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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No.2. 



Fraxinus Americana — White ash. 



White ash, only name given to this species, in all 

 parts of the United States vyhL-re it grows. 



Fraxinus tomentosa — Red ash. 

 Red ash, most general name in all the middle states, 

 where tins tree is most abundant. 



Fraxinus Viridis — Green ash. 

 Green ash, name given by Michaux to this tree, 

 which has none whfcre it is found. 



Fraxinus quadrangulata — Blue ash. 

 Blue ash, only name in Kentucky and Tennessee. 



Fraxinus sambucifolia — Black ash. 

 Black ash, most general name in the northern and 

 middle states. Water ash, secondary name in this 

 art of the United States. 



Fraxinus platicarpa — Carolinian ash. 

 Carolinian ash, name given by M. Michaux. It has 

 none in the southern states, where he found it. 



Gordonia lasyanthus — Loblolly bay. 

 Loblolly bay, only name in the southern states. 



Gordonia pubescens — Franklin ia. 

 Franklinia, name given by W. Bartram, in honor of 

 Dr. Franklin. 



Corn us Florida — Dogwood. 

 Dogwood, only name given to this tree in the United 

 States. Bois dcjlechc batard, by the French of Lou- 

 isiana. 



Rhododendron maximum — Swamp laurel. 

 Swamp laurel, so called on the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains, where this tree is most abundant. 



Kalmia latifolia — Mountain laurel. 



Mountain- laurel, most common name in the Allegha- 

 ny Mountains. Sheep laurel, secondary name in the 

 same places. Calico tree, in some parts of the south- 

 ern states. 



N. B. M. Michaux considers, that this plant is not 

 found to the north of the Hudson River. It is abun- 

 dant in some parts of Massachusetts, where it is gene- 

 rally only a shrub. He says, it grows in Carolina to 

 the height of 15 or 20 feet, and, as its wood is very 

 hard, it is applied to some useful purposes in the 

 arts. 



Cerasus Virginiana — Wild cherry. 

 Wild cherry, only name given to this tree throughout 

 'the United States. 



Cerasus Caroliniana — Wild orange. 

 Wild orange, only name given to this tree in the 

 southern states. 



Cerasus borealis — Bed cherry. 



Red cherry, name less used than that of small (or 

 dwarf) cherry, but which is more appropriate. 



Annona triloba — Papau tree. 

 Papau, only name given to it in the middle and 

 western states. 



Gleditsia triacanthos — Honey locust. 



Honey locust, known under this name only, in all 

 parts of the United States where it grows. 



N. B. M. Michaux is mistaken in this general as- 

 sertion. It is also called three-ihorned acacia, in the 

 catalogues of the nurserymen. 



Gleditsia monosperma — Swamp locust. 

 Swamp locust, in the maritime parts of the southern 

 states. Water locust, secondary name in the same 

 parts of the southern states. 



Laurus sassafras — Sassafras. 



Sassafras, only name given to this tree in the United 

 States. 



Laurus caroliniensis — Bed bay. 

 Red bay, only name given to this tree in the mari- 

 time parts of the southern states. 



Platanus occidentalis — Button wood. 

 Button wood, name generally given in the United 

 States, particularly the Atlantic ones. Plane and syc- 

 amore; names more used in the western states. Water 

 beech, name given to it in some parts of Maryland and 

 Virginia. Colunier, by the French of Upper Louis- 

 iana. 



Liquidambar styraciflua — Sweet gum. 

 Sweet gum, only name in the United States. 

 Lyriodendron tulipifera — Poplar, or tulip tree. 



Poplar, general name in the United States. N. B. 

 This is an evident mistake of M. Michaux. It is sel- 

 dom called poplar, and it is an improper name to be af- 

 fixed to it, as its popular one. Tulip tree, most com- 

 mon name in the northers states, where it is only 

 known as a cultivated tree. Yellow or white poplar. 

 White wood, name in the Genesee country. 



Bignonia catalpa — Calalpa tree. 



Calalpa tree, general name in the southern states. 



Andromeda arborea — Sorel tree. 



Sorel tree, name given to this tree on the Alleghany 

 Mountains, and in the middle states. 



Celtis occidentalis — Nettle tree. 



Nettle tree, in all the United States. N. B. We 

 doubt its having such, or any other name in the north- 

 ern states. 



Celtis crassifolia — Ilackberry tree. 

 Hackberry tree, only name given to it in Kentucky 

 and Tennessee. Hoop ash, upon the borders of the 

 Ohio river, in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Black elder, 

 less common name in the same places. 



IVlorus rubra — Bed mulberry. 

 Red mulberry, only name given to this tree in all 

 the United States. 



Pavia lutea — Buck eye. 



Buck eye, only name given to it on the Alleghany 

 Mountains, and in the western states. 



M. Michaux. ought to have added, that it is also call- 

 ed the yellow-horse chestnut... 



iEculus Ohioensis — Ohio buck eye. 



Ohio buck eye, name given by M. Michaux, who 

 claims to have been the first who distinguished it. 



N. B. The popular name of this tree ought also to 

 be either American, or Ohio horse chestnut; for M. 

 Michaux admits it is in truth a horse chestnut, and it 

 would be very embarrassing to admit such confusion 

 in popular names. 



Robinia pseudo-acacia — Locust tree. 

 Locust tree, general name in the United States. 

 Yellow locust, red locust, black locust, different names 

 given to this tree on the Susquehannah, having regard 

 to the varied color of the wood. 



Robinia viscosa — Rose-flowering locust. 

 Rose-flowering locust, name given by M. Michaux to 

 this tree in the Cherokee country, where it has no pe- 

 culiar name. N. B. It has, however, been called so 

 elsewhere. 



Virgilia lutea — Yellow wood. 

 Yellow wood, name given to this tree in Tennessee. 



