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LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 
SECTION IY. 
DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES* 
The History and Description of all the finest hardy Deciduous Trees. Remarks on theik 
EFFECTS IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN COMPOSITION. Their Cultiva- 
tion, etc. The Oak. The Elm. The Ash. The Linden. The Beech. The Poplar. The 
Horse-chestnut. The Birch. The Alder. The Maple. The Locust. The Three-thorned 
Acacia. The Judas-tiee. The Chestnut. The Osage Orange. The Mulberry. The Paper 
Mulberry. The Sweet Gum. The Walnut. The Hickory. The Mountain Ash. The 
Ailantus. The Kentucky Coffee. The Willow. The Sassafras. The Catalpa. The 
Persimon. The Pepperidge. The Thorn. The Magnolia. The Tulip. The Dogwood 
The Salisburia. The Paulonia. The Virgilia. The Cypress. The Larch, etc. 
O gloriosi spiriti de gli boschi, 
O Eco, o antri foschi, o chiare linfe, 
O faretrate ninfe, o agresti Pani, 
O Satiri e Silvani, o Fauni e Driadi, 
Naiadi ed Amadriadi, o Semidee 
Oreadi e Napee. — 
Sannazzaro. 
O spirits of the woods, 
Echoes and solitudes, and lakes of light ; 
O quivered virgins bright, Pan’s rustical 
Satyrs and sylvans all, dryads and ye 
That up the mountains be ; and ye beneath 
In meadow or in flowery heath. 
The Oak. Quercus. 
Nat. Ord. Corylacese. Lin. Syst. Moncecia, Polyandria. 
H E Arcadians believed the oak to have been 
the first created of all trees ; and when we 
consider its great and surpassing utility and 
beauty, we are fully disposed to concede it 
the first rank among the denizens of the forest. Springing 
