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SECTION IV. 



DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 

 The History and Description of all the finest hardy Deciduous Trees. REMARKS on 



TIIKtR VTfZCTB IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN COMPOSITION. Their 



Cultivation, etc. The Oak. The Elm. The Ash. The Linden. The Beech. The 

 Poplar. The Horse-chestnut. The Birch. The Alder. The Maple. The Locust 

 The Three-thorned Acacia. The Judas-tree. The Chestnut. The Osage Orange. 

 The Mulberry. The Paper Mulberry. The Sweet Gum. The Walnut. The Hickory 

 The Mountain Ash. The Ailantus. The Kentucky Coffee. The Willow. The 

 Sassafras. The Catalpa. The Persimon. The Pepperidge. The Thorn. The 

 Magnolia. The Tulip. The Dogwood. The Salisburia. The Paulonia. TheVirgilia 

 The Cypress. The Larch, etc. 



O gloriosi spirit! de gli boschi, 

 O Eco, o antri foschi, o chiare linfe, 

 O faretrate ninfe, o agresti Pani, 

 O Satiri e Silvani, o Fauni e Driadi, 

 Naiadi ed Amadriadi, o Semidee 



Oreadi e Napee. 



SANNAZZABO 



" spirits of the woods, 

 Echoes and solitudes, and lakes of light ; 

 O quivered virgins bright, Pan's rustical 

 Satyrs and sylvans all, dryads and ye 

 That up the mountains be ; and ye beneath 

 In meadow or in flowery heath." 



THE OAK. Quercus. 

 Nat. Ord. Corylaceae Lin. Syst. Monoecia, Polyandria. 



H E Arcadians believed the oak to have 



K 



X been the first created of all trees ; and 





when we consider its great and surpassing 

 utility and beauty, we are fully disposed 

 ;o concede it the first rank among the denizens of the 



