. The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia [microform] : considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce : to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees : illustrated by 156 coloured engravings. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. ! !i. troc. Like tlip Locust, it possesses the valuable property of converting it3 sap into perfect wood in the earliest stages of its growth ; a stock G inches in diameter has only an inch of sap, and consequently ma
. The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia [microform] : considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce : to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees : illustrated by 156 coloured engravings. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. ! !i. troc. Like tlip Locust, it possesses the valuable property of converting it3 sap into perfect wood in the earliest stages of its growth ; a stock G inches in diameter has only an inch of sap, and consequently may be employed almost entire. The wood is of a reddish color, and is similarly organized with that of the Ash: it receives a less brilliant polish than the lied Bay, the Wild Cherry, the Mnple and the Sweet Gum; but this defect is unim- portant in a country which possesses the species just mentioned and can easily procure Mahogany. The Pride of India is sufficiently durable and strong to bo useful in building, and it will probably be found adapted to various mechanical uses; it has already been employed for pullies, which in Europe are made of Elm, and in America of Ash. I have been assured that it is excellent fuel. Tliis succinct description deserves attention in the southern parts of North America, and in those countries of Europe where the Pride of is considered as an ornamental rather than as an useful tree. Fields exhausted by cultivation and abandoned, might be profitably covered Avith it. PLATE CIL Alcaf of a third part of the natural size. Fig. 1. Floiccrs of the natural size, Fig' 2, Heeds of tlte natural size. [The Pride of India cannot bo considered hardy as far north as Phila- delphia, where its limbs arc killed regidarly every year; the root survives, and stools arc again produced in the spring.]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these il
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