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Ostrya carpinifolia, Scopoli. 
60 fcot high 1 ’ 0 anJ ° rient ' The H ° P Hornbean - A deciduous tree, 
Ostrya Virginica, Willdenow. 
Levorwood tree of North America, 40 feet high, iu rich woodlands 
oth^implement y s hard ’ olose ' 8ralDed and heavy, in uso for levers and 
Pistacia vcra, L. 
Indigenous in (he Orient, as far as Persia. A deciduous tree 30 feet 
high, yielding the Pistacia Nuts of commerce, remarkable for their 
green nlmond-like kernels The likewiso deciduous Mediterranean 
Pistacia Terelnnthus, L., yielding the Ohio Turpentine, the J‘. Atlantica 
Desf. and the evergreen South European l'Utana Untilcus l’ 
furnishing the mnstix, grow rarely to the size of large trees. ’ ‘ ’ 
Planera Japonioa, Miquel. 
Considered one of the best timber trees’of Japan. 
Platanus occidentalis, L. 
The true Plane tree of the East part of North America. More eligible as 
feet^'wood duTl red U ** “ tlmbCr tre<51 dialnoter o{ Btem at times 14 
Platanus orientalis, L. 
The Plane tree of South Europe and Middle Asia. One of the grandest 
trees for lining roads and for street planting, deciduous like the other 
planes, rather quick of growth, and not requiring much water attiinr 
kiudfof^k.^’ Th ° WOOd bweU ada Pted Krnitmf^oZ 
Platanus raoemosa, NuttalL 
The Californian Plane tree. Wood harder 
then that of P. occidentalis, also less liable to 
Populus alba, L. 
and thus more durable 
warp. 
T ho Ahele or Win to Poplar of Europe and Middlo Asia. Height 00 feet 
It proved here an excellent avenue tree, even in comparatively water¬ 
less situations, and gives by the partial whiteness of it! foCe a 
pleasing effect m any plantation. Populus canescens, Sm„ the grey 
Poplar, is either a variety of the Ahele or its hybrid with the 
and yields a better timber for carponters and millwrights. h A P ’ 
Populus balsamifera, L. 
The Tacamahac or Balsam Poplar, of the colder hut not tho 
Populus grandidentata, Micliaux. 
North America, CO feet high. A kind of Aspen. 
Populus heterophylla, L. 
The downy Poplar of North America. Height 60 feet. 
Populus monilifera, Aiton. (/'. Canadensis, Desf.) 
The Cot i on wood tree of North America. Height 100 feet 
best poplars for tho production of timber. “ ** 
One of the 
Populus nigra, L. 
Tho European Black Poplar, extending 
includes Populus dilatata, Aiton, or as 
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spontaneously to China It 
a contracted variety, 1\ 'fasti- 
