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SECTION IV. 



DECIDtrOrS OENAMBNTAL TEEBS, 

 The History and DeBcription of all the finest harcly Deciduous Trees. Bemarks on 



TlIEim EFFECTS IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN COMPOSITION. Their 



Cultivation, etc. The Oak. The Elm. The Ash. The Linden. The BeecH. The 

 Poplar. The Horse-chestnut. The Bii-ch. The Alder. The Maple. The Locust. 

 The Three-thorned Acacia The Judas-tree. The Chestnut, The Osage Orange.' 

 The Mulberry. The Paper Mulberry. The Sweet Gum. The Walnut. The Hickory. 

 The Mountain Ash. The Ailantus. The Kentucky Coffee. The Willow. The 

 >> Sassafras. The Catalpa. The Persimon. The Fepperidge. The Thorn. The 

 Magnolia. The Tulip. The Dogwood. The Salisburia. The Faulonia. The Tirgilia. 

 The Cypress. The Larch, etc. 



gloriosi splriti de gli boschi, 

 Eco, antri foschi, o chiare linfe, 

 faretrate ninfe, o agresti Pani, 

 Satiri e Silvani, o Fauni e Driadi, 

 Naiadi ed Amadriadi, o Semidee 

 Oreadi e Napee. — 



Sannazzabo. 

 " spirits of the woods, 

 Echoes and solitudes and lakes of light ; 

 quivered virgins bright, Pan's rustical 

 Satyrs and sylvans all, dryads and ye 

 That up the mountains be ; and ye beneath 

 In meadow or in flowery heath." 



The Oak. Quercus. 



Ifat. Ord. Corylacese. Zin. 8yst. Moncecia, Polyandria. 



. H E Arcadians believed the oak to have 



heen the first created of all trees ; and 



■when we consider its great and surpassing 



utility and beauty, we are fully disposed 



to concede it the first rank among the denizens of the 



