The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . h this treegrows. Thence we trace italong the sea shore to adistance beyond Cape Can-naveral, latitude 28 degrees,and westward from the oceanto Illinois, an extent of morethan 1,200 miles from north-east to south-west. It is, however, byno means equally diffused over this vast tract; in the state ofMaine, Vermont and Lower Canda, it is little muhiplied, and itsvegetation is repressed by the severity of the winter. In thelower part of the Southern States, in the F
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . h this treegrows. Thence we trace italong the sea shore to adistance beyond Cape Can-naveral, latitude 28 degrees,and westward from the oceanto Illinois, an extent of morethan 1,200 miles from north-east to south-west. It is, however, byno means equally diffused over this vast tract; in the state ofMaine, Vermont and Lower Canda, it is little muhiplied, and itsvegetation is repressed by the severity of the winter. In thelower part of the Southern States, in the Floridas and LowerLouisiana, it is found only on the borders of the swamps with afew other trees which likewise shun a dry and barren soil. Thewhite oak is observed also to be uncommon on lands of extraor-dinary fertility, like those of Kentucky and Tennessee, and of allthe spacious valleys watered by the western rivers. It aboundschiefly in the Middle States, particularly in that part of Pennsylva-nia and Virginia which lie between the Alleghanies and the Ohio, adistance of about 150 miles, where nine-tenths of the forests are. PLATE LXXrFig. 1. A leaf. Fig. 2. The fruit. DENDROLOGY. 259 frequently composed of these trees, whose heathful appearanceevinces the favorable nature of the soil. East of the mountainsthis tree is found in every exposure, and in every soil which isnot extremely dry or subject to long inundations j but the largeststocks grow in humid places. In the western districts, where itcomposes entire forests, the face of the country is undulated, andthe yellow soil, consisting partly of clay with calcareous stones,yields abundant crops of wheat. The white oak attains the elevation of 70 or 80 feet with adiameter of 6 or 7 feet; but its proportions vary with the soiland climate. The leaves are regularly and obliquely dividedinto oblong, rounded lobes, destitute of points : the sections aredeepest in the most humid soils. Soon after their unfoldingthey are reddish a
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