THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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Linncean Names. English. No. of Specks. 



Cupressus Cypress Six. 



Cytisus Cytisus One. 



Diospyros Date Plum Two. 



Euonymus Spindle-tree Four. 



Fagus Beech Three. 



Fraxinus .... Ash Nine. 



Gleditschia Gleditschia One. 



Gymnocladus Gymnocladus One. 



Halesia Halesia , . . Two. 



Ilex Holly Three. 



Juglans Walnut r . . • Fourteen. 



Juniperus Juniper Ten. 



Koelreuteria Koelreuteria One. 



Laurus Laurel Six. 



Liquidaxnbar Liquid-amber Two. 



Liriodendron Tulip-tree Two. 



Magnolia Magnolia Nine. 



Mespilus Mespilus Thirteen. 



Morus . Mulberry Nine. 



Nissa Nissa Four. 



Pinus Pine Twenty-seven. 



Platanus Plane-tree Four. 



Populus Poplar Seventeen. 



Prunus Plum Fifteen. 



Pyrus Pear Sixteen. 



Quercus Oak Fifty-four. 



Robinia Robinia Nine. 



Salisburia Maiden-hair-tree One. 



Salex Willow Thirty. 



Sambucus Elder Three. 



Taxus Yew Two. 



Tilia Lime-tree Five. 



Ulmus Elm Sixteen. 



Of these families, that of Quercus, the Oak, may be con- 

 sidered the most valuable. To the common oak, Quercus 

 robur, we are indebted for the materials which form the bul- 

 warks of our national safety, and glory as a nation. It has 

 been noticed at a very early period, and is elegantly described 

 by the majority of the ancient poets. 



This valuable tree attains a greater size than any other ve- 

 getable production indigenous to this country. 



The Quercus sessili/lora, of English botany, has been more 

 abundant with us formerly than at present ; the superior qua- 



