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S3. ALNUS CORDIFOLIA. 



A new and very beautiful species of alder. A highly-ornamental 

 variety, with large heart-shaped leaves. 



34. ^CHINESE DOUBLE FLOWERING APPLE. See page 83. 



35. JRED SIBERIAN CRAB. See page 83. 



36. ^YELLOW SIBERIAN CRAB. See page 83. 



37. {CURLED-LEAVED ASH. Frc&inus atrovirens. 



A very curious and striking variety, a most singular tree. The 

 growth is very upright; the young wood very thick and stout; 

 the leaves curled, of the darkest green shade. 



38. GOLDEN ASH. Fraxinus aurea. 



The bark of this singular variety is of a gold color. 



39. CHINESE ASH. Fraxinus sinensis. 



An ornamental and singular variety ; the leaves are small and very 

 narrow, of a dark green shade. The young wood is reddish black. 



40. JWEEPING ASH. Fraxinus pendula. 



A variety, with pendent branches, and very ornamental. 



41. {{PURPLE BEECH. Fagus purpurea. 



A tree remarkable for its leaves, which are of a dark crimson or 

 purple hue, which appear to most advantage in June or July. In 

 autumn they fade to purplish green. It is eminently beautiful. 



42. {{MOUNTAIN ASH. Sorbus aucuparia, or Roan Tree. 



A tree rising, in an elegant and pyramidal form, to the height of 

 thirty feet. The tree itself is an ornament, and its flowers, which 

 are in large clusters. In autumn the tree is covered with large 

 clusters of red berries, and its appearance at this time is very striking 

 and beautiful. A new variety, of France, has yellow berries. 



43. S. S. {{CABBAGE TREE. Chamarops palmetto. 



A superb tree, growing on the shores of the ocean, from Cape 

 Hatteras to the Gulf of Mexico. It rises, with a straight trunk, to 

 the height of forty or fifty feet, but never branches. Its regular 

 summit is crowned with tufts of palmated leaves of a shining green, 

 their footstalks twenty inches long ; the undeveloped leaf is folded 

 like a fan, and opens five feet in diameter. The fruit is a small 

 berry, and in clusters. The wood is spongy, and has therefore been 

 used in the construction of forts. It resists the sea- worm. 



44. S. S. *{{CARICA PAPAYA. 



A beautiful evergreen, which Mr. Bartram pronounces the most 

 graceful and elegant production known. It grows only in the 

 southern parts of the Union. It rises fifteen or twenty feet, but 

 never or but seldom branches. Its trunk is straight, smooth, of a 

 bright ash color, and polished like leaf-silver. Its top is spherical, 

 and formed of very large lobe-sinuate leaves, supported on very long 

 footstalks. The fruit, like figs, comes out singly, and in the axils o? 

 the leaves, and in continual succession. The tree is in continual 

 flower. 



45. *RED CEDAR. Juniperus Virginiaca. 



Or Black Cypress. A dark evergreen tree, of conical form. The 



