CONTENTS. , ' 



PART I. 



TREES OF AMERICA. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Trees, how regarded by Lumbermen. — Cedars of Lebanon. — Oldest Tree 

 on Record — Napoleon's Regard for it — Dimensions. — Durability of the 

 Cedar, how accounted for. — The Oak — Religious Veneration in which it 

 was held by the Druids — The Uses to which their Shade was appropri- 

 ated. — Curious Valuation of Oak Forests by the Ancient Saxoils. — The 

 Number of Species. — Its Value. — Remarkable old Oak in Brighton. — Char- 

 ter Oak. — Button-wood Tree — Remarkable Rapidity of its Growth. — Re- 

 markable Size of one measured by Washington — by Michaux. — Disease 

 in 1842, '43, and '44. — The Oriental Plane-tree — Great Favorite with the 

 Ancients. — Cimon's Effort to gratify the Athenians. — Pliny's Account of 

 its Transportation. — The Privilege of its Shade a Tax — Used as an Oi'na- 

 ment — Nouiished with Wine. — Hortensius and Cicero. — Pliny's curious 

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CHAPTER IL 

 The Elm. — English Elm. — Scotch Elm. — Slippery Elm. — American Elm. — 

 Superiority of latter. — Different Shapes, how accounted for. — Great Elm 

 on Boston Common — Rapidity of Growth. — The Riding Stick. — Remark- 

 able Dimensions of noted Trees. — Boston Elm agaui — Its Age — By whom 

 set out. — Washington Elm, why so named. — " Trees of Peace," a Tribute 

 of Respect. — Enghsh Elm in England and America. — Uses in France — 

 In Russia. — Birch Family — Its Variety and Uses. — The Maple Family. — 

 Number of Species. — Red Maple. — Unrivaled Beauty of American For- 

 ests. — Rock Maple — Amount of Wood cut from one in Blanford. — rCurioua 

 method of distinguishing it from the River Maple. — Amount and Value of 

 the Sugar in Massacliusetta. — Great Product from one Tree. — Sugar Maple 

 in the State of Maine. — Dr. Jackson's Reports, &c 19 



