xx CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER LIT. 
THE MAHOGANY-TREE. 
Where Indigenous. —Its Primitive Nativity.—Its General Physique De- 
scribed.—Its Floral Productiveness.—Peculiarity of its Seed.—A 
Reason for its Dispersed Existence. —Season for Felling.—Varieties, 
and Renowned Uses of its Wood.—Unseasonable Felling, and Pre- 
cautionary Measures to Prevent Imperfectness.—Date when Intro- 
duced into England.—An Interesting Account of its Introduction. 
—Effect of Soil and Climate on the Texture of its Wood.—Its Du- 
rability.—Its Present Uses. Dimensions of Exported Logs and their 
Value.—Method of Test for Soundness in Logs.—How the Mahog- 
any became Naturalized to the Eastern Hemisphere.—A Species of 
the Burman Forests.—Its Characteristics Compared with those of its 
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CHAPTER LIII. 
GRAPE-VINES. 
The American Wild Vine.—Attention Paid to its Classification.—Dis- 
tinctive Characteristics of Species —Delicacy of their Habit.—Traits 
of Good Quality of the Grape- vine. — Where Indigenous. —Itg 
General Bearing.—The Celebrated Varieties of North America.— 
Their Favored Qualities.—Collective Sketches of the Qualities and 
Properties of the most Hardy Varieties.—Manner of Planting the 
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CHAPTER LIV. 
THE COMMON APPLE-TREE. 
Diffusion of the Common Apple-tree.—Period of Cultivation in the 
United States.—Its Original Nativity.—Its Wild Thrift and Gen- 
eral Deportment.—The Many Varieties of its Parentage.—Hinder- 
ances to its Longevity.—Exceptional Trees, Where Grown.—Soil 
and Situation Necessary to Perfect its Productiveness. — How 
Propagated. —Management Necessary when Propagating from 
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CHAPTER LY. 
THE GOLDEN ORANGE-TREE. 
Doubts of the Nativity of the Golden Orange-tree.—Its Believed Ori- 
gin.—Where Abounding in the United States, and by Whom Intro- 
duced.—Record of its Early Notice.—Its Attainable Height under 
Culture.—Its Majestic Bearing and Floral and Fruit Productiveness. 
—Its Many Varieties Variously Described and Qualified.—Soil and 
Climate Suited to its Thrift.—How Propagated.—Manner of Rais- 
ing from Cuttings.—Uses for which Principally Cultivated.—De- 
scription and Usefulness of its Wood.—Its Greatest Enemy... 205 
