UNITED STATBTS. 



6. J, alba odorata^ balsam hickory. This resem- 

 bles the former : nuts small and round ; thin shelled ; 

 kernel sweet ; the branches very flexible and slen- 

 der. There is a variety with a rough and farrowed 

 bark, and broader leaves, larger nuts, and thicker 

 covers. Timber of both hard and tough, used for 

 axle-trees of carriages, mill cogs and rounds, han- 

 dles, and most implements of husbandry. 



7. J, alba ovata^ shell-barked hickory. Height 

 from seventy to eighty feet ; grows in rich moist 

 soils ; bark rough and scaly ; leaves two pair of lobes 

 and an odd one, narrow towards the base, oval, and 

 pointed at the extremity, sawed on the edges ; fruit 

 flatted, and indented at the ends ; cover very thick; 

 shell thin ; kernel very sweet. Varieties numerous, 

 some with nuts as large as walnuts. 



8. J, pican^ pican or Illinois nut. Abounds in 

 Louisiana and the Illinois. The nuts are small and 

 thin- shelled. 



There are many other species of juglans in the 

 United States, which offer a fine field for the re- 

 searches of the American botanist. 



Deciduous cypress tree, or cyfiressus distichay 

 stands, according to Mr. Wm. Bartram, in the first 

 order of American trees. It abounds in the south- 

 ern states, where it measures from eight to twelve 

 feet in diameter, and from forty to fifty feet straight 

 shaft. 



It affords materials for shingles, &c. is also applied 

 to all purposes where strength and durability are re- 

 quired. 



The tilm^or black lime, or linden tree, is extreme- 

 ly useful, by reason of the softness of its wood, to 



