. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. , I think, a sweet and generous nature to have thisstrong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendshipfor the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is agrandeur of thought connected with this part of rural econo-my. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line ofhusbandry. It is worthy of liberal, and free-born, and aspir-ing men. He who plants an oak looks forward to future ages,and i)lants for joosterity. Nothing can be less selfish than can not expect to sit in its shade nor enjoy its shelte
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. , I think, a sweet and generous nature to have thisstrong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendshipfor the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is agrandeur of thought connected with this part of rural econo-my. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line ofhusbandry. It is worthy of liberal, and free-born, and aspir-ing men. He who plants an oak looks forward to future ages,and i)lants for joosterity. Nothing can be less selfish than can not expect to sit in its shade nor enjoy its shelter;but he exults in the idea that the acorn which he lias buriedin the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep onflourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind long afterhe shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields.—W. Ijiving. 1 De8-€ant, discourse upon; make a varie-2 Am-a-teCr, an unprofessional cultivatorty of remarks. | of a study or art. LESSON XIV.—THE OAK FAMILY. [Exogenous or Dicotyledonous ; Angiosperms; Apiialonf:.]^. 1. QKfrcvR ;)/)eP;os, Willow oak, xlx. 12, (ap ), 60 f., , N. Am. 2. Q. vircnn. Live oak, xix. 12, (!»p ), 40 f., My., . 3 Q. imhricala, Shingle oak, xix. 12, (ap.), 40 f, , X. Am. 4. Q. hicolm; White swamp oak, xix. 12, (ap.), 60 f., Mv., N. Q. alba. White , xix. 12, (ap.), SO f., >Iy., N. Am. 6. Q. mbra, Red oak, xix. 12,(ap.), TO f., Jly., N. Am. 7. CaKtdnfa t^rsc 1. Common chestnut, xix. 12, <:., CO f., , N. Am. 8. OxIrija milmriK, Hop hornbeam, xix. 12., (ap.), 30 f, ,Jn., Italy.(The hornbeam has an acute bud, and more pointed leaver.) 9. Fainis/ei-rv-flinin, Red beech, xix. 12, (ap.), 50 f., X. Am. 10. ItntaniM occidentaliK, but-ton-wood, sycamore, or plane-tree, xix. 12, (ip), TO f., , N. Am. 2d DiV. OF . .VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, OR BOTAISTY. 175 1. The monarch oaJ:, the patriarch of the tree^,Shoots slowly up, and spread:? by slow degrees ;Three centur
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