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would mate a sufficient undergrowth for breaking the winds; and the young 

 poles are nearly as good as hickory for hoops. As fuel it ranks higher than 

 the maple, but requires to be dry when used, as the green or wet wood of 

 this variety can'scarcely be burned. An acre or two of wet land cannot be 

 more profitably planted, than with fnis tree. Planted in rows like hickory 

 when grown for hoop poles, it would afford as great a yield, as it grows more 

 rapidly; and the larger ones would make' excellent bop poles, being more 

 durable for that purpose than the oaks. The mere trimmings of ten acres of 

 ash forest, grown as thickly as it ought to be, would supply a farm with abun- 

 dant fuel for all the summer months, and give great satisfaction to the good 

 wife, from the readiness with which she could kindle her iire. Under every 

 phase of the case, the ash requires a prominent place in .sylvaculture. 



There is but one foreign variety which is worthy of cultivation, and even 

 that has no advantage over the white, blue and black ash of America, in the 

 value and uses of its timber. The foliage being a little darker, it is preferred 

 as an ornamental tree, and can be advantageously introduced to give variety 

 to the plantations. 



All the kinds are readily worked on each other ; but as they are so easily 



grown from seeds, and produce such an abundance of fibrous roots the first. 



season, and can be so safely transplanted, even when of considerable size, it 



seems scarcely necessary to graft or bud them. The native species which 



deserve the most attention as timber trees, are the Americana and guadran- 



gulata, (white and blue) for high and dry situations ; and ■ the sambucifolia 



(black) for low, wet soils. These are the most rapid growing, and make the 



most valuable timber. 



TJLMACEiE. (Mm family.) 



Trees and shrubs with alternate, roughish leaves. This order is distin- 

 guished from the Mulbery tribe by the want of milky juice ; and consists of 

 the elm family proper, with its. winged fruit; and the celtidese, with the 

 fruit in a drupe. 



TJLMUS. (The Elm.) 



Mostly trees. Fruit a one eelled and one seeded membranaceous samara, 

 winged' all round. Flowers purplish or yellowish, in lateral clusters, preced- 

 ing the leaves ; which are strongly straight veined, short petaled and ob- 

 lique or unequally, somewhat heart shaped at the base. (The name is clasi- 

 cal Latin.) 



Probably no tree (the oak excepted) has been more extolled than the elm, 

 and no tree better deserves the praise bestowed. Noble, graceful, ornament- 

 al, fast growing, and useful, why should it not receive the praise, the hom- 

 age of the nations who, like Wisconsin, possess it ? In Europe and the Unit- 

 ed States, great cities, towns, streets, noblemen's and gentlemen's country 

 seats, have received names derived from this tree. It is the boasted orna- 

 mentation of .New Haven, not less widely known than Tale College. A row 

 of tall elms, a few years afeo saved the city of Albany from conflagration. 

 We praise the tree, but give it little patronage or protection, cutting down 



