. The American forest : or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about the trees of America . u have never seen, for it growsprincipally among the Alleghany Mountains,although it is sometimes found in swamps nearPhiladelphia and New-York. Its commonname is the June berry; its height is fromtwenty to thirty feet ; the leaves are small,and when they are young they are coveredwith a thick, silvery down, that gives them abeautiful shining appearance ; but this disap-pears as they grow older. The flowers aresmall and white, and the fruit is reddish pur-ple, very sweet, and not larger than
. The American forest : or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about the trees of America . u have never seen, for it growsprincipally among the Alleghany Mountains,although it is sometimes found in swamps nearPhiladelphia and New-York. Its commonname is the June berry; its height is fromtwenty to thirty feet ; the leaves are small,and when they are young they are coveredwith a thick, silvery down, that gives them abeautiful shining appearance ; but this disap-pears as they grow older. The flowers aresmall and white, and the fruit is reddish pur-ple, very sweet, and not larger than a pea: itlooks somewhat like a very small cherry, butk2 114 CONVERSATIONS. there is no stone in it; and the snbstance ismore like that of an apple/ Ohj I should like to have some of thosetrees, Uncle Philip; the berries must be verygood to eat/ They are not near as good as a cherry,and besides, you could never get more thanhalf a pound from each tree ; so you see theywould hardly be worth the trouble of gather-ing. The wood is of no use except for burn-ing, and not particularly good even for Leaves and Berries of the American Holly CONVERSATION V. U7ide Philips Visiters learn how to makeCanoes of Birch-bark; and hoxo to makeBirdlime ; and the Uses of Oil, and theOlive-tree. Uncle Philip gives them ashort Lesson in Political Economy. Well, my little utilitarians, I think youwill be pleased with the class of trees that weshall talk about this morning. But I supposeyou hardly know what I mean by utilitarians:it is a name given to people who think agreat deal about the usefulness of things, andwho are always studying, and contrivinghow to employ them for their best I call you utilitarians, because you seem tobe so fond of the useful trees. •And what are you going to tell us aboutnow, Uncle Philip V • The birches ; one of the most serviceableof all the different kinds of trees that grow inthis country. lis CONVERSATIONS ON THE * We are always learning somethi
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