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Acer. Maple Tree. Rubrum, L. Scarletflowering, red, or swamp-maple.

In a swampy soil, this species rises to the height of forty or fifty feet. The sap contains a certain quantity of sugar, though much less than the sugar-maple tree (acer saccharinum). House furniture is made of the wood, which is often beautifully veined. The bark is employed to dye cloth of a blue colour. This tree, of a middle size and rapid growth, is propagated by slips, and also from the seed, though with more difficulty.

Actoea.

Herb Christopher. Racemosa, L. Rich weed, or black snake root.

This plant is employed as a remedy in schirrous hu

mours.

Alnus. Alder.

Serrulata, Wild. Com

mon American alder.

This species grows to the height of eight or ten feet, and the largest is from two to three inches in diameter.

Andromeda. Andromeda. Paniculata. Panicled.

This species thrives best in a moist soil, where it rises to the height of five or six feet. The flowers are small, and of a white colour.

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This species, with slender hanging branches, is of a slow growth, and it is difficult to propagate it from the seeds.

Asclepias. Swallow Wort.

Tuberosa, L. Pleurisy root, or butterfly weed. --- Hybrida, M. variegated.-Debilis, M. slender. Flowers white.--Incarnata, L. Fleshcoloured swallow wort.

Kalm informs us that the Canadians eat the young shoots of the different species. The silky substance which adheres to the seeds, mixed with cotton or wool, is manufactured into cloth, which is found to be durable. Paper, of a good quality, is made of the substance itself, and it is also employed to stuff pillows. The fibrous part of the stalk serves as a substitute for hemp. Sugar may be extracted from the flowers. The root is a powerful sudorific, and is employed for this purpose by the Blacks, who consider it as a cure for all dis

eases.

Apocynum. Dog's Bane. Cannabinum. Indian hemp. Small yellowish green flowers.

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Among some of the savage tribes the down was formerly employed as a substitute for hemp, and was manufactured into nets and bags by the first colonists of New Jersey.

Aster. Star Wort. Marilandicus, Pluk. Maryland. Solidagineus, M. Golden rod.

Anthemis. Chamomile. Arvensis. Wild chamomile, or May weed.

Azalea. Upright Honeysuckle. Viscosa, L. Viscous. Swamp pink of Massachusets.

Periclymenoides.

Flowers white, and sweet-scented.

Bartsia.

Bartsia. Coccinea, L. Virginia,

or scarlet.

Yellow flowers, and scarlet-coloured floral leaves.

Betula. Birch. Lenta, L. Black.-Lutea. Yellow. Rubra. Red.

The wood of these different species is employed for various uses.

Bignonia. Trumpet Flower. Radicans, L. Virginia jessamine.

Buddleia. Buddleia. Globosa. Globous, or round-headed.

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cassia, or sensitive pea.

Large flowers, with two purple spots at the bottom.

This plant is cultivated, by some of the farmers of Vir

ginia and Maryland, for the purpose of improving poor

lands.

Castanea.

Chesnut. Pumila, M. Dwarf chesnut, or chinquapin.

The more ignorant inhabitants of the woods believe that the fruit eaten as food will render barren women prolific. When boiled it is sweet and salutary.

Ceanothus. New Jersey Tea-tree. Ameri

canus.

American red twig, or Carolina spiroea. With small white flowers.

During the American revolutionary war, the leaves were employed as a substitute for the tea of China, and it has very much the taste and flavour of the red, or Bohea species. It is still employed as an agreeable beverage by the poorer class of inhabitants of Jersey and Carolina. This plant also affords a dye of a cinnamon colour.

Cephalanthus. Button Wood. Occidentalis.

Globe flowering shrub, or pond Dogwood. In Massachusets, button bush. In New York, button-wood.

Flowers white, of a globular form. This shrub, which grows to the height of seven or eight feet, is easily propagated from the seeds and flowers the third year. A decoction of the leaves, applied externally, is said to be good for the palsy1.

See Drayton's View of South Carolina.

Cercis. Judas Tree, or Red Bud. Canadensis, L. American.

Crataegus. Hawthorn. Coccinea, L. Great American, or Scarlet-fruited hawthorn.Cordata, Ait. Maple-leaved.-Oxyacantha, L. Common white.

The three species are employed for hedges, but the last is generally preferred.

Convallaria. Solomon's Seal. Majalis, L May lilly, or lilly of the valley.

Cornus. Dog-wood. Florida. Dog-wood, cornel, or dog berry-tree.

Flowers greenish yellow. Berries red. The bark is employed as a febrifuge. It grows to the height of ten or twelve feet. The wood has a fine texture, and its charcoal is preferred for the composition of gun-powder. It is full of knots and excrescencies, which are useful in the mechanical arts. The young twigs are straight and smooth, and serve for distaffs.

Chironia. Chironia. Angularis, L. American, or angular-stemmed centaury.

Flowers of a purple red colour. It is employed as a bitter for diseased stomachs.

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