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Trieiitalis amcrieana, 



Smilacina Lifolia. 



Smilaciiia racemosa. 



Polygoiiatum gigantciim . 



Uvularia sessilifolia. 



Uvalaria perfoliata. 



Arum triphyllum : two varieties. 



Eliodora canadensis. 



Cassandra caljculata. 



Quercus prinoides (Chinquapin. ) 



Prunus spp : 



Mr. S. P. Fowler, of Danvers, conversant with the shrubs 

 and trees of New-England spoke at some length on the Oak 

 family, ( Quercus spp :) and the numerous kinds found in 

 the imn.iediate vicinity. He alluded particularly to his hav- 

 ing, that morning, through the instrumentality of Mr. Jolm 

 M. Ives, detected the " Chinquapin Oak," in the woods be- 

 longing to the farm of the Poor House and close by. It was 

 in full blossom and its bright yellow tassels attracted their 

 eye. This species is considered as the smallest of the oak 

 family occuring in New-England, seldom growing more than 

 five feet in height, and usually only two or three. Emerson, 

 in his State Report on the woody plants of Massachusetts, 

 says that it is found scattered in almost every part of the 

 State ; and on Martha's Vineyard, it occupies, in some in- 

 stances, many acres together, to the exclusion of almost every 

 thing else. It is also abundant in some parts of Middlesex 

 County. It generally indicates a sterile soil. Mr. F. had not 

 seen it in this neighborhood before. It was subsequently 

 found a few days after, on the same farm, but sparingly. It 

 is a very pretty bush, in the light, shining ashen gray branches, 

 and olive or bronze green younger shoots, with small hand- 

 some variously cut leaves polished above and glaucous be- 

 neath : the blossoms are conspicuous and showy, the acorns 

 come out from the axils ^of the leaves : and the entire ap- 

 pearance renders it attractive. It is conjectured from the 



