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of the most interesting shrubs, and is a native of Long- 

 Island ; it will attain to the height of from nine to twelve 

 feet, with numerous branches on all sides ; the leaves are of 

 cuiious form, and thickly set; the flowers are small, and 

 make no great show : hut the feathered seeds render the tree 

 particularly attractive. These consist of innumerable small 

 white tufts or plumes attached to the seeds, and which are 

 spread over every part of the shrub, resembling delicate 

 \vtyte flowers, so that a large grove of them at a distance 

 has the appearance as it besprinkled with flakes of snow. 

 To add to us value, it is during autumn, when most trees 

 have lost their beauty, that this displays its interesting ap- 

 pearance, and the shrubs will begin to produce their curious 

 seeds and feathered tufts when only from two to three feet 

 high It thrives best in a moist soil. 



Nettle Tree, or Ccltis. Three species of this tree are 

 known in our American gardens : they are trees of easy cul- 

 ture, not difficult as to soil, and not striking as ornamentals. 



Celtis australiS) or Euro/lean. This is also called the 

 Lote Tree. It forms a tree of tolerably regular shape, with 

 very numerous branches, and attains, to the height of 18 or 

 20 ieet in some cases ; the leaves are of a pleasant green, 

 three or four inches long, deeply serrated, terminating in a 

 point, and bear some resemblance to those of the European 

 Common Nettle; the foliage endures until late in the au- 

 tumn ; the flowers are not conspicuous, but the Wack ber- 

 ries which succeed them hang on during all the autumn and 

 winter, and have a pleasant appearance. The wood is very 

 durable, and said to be used in Italy for flutes, pipes, and 

 other wind instruments. 



Celtis occidentalism or Common American. This much 

 resembles the foregoing in foliage and general aspect, but 

 its berries are smaller, and not of so dark a colour. Like 

 the preceding, they hang on the tree during the whole win- 

 ter, unless plucked off by birds, 



Ccltis cratsifolia, or Thick leaved. This is also called 

 the Heart Leaved, from the nearly cordate form of its foliage, 

 in which it differs from Uie foregoing. It is a native of 

 the southern and western states, where it is known by the 

 title of Hoop Ash, being, as I suppose, sometimes used for 

 hoops. This will iurm a much larger tree than the pre- 

 ceding. 



American Bittersweet, or Celastrus scandens. This is a 

 very common vine in this and several of the neighbouring 

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