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FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOW LEDGE,

THE LIBRARY

ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE.

TIMBER TREES: FRUITS.

THE LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE.

DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY

OF

VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES,

USED IN

THE ARTS,

AND IN

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

TIMBER TREES: FRUITS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:
CHARLES KNIGHT, PALL MALL EAST.
LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, & GREEN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH; ROBERTSON & ATKINSON, GLASGOW ;

WAKEMAN, DUBLIN ; WILLMER, LIVERPOOL;
BAINES & co., LEEDS; AND G. & C. CARVILL, NEW YORK.

The subjects of this Volume (TIMBER TREES, and FRUITS) are complete
in themselves, although they form only a portion of the matter intended to
be treated of under the head of “ VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES.” The re-
maining divisions of ESCULENT VEGETABLES, SPICES, SUBSTANCES
WHICH ARE USED FOR CLOTHING, 8c. are in hand.

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CONTENTS.

PART I.-TIMBER TREES.

Page 1

Page

CHAPTER I.

The Alder

THE OAK .

The Maple

Common Oak

. Great Maple. . .117

Evergreen Oak

• Sugar Maple . . 118

..

. 119

(Q. ballota). 41

The Lime Tree

o European . 120

European Oak

Quercitron . .

122

The Horse Chesnu

12

Cork Oak .

The Poplar . . . . 123

Oak producing

• White

124

Kermes

. Black.

125

Teak Tree. .

Trembling, or Aspen 125

.

Lombardy Poplar

CHAPTER II.

. . 126

The Willow, &c. • . • 126

The Pines

Osier .

The Scotch Fir'.'.

White Willow

Silver Fir

· Weeping Willow

129

The Hazel

CHAPTER III.

• Laburnum

132

The Larch .

• Broom.

134

Norway Spruce

White Pine.

CHAPTER VI.

Cedar of Lebanon

Walnut

American Long-leaved Pine.

Lance-Wood .

White Pine

Hassagay Tree .

. Hemlock Spru

White Mulberry

142

Silver Fir:

Black Mulberry

141

The Douglas Pine.

Cultiyation, &c. of the

The Lambert Pine .

Worm .

Yew Tree

• • •

Paper Mulberry

The Evergreen Cypress .

Fustic Mulberry.

. 146

White Cedar

Common Mahogany . . 147

Barbadoes Cedar

East India Mahogany . . 151

Red Cedar . . .

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER VII.

Chesnut Tree

Trees of smaller growth, &c.,'

Beech Tree . . .

producing very hard timber:

1. The Thorn . .

Elm, Common

. 153

.. White Beam

Mountain

153

. . .

Wild Service . 153

Ash, Common . . .

107

.. Indian Hawthorn 154

• Mountain . . .

. White Thorn . 154

True Service . . .

2. Holly .

. 157

. CHAPTER V.

3. Box, Dwarf

159

The Common Birch . . 112

. Common . 160
Canoe Birch . . 114 4. Ebony . . .

.

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