110 AMERICAN FOREST TREES. 



the middle and southern states, rising to 80 feet in height ; the red oak 

 of the more northern states, the black or yellow-oak, one of the most 

 lofty of our forest trees, rising to the height of 90 feet, common to 

 most of our states and affording the valuable quicitron dye ; the swamp 

 oak, the pin oak, and the post oak, extensively diffused through the 

 country ; the black-jack, the water oak the laurel oak, etc., all af- 

 fording excellent timber in the various arts and the bark of which is 

 valuable for tanning ; The shagbark, pekan hickory, with their admired 

 fruit ; the nutmeg hickory and the pignut, all affording strong and 

 weighty timber ; The black walnut, a highly valuable wood and re- 

 ceiving a fine polish ; The butternut, etc. ; The sugar maple, affording 

 its vast supplies of sugar ; the birds-eye maple, for cabinet work, etc. ; 

 The black maple, the red maple, yielding the curled maple, so much 

 admired ; The white maple, the ash-leaved maple, etc. ; all beautiful 

 trees and highly valuable in the arts ; The button-wood, or sycamore, one 

 of the largest of our forest trees and useful for its timber ; The numer- 

 ous birches of both the northern and southern states, the timber of 

 which is light strong and handsome, especially the black, or mahogany 

 birch ; The red bay of the southern states, growing to the height of 70 

 feet and receiving a fine polish ; The sassafras, abounding in all parts 

 of the country, the wood and root of which are aromatic, fragrant and 

 medicinal ; the Am. holly, abundant in the middle states, and valua- 

 ble in the arts ; The persimon, and papaw of the southern states, 

 esteemed for their fruits ; The various poplars, especially the large 

 Carolina and cotton wood, abounding in the southern and western states ; 

 the aspen tree ; The cabbage tree, a palm of the Atlantic coast of Car- 

 olina and Georgia ; The Jim. chestnut, one of our loftiest trees, with 

 its univalved fruit and valuable timber ; The red beech, of the northern 

 states, affording a tough and durable timber ; The white beech, still more 

 widely diffused ; The horn-beam or iron-wood, generally prevailing and 

 valuable for its timber ; The dog-wood, running from north to south 

 through the Atlantic states 1 , both beautiful and useful ; The sourgum 

 and great tupelo of the southern states, some of great height ; The 

 dm. nettle tree, of the southern and western states, attaining 70 feet in 

 height ; The hackberry, or hoop-ash, of the western states, of still higher 

 growth and of greater utility in the arts ; The red mulberry, abounding 

 in the western states, with its agreeable fruit and durable wood ; The 

 white mulberry and the black mulberry, now naturalized and affording 

 their extended harvest for the silk worms of our country ; The various 

 species of ash the white ash of the northern states, one of the most 

 beautiful and valuable of the American forest trees ; The blue ash of 

 the western states, and the black ash of the north ; The Am. linden or 

 basswood, a lofty and useful tree; The innumerable willows, widely 

 diffused throughout our country, both beautiful and useful in the arts ; 

 The Jim. elm, of the northern states, towering to the height of 90 oj 





