402 Statistics of the Flora of the Northern States. 
an article already inconveniently protracted. The botanist can 
readily gather the needful details respecting them, and respecting 
our extra-European genera generally, from the data given in a 
former article. 
As regards the plants most striking and important in the 
pe eny of our vegetation, the first rank is undoubtedly 
eld by the trees of social growth; and of these the principal 
are Conifere. The characteristic tree of the proper Northern 
States is, therefore, Pinus Strobus. This, the tallest and once the 
most plentiful of our trees, when the country lay in all the wild- 
San po according to the situation. In enumerating, a8 
which possess marked individuality 
other give character to our arboreous rogeatie™ As trees 
which 5 , and which may | 
from far, I barely mention the common American Elm of our 
