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JplatamiS Orcibcutalis. Natural Order: Plataiiacece — Plane -Tree Family. 



NL of the largest trees in American forests is the S}-camore 

 oi Buttonwood tree, which grows to a prodigious size. It is 

 found most frequently on the banks of some of the large western 

 luii^ and on the margins of many of the smaller streams, where 

 tht. trunk attains a not unusual circumference of fifty feet. 

 ^?^ Along the entire course of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, 

 extensn e foi ests of it abound, and no sooner does a bar of sand or an 

 island m ikt itself seen above the surface of the fickle tide, than it is 

 (.o\<.iLd is it by magic with a growth of Sycamore saplings that in a 

 tew vears develop into mighty trees. Its rapid growth is its chief 

 recommendation, as its wood is sott and of no great utility. Its ample 

 tbliage makes a very desirable shade, and it thrives under circumstances 

 to which manv other trees succumb. 



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YCAMORE «ith egla 

 A heiiiji' .about the sic 



[ KNOW a forest vast and old — 



.\ sli.ide so deep, so darkly green, 

 rhat morning sends her shaft of gold 

 In vain to pierce its leat\ screen: 



;is spread, 

 ivering overhead. 

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o\v a brake where sleep> 

 he soft-eved fawn, tliro' 

 noon with all the calm i 

 ies hushed heneatli thos, 



boughs 

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HE rich, deep 

 Hang heavv v 



ith the fullness 



VrOISELESSLY around. 



From perch to perch, the solil 



bird 



Passes ; and yon clear spring that, niid.st its herbs. 

 Wells softly forth and wandering steeps the roots 

 Of half the mighty forest, tells no tale 



Of all the good it does. Thou hast not left 

 Thyself without a witness, in these shades. 

 Of thy perfections. Grandeur, strength and grace 

 .\re here to speak of thee. 



-WillMm Cullfti Brvanl. 



