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first day of AugusI, three of them were fourieen feet high, pro- 

 ducing leiu es two and a half feet long and two feet wide. It 

 suffers no kind of vermin to breed upon it, nor dares any catter- 

 pillar to attack it. When our citizens come to understand the 

 incomparable benefit of thi3 magnificent tree, for streets, avenues, 

 and park^, the industrious cultivator will have liis hands full to 

 meet the demand for it. 



OF THE POPLARS. 



There are ten, viz : Carolina Poplar, (Populus augutata,) 

 Cotton Tree, (Populus argeutea,) Balsam Poplar, (Populus bal- 

 samifera,) Ileart-leaved Poplar, (Populus canadensis,) Grey 

 Poplar, (Populus canadensis,) Large American Aspen, (Populus 

 graudidentata,) American Black Poplar, (Populus hudsonica,) 

 Virginian Poplar, (Populus monilifera,) American Aspen, (Po- 

 pulus tremuloides) 



MAGNOLIAS, 

 There are seven : Big Laurel, (Magnolia grandiflora,) Small 

 White Bay, (Magnolia glauca,) Cucumqua tree, (Magnolia cor- 

 data,) Large Leaved Umbrella tree, (Magnolia macrophylla,) 

 Long Leaved Cucumber tree, (Magnolia auricutata,) Umbrella 

 tree, (Magnolia tripetala.) 



We have the 



White Spruce, Abies alba. 



Silver Fir, do balsamifera. 



Hemlock Spruce, do canadensis. 



Black or Double Spruce, do nigra. 



Norway Spruce, \ . . . do picea. 



Catalpa Bignonia catalpa. 



Iron Wood Carpinus ostrya. 



American Hornbean do Americana, 



Cypress Cypressus disticha. 



White Cedar do thugordes. 



Water Locust Gleditsia monosperma. 



Sweet Locust do triacanthos. 



Coffee Tree Gymnocladus canadensis. 



American Holly Hex opaca. 



Sassafras Laui'us sassafras. 



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