The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . Ash, and in Kentucky, Hack Berry. It attains the summit of 70 or 80 feet with a disproportionatediameter of 18 or 20 inches. In rich soils the luxuriance of itsvegetation is shown by sprouts, C or 10 feet in length, garnishedon each side with large, substantial leaves. The hack berry iseasily distinguished by the form of its trunk, which is straightand undivided to a great height, ?ind by its bark, which is grayish,unbroken and covered with asperities unequally d
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . Ash, and in Kentucky, Hack Berry. It attains the summit of 70 or 80 feet with a disproportionatediameter of 18 or 20 inches. In rich soils the luxuriance of itsvegetation is shown by sprouts, C or 10 feet in length, garnishedon each side with large, substantial leaves. The hack berry iseasily distinguished by the form of its trunk, which is straightand undivided to a great height, ?ind by its bark, which is grayish,unbroken and covered with asperities unequally distributed overits surface. Its leaves are larger than those of other speciesof nettle tree, being six inches long and three or fouf are oval-acuminate, denticulated, cordiform at the base, ofa thick, substantial texture and of a rude surface. It puts forthflowers in May which are small, white and often united in pairs ?5*. Pu PLATE A leaf. Fig. 2. The fruit. 134 SYLVA AMERICANA. on a common peduncle. The fruit is round, about as large as apea and black at its maturity. The wood is fine-grained and compact, but not heavy, andwhen freshly exposed it is perfectly white: sawn in a directionparallel or oblique to its concentric circles it exhibits the fineundulations that are observed in the elm and locust. On layingopen the sap of this tree in the spring it changes in a few minutesfrom pure white to green. This wood is little appreciated onaccount of its weakness and its speedy decay when exposed tothe weather. It is rejected by wheelwrights, but is sometimesemployed in building for the covering which supports the it is elastic and easily divided it is used for the bottom ofcommon chairs, and by the Indians for baskets. On the banksof the Ohio it is frequently taken for the rails of rural fence,and is wrought with the greatest ease, as it is straight-grainedand free from knots : it is sai
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