VOCABULARY. 



Abies — Latin name of the spruce. 



Acer — Latin name of the maple. 



-^SOULTJS — Latin name of the edible chestnut. 



Abbor Day — FSte of tree-planting. 



Akt of Foeestrt — That which concerns the planting, 



pruning, etc., of forest trees. 

 Ash — Family of the oleaceae — ^four species in Canada — all 



mentioned in this work. 

 Atmosphere — The layer of air which surrounds the 



earth. 

 Autochthones — Sprung from the soil — G-reek. 



Beech — Family cupujiferae ; only one species in Canada. 

 Birch — Family betulacese — seven species in Canada, of 



which five (and an exotic) are mentioned in this 



book. 

 Bettjla — Latin name of the birch. 

 Box-elder— The Negundo or ash-leaved-maple. 

 Button- wood — Family platanacese — only one species in 



Canada. 



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Canada — Herein, means all the provinces of the 

 Dominion, exeept British Columbia, which is not 

 included in the work. 



Carpinus — Latin name of the hornbeam. 



Carta — Latin name of the hickory. 



