x CONTENTS. 
Successful Hedge-growing Experiments. — The Water-Locust. — 
Its Growth.—General Characteristics Compared with the Honey- 
Locust.—Where Found and Soil Suitable to its Growth.—The Yel- 
low and Common Locust variously Described.—The Rose-flowered 
Locust Described as 2.6.24 viunes'ans gee gab Sama asesaces coin Page 85 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
THE CHESTNUT. 
A Favorable Notice. —Its Remunerative Returns.—Manner of Setting 
Out and Caring For.—Benefits of Cutting Back—Ground Suited to 
its Growth.—A Difficulty of its Raising.—Manner of Sowing its 
Seed.—Winter Preservation of Plants.—Time to Transplant.—A 
Release from a Difficulty.—Chestnut-planting in Nevada, and Pro- 
ductiveness.—Growth of the Chestnut in North Carolina, and its 
Great Growth in Europe.—An Old Tree and its Productive Bear- 
ing.—Uses of Chestnut Wood.—Its Durability.—The Chincapin.— 
Where Found.— Quality of its Fruit— Durability of Wood.— Its 
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CHAPTER XIX. 
THE BOX-ELDER. 
Its Nativity.—Range of Growth and Soil Suited to its Growth.—Gen- 
eral Appearance and Duration of Life.—Description of its Wood, 
Bark, and Leaf.— Large Specimens, Where Found. — Manner of 
Sowing its Seed—A Suggestion by Michaux.—Date of Introduc- 
tion into Europe.—Attained Height.......... 0.2.0... cce cee 93 
CHAPTER XX. 
THE BIRCI. 
The Canoe-Birch.—Its Romantic and Legendary Connections.—Y outh- 
ful Reminiscences.—Its Native Home and Attainable Dimensions, 
—Color and Use of its Bark.—European and American Birch.— 
Their Growth.—Advantages of Dense Sowing.—Its Value as Fuel. 
—Characteristics.—Seed, Where Obtained.—Soil Suited to its Pro- 
duction.—Black Birch.—Its Usual Height.—Its Wood Described. 
— Where Found.— Seed, when Ripe.— Yellow Birch.—Where it 
Thrives.—Height and General Characteristics.—The Red Birch.— 
Its Proportions. —Its Climate. —Seed, when Ripe. —The White 
Birch.—Its Insignificance.—Its Only Virtue........ Sooaseonts 95 
CHAPTER XXI. 
THE HICKORY. 
Its Favored Emblematic Character.—Productive Qualities. —Manner 
of Planting for Fruit and for Wood.—The Shellbark Hickory.— 
Its Features, Form, and Character. —Its Twofold Merits. — The 
