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well in a dry, sandy loam; poor in a wet situation. 

 Found very generally distributed. Aboul twenty thou- 

 Band specimens. 



26th. Liquidjlmbab Styraciflua — Sweet Gum. 



Grows from fifty to sixty feet high, under favorable cir- 

 cumstances. Thrives in a deep, rich loam. Found gene- 

 rally distributed. Aboul sis thousand specimens. 



27th. Liriodendron Tulipipera — Tulip tree. 



From forty to eighty feet high; from one to three feet 

 in diameter. Trunk perfectly straight, and oi nearly 

 uniform diameter. Fl >wers in June. Thrives well in a 

 strong, clayey or micaceous soil. Found in a number of 

 localities. About five hundred specimens. 



28th. MYRICA CERIPERA — Bay-berry. 



A shrub, three to eight leet high, much branched at the 

 summit. Leaves two to four inches long, and from one half 

 to nearly an inch wide. Grows in dry soils, in thickets. 

 Flowers in May. About six thousand specimens. 



29th. Platands OCCIDENTALIS — Button-wood^ Sycamore. 

 A very large tree, often sixty or eighty feet high, and 

 two to five feet, or more, in diameter, with thick spread- 

 ing' branches. Will do well in any situation, but thrives 

 best in moist soil. Found in a number of localities. 

 About three thousand specime 



30th. PoPULUS BALSAMIPBRA — Balsam Poplar. 



A tree thirty to eighty feet high, and one to two feet in 

 diameter. Leaves about three inches long. Prefers a 

 deep, moist and rich soil. About fifty specimens found. 

 Probably not a native. 



