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to pure whiteness, does not take fire as readily as other woods, 

 and barns very slowly ; is also good for paper pulp. 



Populus canesceiis, Gra}^ Poplar, and P. nigra, Black Poplar. — 

 The wood of Populus. nigra is much used abroad for packing cases, 

 especially for bottled wines ; the knotty trunks, which are curi- 

 ously mottled, are made into ladies' work-boxes, which are highly 

 valued in Germany and France. 



Cladrastis tinctoria: Virgilia, or Yellow-wood. — A beautiful 

 tree for ornamental plantations, of fine spreading habit, and beau- 

 tiful in bloom. 



Cratcegus: Thorn. — All the large growing species form fine 

 fringes along the borders of woodlands or parks ; they are attract- 

 ive both in fruit and flower. 



Fraxinus Americana : White Ash. — A tree of the first order 

 for timber ; makes a fine road tree, but late coming into foliage ; 

 to grow it well requires a good, somewhat moist, soil. 



Fraxinus jnibescens : Down}' Ash. — A tree that will do on higher 

 grounds ; but it does not make so large a tree as F. Americana. 



Liriodendron tulipifera: Tulip Tree. — A grand ornamental 

 tree ; and further south it makes a fine timber tree a hundred feet 

 or more in height. 



Primus serotina: Wild Black Cherr}-. — Makes a fine timber or 

 ornamental tree ; the wood is also valuable for turning and for 

 cabinet making. 



Quercus rubra (Red Oak) ; Q. tinctoria (Quercitron, or Black 

 Oak) ; and Q. coccinea (Scarlet Oak) . — All these do well on light 

 soils. Though not as valuable as the White Oak, they are of much 

 more rapid growth. Nothing is more beautiful than Q. coccinea 

 for ornamental planting, and its autumn coloring far exceeds that 

 of most of the other oaks. 



Quercus palustris : Swamp Spanish or Pin Oak. — Though nat- 

 urally fond of moist ground, this will adapt itself to almost any 

 situation. It is a tree of most rapid growth and beautiful form. 

 Trees planted from the seed box on a hill-side without any prepar- 

 ation ten years ago are today fine specimens ten or twelve feet 

 hfgh, of beautiful form. This would make a most excellent street 

 tree. An avenue of these planted at Flushing, Long Island, by 

 Mr. Samuel B. Parsons, some twenty or twenty-five yeai's ago, is 

 the finest avenue of oaks on Long Island. 



Rohinia Pseudacacia: Common Locust, or False Acacia. — 



