1 : 
the 
'' ' NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA ; 
OR 
SI D^striptiuii 
OF THE 
FOEEST TEEES OF THE UNITED STATES, 
CANADA, AND NOVA SCOTIA, 
CONSIDERED PAETICÜLARLY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR USE IN THE 
ARTS, AND THEIR INTRODUCTION INTO COMMERCE ; 
TO WHICH IS ADDED 
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST HSEFUL OF 
THE EUHOPEAN FOREST TREES. 
ILLUSTRATED 
BY 156 COLOURED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS, 
BY REDOUTE, BESSA, ETC. 
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF 
F. ANDREW MICHAUX, 
Alember of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, etc. 
WITH NOTES BY J. JAY SMITPI, 
MEMBER OE THE ACADEMY- OP NATURAL SCIENCES, ETC. 
ROBERT P. SMITH, PHILADELPHIA. 
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