M 



i .urn litr Wootfc Mown- Mii.-tll. or. .11 June Wood soil, lint 



grain, interwoven, rendering it difficult to split, useful for beetles, 

 nave* of wheels* hatter's blocks. &c. 



Ord. thymelackje. 



DlRCA. 



D. palustris. Leather-wood. Moose-wood. Banks of streams. 

 Flowers yellow. April, May. Prop. Berries emetic and poisonous. 

 Hark cause redness and vesication, emetic, cathartic, sudorific and ex- 

 pectorant' Substitute for senega, also for mezereum. 



Ord.— ULMACE^E. 

 Ulmus. 

 U. Americana. American Elm. White Elm. Forests. Flowers 

 small purplish. Bark astringent and demulcent. Timber valuable. 

 U.fulvn Slippery Elm, Red Elm. Off. Woods, low grounds. 

 Inner bark demulcent and mucilaginous. Timber valuable. 



Celtis. 



C. occidental is. American Nettle-tree. Hoop Ash. Beaver Wood. 



Woods. Flowers white. Wood tough and used for making hoops. 



Ord— EUPHORBIACE.E. 



An acrid, stimulant and poisonous principle residing chiefly in the 



milky juice. This principle varies in activity from mild stimulants, to 



the most active poisons, but it is volatile and easily expelled by heat. 



Euphorbia. 



E. corollata. Flowering Spurge. Milk-weed. Bowman's Root. 

 Dry sandy soil. Flowers white. July, August Properties diapho- 

 retic, emetic and expectorant. 



E. Ipecacuanhat. Ipecac Spurge. Wild Ipecac. Sandy places. Prop- 

 erties emetic, diaphoretic and expectorant, in large doses cathartic. 



E. marginata. Pursh Gardens. Properties similar to last. 



E. Lathyris. Mole-tree. Caper Spurge. Gardens. Properties 

 emetic and cathartic. Seeds employed to procure abortion. 



AcALYPHA. 



A. Virginka. Three-seeded Mercury. In dry soils F. August. 

 Properties expectorant and diuretic. 



EtlCINl B. 

 R. communis. Castor-oil Bean. Palrna Christi. Cultivated. V. 

 □ Seeds, oil expressed. This plant thrives well here with a lit- 

 tle care, md I have no doubt that it would well pa) the tanner for 

 bit trouble. 



Ord— JUGLANDACK.K 

 The butter-nut, walnut, peccan-nut. are sweet and wholesome. 

 ifrnoadillg in a rich drying oil. Theepicarp and kernel are astringent. 

 The timber is hi^hlv valuable. 



