 

 United States where it grows. 



Diospiros Virginiana — Persimmon tree. 

 Persimmon, only name in these parts of the United 

 States where it is found, being in the middle and 

 southern states. Plaqueminier, by the Louisianians. 



