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Grey Pine, Pinus rupestris. 



Red Pine, do rubra. 



Pitch Pine, do rigida. 



Table Mountain, do pungens. 



Stone Pine, do pinca. 



SHELLEARK HICKORY (juglans squamosa). 

 The disposition of this tree's bark, has given to it the name it 

 bears. It enjoys a low, moist soil, that is occasionally overflowed 

 by wafer. In its vicinity you will generally find the white oak, 

 buttonwood, red maple, &c. I name this variety, because of all 

 its species it grows to the most towering height, frequently ninety 

 feet. In the spring it throws out its leaves with such rapidity, 

 that in one month they are of full size, often nineteen inches 

 long. The wood is tenacious, elastic, and strong, generally split- 

 ting straight, and is employed for keels of ships, whip handles 

 and baskets. The strong pellicle that envelopes the kernel of 

 this nut should be taken off, before eating, as it is indigestible 

 and apt to adhere to the coating of the stomach. 



BUTTERNUT (juglans cathartica). 

 This fine tree is known by several names ; in New York, for 

 instance, it is called butternut ; in the eastern States, oil nut ; in 

 Ohio , the white walnut. The branches spread widely in a hori- 

 zontal direction, and present a singular appearance. Tlie nut is 

 rich in oil, which was formerly expressed by the Indians, and 

 used in their food. Butternut bark boiled, made into a decoction 

 and sweetened with honey, is an excellent cathartic. Sugar may 

 be obtained from the sap of this tree by evaporation. The outer 

 skin, covering the seed of this nut, likewise resists the solvents 

 of the stomach. 



TULIP TREE (liriodendrum tulipifera). 

 This very beautiful tree grows to a height, frequently 140 feet 

 and 23 feet in circumference. It is exceeding straight, and the 

 foliage beautiful. This wood is much used for panels of coaches, 

 trunks, &c., and is capable of receiving a high polit<hj a decoc- 

 tion is made from the roots, which is used in intermittent fevers, 

 cholera infantum, &c., and the bark reduced to a powder, is often 

 given to horses for worms. 



