The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . the river Arkansas. InWest Tennessee it is mul-tiphed around the prairiesinclosed in the forests, andit abounds throughout theSouthern States where thechesnut is wanting. In the south of the United States thechinquapin fructifies on the most arid lands : its perfect devel-opement requires a cool and fertile soil. As it springs everywhere with facility, except in places liable to be covered withwater, it is among the most common shrubs. This tree sometimes grows t
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . the river Arkansas. InWest Tennessee it is mul-tiphed around the prairiesinclosed in the forests, andit abounds throughout theSouthern States where thechesnut is wanting. In the south of the United States thechinquapin fructifies on the most arid lands : its perfect devel-opement requires a cool and fertile soil. As it springs everywhere with facility, except in places liable to be covered withwater, it is among the most common shrubs. This tree sometimes grows to the height of 30 or 40 feetand 12 or 15 inches in diameter, although its usual height is 10or 12 feet. The leaves are three or four inches long, sharplytoothed, and similar in form to those of the American chesnut,from which they are distinguished by their inferior size, and bythe whitish complexion of their lower surface. The fructification,also, resembles that of the chesnut in form and arrangement, butthe flowers and fruit are only half as large, and the nut is convexon both sides and about the size of the wild hazel Fig. 1. A leaf. PLATE XVI[.Fig. 2. Tlie fruit. Fis. 3. A nut. DENDROLOGY. 131 The wood of this species is finer-grained, more compact,heavier, and perhaps more durable than tliat of the chesnut. Itis well fitted for posts, and lasts in the earth more than fortyyears. The saplings of this species are laden with brancheswhile they are no thicker than the finger, and are thus renderedtoo knotty for hoops. Its bark is astringent and tonic, and hasbeen used with success in intermittents. American Chesnut. Castanea vesca. The Chesnut does notventure beyond the 44thdegree of latitude. It isfound in New Hampshirebetween the 43d and 44thdegrees, but such is theseverity of the winter that itis less common than inConnecticut, New Jerseyand Pennsylvania. It is themost multiplied in the moun-tainous districts of the Caro-linas and of Georgia, andabounds on the Cumber
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