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APPENDIX. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



There are special botanical names for all trees and shrubs, 

 just as there are for other plants, such as grasses and weeds. 

 In the following table the scientific or botanical name is put 

 in one column and the common name in the other. In every 

 case two words are used the first being a noun and the 

 second an adjective; as picea, meaning "spruce," and alba y 

 meaning "white." In the same way, que>cus meaning " oak," 

 quercus alba is the botanical name of "white oak," and 

 quercus rubra "red oak." 



Abies balsamifera Balsam fir. 



Acer dasycarpum Silver maple. [box elder. 



Acer negundo Ash-leaved or Manitoba maple or 



Acer Pennsylvanicum Striped maple or moose wood. 



Acer rubrum Red or soft maple. 



Acer saccharinum Sugar or rock maple 



Ater spicatum Mountain maple. 



Aesculus hippocastamtm Horse chestnut. 



Betula lutea Yellow birchj- 



Betula lenta Black or cherry or sweet birch. 



Betula nigra Red birch. 



Betula papyrifera Canoe or paper birch. 



Betula populifolia White or grey birch. 



Carpinus Americana Hornbeam or blue beech. 



Carya alba Shellbark hickory. 



Carya amara Bitter hickory. 



Carya microcarpa Small fruit hickory. 



Carya porcina Pignut. 



Carya tomentosa White-heart hickory. 



Castanea saliva ... Chestnut. 



Fagus sylvatica European beech. 



