The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . ful tree. He adds, it is certainlythe most beautiful of any vegetable production I know of; thetowering Laurel Magnolia, and exalted Palm, indeed exceed itin grandeur and magnificence, but not in elegance, delicacy, andgracefulness; it rises erect, with a perfectly-straight taperingstem, to the height of fif
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . ful tree. He adds, it is certainlythe most beautiful of any vegetable production I know of; thetowering Laurel Magnolia, and exalted Palm, indeed exceed itin grandeur and magnificence, but not in elegance, delicacy, andgracefulness; it rises erect, with a perfectly-straight taperingstem, to the height of fifteen or twenty feet, which is smoothand polished, of a bright ash color. Its perfectly-spherical topis formed of very large lobesinuate leaves, supported on verylong footstalks; the lower leaves are the largest as well ns their])etiol(s tlie longest, and make a graceful sweep, like the long /,or the branches of a sconce candlestick. The ripe and greenfruit are placed round about the stem or trunk, from the lower-most leaves, and upward almost to the top. It is always green,oniamcntcd at the same time with fiowers and fruit. PLATE XCYI. Thv fnnah tree 0)) a reduced soak. a. T]>e female ftivrcr of fhe natund ;. A portion of the male raceme, of the natural size. PI. Cornus Nuitallii. DOG ^y o 0 D. (CORNOUILLIKI!, Fr.) Natural Order, , (Decand.) Linuaxui Arraiujcmcnt^Tetkandria, Monogynia. CORNUS.* (TOURXEFORT.) Border of the cahjx 4-tootliod, minute. Pciah oldoiiii;, s[irea(lin_!j, four, longer than the eoroha. SO/lc somewliat obtuse or capitate. Drupes free, berried, 1 to 2-celled, 1 to2-seeded. The pLants of this genus are chiefly trees or shrubs, rarely herba-ceous, Avith a bitter bark. Leaves opposite, (or rarely somewhat alter-nate,) usually entire, without stipules, and feather-veined. Flowerssmall and white, disposed in compound, terminal, flat clusters orcymes ; sometimes capitate and surrounded by a colored involuc
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