: 

 I'orvlus. TOOTH. U'Ztl-nut. Filbert.) 



Corylus Americana. Walt ( »',/<* gn at ai d .) Shrub, 4 B feel high ; 

 bvolucre glandular downy, with a dilated Battened border, about twice 

 thf length of the globular nut. (NumerouO 



Corylus roetrata, Ait {Bmkii mmmi+mU) Shrub --■'> feet high : tnTOluora 

 much pnknged above the (rlobular-OTold nut into ■ narrow tubular beak, 



- lv hristly. — (NuBMP 



Curpinus. L. {Hornb&tin. Irtmwood.) 



Carpinus Americana. Miclnc (Amtncm Ifonilfum. Blue or Wmm llcock.) 

 kfc stasias ha* Uka Ike Beech, and foliage resembling tin- 

 Beech or Birch, appearing later than the flowera v Al>out 12,000.) 



ORDER: ^hrifaceae. (Sweet-Gale Family. 

 Mjrica, I. i B yberry. WaxrMyrtle.) 



Myrica cerifera. L. Shrub, with uliuHg kjimi'iiihwH lrirr a, which an- sbin- 

 ninir ami resinous flatted on t>oth aMee, fragrant and somewhat preoeding 



the Mowers. Fruit, a small globular nut. sometimes perswtent for '-' or :'. 

 --. May. 



ORDER: Bflulareae. Ihrch Family.) 

 Batata, Tourn. (Birr'i.) 



Betula alba. var. populifolia, Spach. 'Jbmeriea* WkiU Birch.) A small 

 ami slender, \^ rj graceful tree, with chalky-white bark : leaves tremulous. 

 like those of ati Aspen. 



Betula nigTa. L. [Rmer or R r ,l Birch.) A rather huge tree, with reddiah- 

 brown bark : teases ansae w ha t Alder like, glandular-dotted, Bharply doubly 

 ate. 



Betula excelsa. Ait. ^ Y,tlow Birch.) Tree, 10 — 60 feet high, with yel- 



:i. smooth - heart-shaped at the 



base, 



Betula lenta, L. ''Wry Birch. Siccrt or Black Birch.) A rather targe 

 with dark chestnut-brown bark : twigs ami foliage spicy-aromatic. 

 TV • m what the garden cherry. (All th<-s.- Betula's 



numU-rinz about Iimio ■neatfti 



\ ins, T^iirti ( Alder.) 



Alnus serrulata. Ait {Smooth A - rub I 12 feel high; 1 



obovate. sharp'. -mootb am! green on huth 



pl.» 



