SECT. XXXVI. 
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED, 
. BEING 
THE HISTORY OF ALL HARDY TREES, 
THEIR SEVERAL USES, COUNTRIES WHENCE THEY CAME, AND MODES OF CULTURE, 
Could Nature’s bounty satisfy the breast. 
The Sons of Albion were supremely blest. 
Whatever fruits in different climes are found 
That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground; 
Whatever blooms in other tracts appear. 
Whose bright succession decks the varied year; 
Whatever sweets salute the northern sky 
Which vernal live, and blossom but to die: 
These, here disporting, own a kindred soil. 
And only ask at first the planter’s toil; 
While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand. 
To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. 
Goldsmith. 
Providence having allotted to us, a situation in a temperate climate, as 
remote from the scorching rays of the sun of the torrid, as from the piercing 
colds and nipping frosts of the frozen Zone; by reason of which our soil 
and atmosphere, are adapted to the culture and nurture of most plants in 
the universe, whether from warmer or colder climates, either useful for the 
various purposes of life, or delightful by their beauty and variety; it would 
be a neglect scarce pardonable, to suffer so valuable a blessing to pass un¬ 
regarded and unimproved. We are chiefly indebted for this part of our work 
to the learned labours of our venerable master, Professor Martyn. 
Genus 1. Maple . (Acer.) Class XXII. Polygamia. Order I. Monoecia. 
Species 1 . Common or Small Maple. (Acer Campestre.) 
It is chiefly seen in hedge-rows and coppices, and is a native of England, and not uncommon about 
London. Though it cannot be called a large tree, it should not be degraded, as Linnaeus has done, 
to a shrub, nor does it make a bad figure in a plantation. Some derive its Latin name from acer 
ingenium, being employed by the most ingenious artificers in their finest works. Thus Pliny says, 
<< Acer operam elegantia ac subtilitate Citro tantum secundum.” Hence Virgil makes Evander sit upon 
a Maple throne. The timber is far superior to that of the Beech for all the uses of the turner, particularly 
dishes, cups, trenchers and bowls; and when it abounds in knots, as it very frequently does, it is 
