CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



TIMBER, TARE, AND ORN AMEN TAL-FOLI AGED TREES. 



PAGE 



The Oak 1 



The Ash-tiiee 6 



The Elm 9 



The Beech 10 



The Birch 11 



The Lime-tree .... 12 



The Chesnut 13 



The Acacia (Robinia) . • 14 



The Acacia Proper . . . 15 



The Pine-tree and Fir- 

 tree 16 



The Poplar 21 



The Holly 22 



The Thorn 24 



The Sycamore 25 



The Plane-tree .... 26 



The Cedar 26 



BOOK II. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES OF LESS GROWTH. 



The Arbutus, or Straw- 

 berry-tree 28 



The Yew 29 



The Willow 30 



The Syringa 31 



The Guelder Rose ... 31 



The Portugal Laurel . . 32 



The Common Laurel . . 33 



The Bay 34 



The Laurestine .... 34 



The Escallonia .... 35 



The Magnolia .... 36 



The Tamarisk . , , . , 37 



