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ever-green oak — the various species of pine — wal- 

 nut^ and plane tree — the splendid tulip — the curious 

 cypress^ and the superb magnolia. 



While the oaks^ the firs^ and the chestnuts of the 

 middle and northern states^ afford to the naturalist a 

 rich scene for investigation and study. 



Already ten species of the walnut are distinguished 

 for their use and beauty^ in the soil and in manufac- 

 tures^ and as many of the maple^ the spruce^ the 

 hickory^ and the larch— most of them now trans- 

 planted to our gardens, and public pleasure grounds, 

 are the objects of daily converse and admiration. 



There, too, is the giant sycamore, the king of our 

 western forests, exhibiting in its growth, a fit em- 

 blem of the vigorous and hardy race, who people the 

 young, but glorious west. — It rises, as Mr. Washing- 

 ton Irving has described it, in the most graceful 

 form, with vast spreading lateral branches, covered 

 with bark of a brilliant w^hite. — These hundred white 

 arms interlacing with the other green forest trees, 

 form one of the most striking traits of American 

 scenery. — A tree of this kind, near Marietta, mea- 

 sured fifteen feet and a half in diameter, and it is 

 said, that Judge Tucker, of Virginia, obtained a 

 section of such a tree — put a roof to it, and fur- 

 nished it as a study, which contained a stove, bed, 

 and table, — making a comfortable apartment. 



Horticulture is domesticating the birch — the elm — 

 the acacia, and the poplar, and beautifying our gar- 



