APPENDIX. 
The following tables are prepared merely to facilitate selections of trees and shrubs on the 
basis of size and growth alone. Deciduous trees are arranged by classes in three tables, as follows : 
First, Deciduous trees of the largest class. Second, Deciduous of secondary size. 
Third, Deciduous trees of the smallest class. The usual growth, under good culture, 
at twelve years from the seed, is approximated; and the ordinary height and breadth the tree 
attains at maturity, in the latitude of New-York City. Evergreen trees and shrubs are divided into 
three similar classes, except that evergreen shrubs are included with the smallest evergreen trees. 
Deciduous shrubs form a separate class, with their development indicated at six years after plant¬ 
ing such plants as are usually received from nurseries ; and also at maturity. These estimates of 
size are all based on a supposed good soil and culture ; and for specimens having an open exposure. 
The trees are classed as of the first, second, or third class, in size, on the basis of their entire 
weight. The Lombardy poplar, for instance, by height belongs to trees of the first class, but by 
breadth ranks with the smallest; it is therefore put between the two extremes in the second class. 
When trees are budded or grafted on other stocks, as many weeping trees are, the age of the stock 
is included in the age for which estimates of sizes at twelve years from seed are given. But as such 
“ worked ” trees are grafted at quite different heights on stocks of the same age, it must be under¬ 
stood that the estimates here given are for trees grafted in the manner most common in the great 
nurseries. Trees marked with a star * are those generally grafted on other stocks. 
It must not be inferred that these tables embrace all the trees described in the preceding work. 
Most of the leading species are represented by one or more out of many varieties. The 
species and varieties which are not included in the tables will be found at once by referring to the 
Index. 
DECIDUOUS TREES OF THE LARGEST CLASS. 
Page. 
Popular Name. 
Botanical Name. 
Usual Size 12 
Years from Seed. 
Usual Size at 
Maturity. 
Height. 
Breadth. 
Height. 
Breadth 
304 
The White Oak. 
Quercus alba . 
20 ft. 
12 ft 
80 ft. 
So ft. 
80 
310 
“ Chestnut Oak. 
Q. prinus palustris . 
25 
15 
80 
60 
310 
“ Rock Chestnut Oak. 
Q.p. monticola . 
20 
15 
5 ° 
60 
60 
313 
“ Pin Oak. 
Q. palustris . 
20 
15 
70 
60 
316 
“ American White Elm... 
Ulmus amcricana . 
3 ° 
25 
70 
SO 
319 
“ English Elm. 
U. campestris . 
30 
20 
80 
70 
326 
“ American White Beech.. 
Fagus americana . 
25 
15 
80 
70 
33 1 
“ American Red Beech... . 
F. ferruginea . 
20 
15 
60 
70 
327 
“ Weeping Beech. 
F. sylvaticus pendula . 
25 
15 
70 
70 
33 2 
“ American Chestnut. 
Castanea atnencana . . 
25 
20 
So 
8o 
344 
“ White or Silver Maple... 
A cer eriocarpum . 
3 ° 
25 
70 
70 
80 
348 
“ Norway Maple. 
A cer platatioides . 
20 
16 
70 
60 
349 
“ Great-leaved Maple. 
A cer 7 nacrophyllum . 
3 ° 
25 
70 
70 
351 
“ Black Walnut. 
Juglans nigra . 
3 ° 
20 
80 
70 
354 
“ Shellbark Hickory. 
Cary a alba . 
25 
l6 
80 
60 
35 6 
“ White Ash . 
Fraxmus amertcatia . 
25 
l6 
So 
60 
360 
“ Cottonwood. 
Populus canadensis . 
40 
20 
SO 
70 
362 
“ Silver-leaved Poplar. 
Popuhis alba canescens . 
35 
2 5 
70 
70 
364 
“ Whitewood or Tulip-tree. 
L iriodendron ttdipifera _ 
3 ° 
16 
80 
70 
369 
“ Cucumber Magnolia.... 
Magnolia acuminata . 
3 ° 
16 
80 
60 
384 
“ Sycamore. 
Platanus occidentalis . 
35 
25 
So 
SO 
385 
“ Oriental Plane-tree. 
Platanus orientalis . 
30 
20 
80 
So 
387 
“ Weeping Willow. 
Salix babylo?iica . 
40 
40 
60 
60 
389 
“ Golden Willow. 
Salix vitellina . 
35 
3 ° 
60 
50 
4°5 
“ Ginkgo, or Salisburia.... 
Salisburia adiantifolia . 
3 ° 
l6 
80 
60 
406 
“ Large-leaved Salisburia.. 
Salisburia macrophylla .... 
3 ° 
16 
80 
60 
406 
“ Variegated Salisburia... 
Salisburia variegata . 
406 
“ Scotch Larch. 
Larix europaea . 
35 
20 
80 
5 ° 
