The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . dram to four. The largest nuts mightbe confounded with those of the thick shellbark hickory, and thesmallest, with those of the pignut hickory. The shell is verythick, somewhat channelled, and extremely hard. The kernel issweet but minute, and difficult to extract, on account of thestrong partitions which divide it; hence, probably, is derivedthe name of Mockernut. The wood of this tree is of the same color and texture, withthe other hickories, and characterized
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . dram to four. The largest nuts mightbe confounded with those of the thick shellbark hickory, and thesmallest, with those of the pignut hickory. The shell is verythick, somewhat channelled, and extremely hard. The kernel issweet but minute, and difficult to extract, on account of thestrong partitions which divide it; hence, probably, is derivedthe name of Mockernut. The wood of this tree is of the same color and texture, withthe other hickories, and characterized by the qualities whichrender this class of trees so remarkable. It is particularlyesteemed for fuel, for which use trees of six or eight inches indiameter are preferred. At this stage of its growth, while theheart, the proper color which is reddish, is not yet developed, itfrequently goes by the name of White-heart Hickory. In thecountry a greenish color is sometimes extracted from the bark,but it is not extensively used. DENDROLOGY. 189 JUNIPERUS. Dioecia Monadelphia. Linn. ConiferEB. Juss. Expectorant, scccrnant, Red Cedar. Juniperus virginiana. The Red Cedar, whichbelongs to the Junipers, isthe most common species ofits genus in the United States,and the only one which at-tains such dimensions as tobeuseful in the arts. In someparts of the United States itis improperly called Island in Lake Cham-plain, in latitude 44° 25,may be assumed as one ofthe remotest points at whichit is found towards the on the border ofthe sea, it is not found beyondthe river Kennebec, fromwhich it spreads without interruption to the Cape of Florida andthence round the Gulf of Mexico to a distance beyond Bay ; an extent of more than 3000 miles. In retiringfrom the shore it becomes gradually less common and lessvigorous, and in Virginia and the more southern states it is rareat the point where the tide ceases to flow in the rivers; fartherinland it
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