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SECTION IV. 



DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



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



EFFECTS IN LANDSCAPE GARDKNING, 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 xMountain Ash. The Ailantus. 

 The Kentucky Coffee. The Willow. The Sassafras. TheCatalpa. The Persimonen. The 

 Pepperidge. The Thorn. The Magnolia. The Tulip. The Dogwood. The Sa isburia. 

 The Cypress. The Larch, etc. 



Ogloriosi spirit! de gli boschi, 

 O Eco, o antri fosclii, o chiare linfe, 

 O faretrate ninfe, o agresti Pani, 

 O Satlii e Silvani, o Fauni e Driadi, 

 Naiadi ed Amadriadi, o Semidee 

 Oreadi e Napee. — 



Sannazzaro. 



" O spirits of the woods, 

 Echoes and sohtudes, 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. CorylaceaB. Lin. Syst. Monoecia, Polyandria. 



H E Arcadians believed the oak to have been 

 the first created of all trees ; and when we 

 consider its great and surpassing utility and 

 beauty, we are fully disposed to concede it 

 the first rank among the denizens of the forest. Springing 



