. The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux [microform] : and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States : illustrated by 122 fine plates. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 91 YEW-LEAVED S^'. fM ay TORREYA TAxiFOLiA. Arnott, in Hook. Icon. Plant. Incd. vol. 3, part 5, tab. 133,133. (Exclude the Synonym o
. The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux [microform] : and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States : illustrated by 122 fine plates. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 91 YEW-LEAVED S^'. fM ay TORREYA TAxiFOLiA. Arnott, in Hook. Icon. Plant. Incd. vol. 3, part 5, tab. 133,133. (Exclude the Synonym of Taxus inontafia, Nutt.) This stately evergreen, resembling the Yew, was disco- vered in Middle Florida, by the late lamented H. B. Croom of Tallahassee, and is sufficiently abundant around Aspa- laga to be used as timber and sawed into planks. Accord- ing to Professor Torrey and Mr. Croom, it is a tree of from 6 to 18 inches in diameter, and from 20 to 40 feet high, with numerous spreading branches, the branchlets dividing into threes: its appearance at a distance is not unlike to that of the Hemlock Spruce {Abies canadensis). The wood in the section given me by Dr. Torrey is rather light, not very close-grained, and of a yellowisfi-white colour, almost like that of some of the Pines; it is, probably, however, only the sap-wood, for in old trees it is said to be of a reddish colour, like that of the Red Cedar {Juniperus vir- giniana): It has a strong and peculiar odour, especially when bruised or burnt, and hence it is frequently called, in the country where it grows, " Stinking Cedar;" it makes excellent rails for fence, and is not liable to the attack of insects. A blood-red turpentine, of a pasty consistence, flows sparingly from the bark, which is soluble in alcohol, forming a deep clear solution, and when heated evolves a very powerful terebinthinous, but unpleasant odour. The foliage is much like that of the Yew, but the leaves are broader and marked with two
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