H
B o tan y
I U N I T E D fS.-T A'T'E S'.
are two kinds of walntit/- theïblack, and the white or the hiccory,Sffteerfted
;for its oily nuts. The cheftnut add beech of Europe are aifefpund
Abundantly in the American forefts. The tulip tree and faiTafxas laurel,
moreümpafiënï of-cold-'than the -preceding, appear as fhriiba on the Canadian
borders,' rife into trees ii^thsAnidland fhttês, and on the warm
lin k s of 111 Altamaha attain -the fed’ perfec&ion of ftatelinefs and b'eauty.
The fugar maple,''on the contrary, isfeen only ;on the northern fides.of.
the hills in the fouthern ftate-s, and inc.reafcs both in fize and frequency
•in the more bracing climate of the New England provinces. Tlie lwect
gum tree (liquidambar fiyraciflua), the iron wood (earpinus oft
nettle tree (celtis Occident alls), the American elm, the, black poplar, |nd
tfee taccathhteeta," appear in ëvery IMè öftbteTMibn
fuitable, without being much affe&ed by'Variety of-clijpiate.’i" The
light fandy traös, both wetfandjiry, arë^^épaHƒ 'itihabitëd !by Bé .
important and ufeful family of pines";, of tfiéTèlthe <dnef:fp ëm ^ r e »
Pennfylvaman fir, the commonand the ’ hemlock fprnce-fi^p’t-h^lack,
the white, and the Weymouth pine; and' the torch: nearly-affiled to
whiAh arè thémfbpr vita:, and thë'junipei'nswirgïhian^ the-'rëd-eedar of
America. The fmaller trees and fhrubs that ate’ di^e'^i^'h'§|ff arts of
the United States, among a mulütude ’qfi'öthers,f'tiè,kfii|'‘cif^fhë'®Miöw-
ing ; the •'fringe-tree (chionanthv^f;’ the red mapfé,‘*the -ftmiSdh'wid
potfou oak (rhus radifcans), the red ^mtrfberry,
thë -Ttd>iïïia pfeudacacia, and the tripfe-th’drped acacia v(gleditfid'! tïia-
cantha). |
. Such. of the common herbaceous plants and low Ihrubs as are ‘beft
known to the generality of readers from their introduction into the gardens
of Great Britain are the cotlinfonia, ufed by the Indians agairtfi the
bite of the rattlefnake, feveral gay' fpecies of phlox., ■ the thornapple,. the
Pennfylvanian lily and golden mattagofl, the biennial Oenothera, with
many fpecies *of after, mpnarda, and rudbeekia.
The mountainous ridges are not fufficiently high to be'rich in alpine
plantstlieir climate however is fenfibly 'Cooler than that of the plain's, ön
which .account thofe- of, the, fouth • are inhabited by the .yegeiabl.es ,ot
Pennfylvania and the northern ftates, while the highlands of thele abound
i-n -thé' plants, of Canada.
CHAP. IV. N1AT URAL G E OGR AP HY. 583
yi,*But&he glorj®siof<the ,Aitnirisatniiffli^'a ate principally toc/nfibed toV ir - Botany. P
gifftja? and th ©jfoutherrt^ftajb^y, i^thgt^jftt^fi^eip’nfgding^^J hr^ ,pfj jhe
wide ffayannas^he^
the wSidt^kuttetaaef gfey tblheya .
mijfe.lt.Qn,„of,the ,t&ijag$hat*by btyjifE^^n.e4 /ia1hd
byiform,' car^'de^i^%|b.^e,nffA\and' fiX',kthgi%tfiqntfcmy '.J
Georgia, an^Sputh, G ^ o ^ ^ a y ,sJ|e ^ i^ g n i ’fhed (tree,
grubby flajit tpat c^%^r;fh io fii^gtpr.f the ^agta^t^jid
%ptJi*iflQwered pancpatfurq vo£>.Cahph^
, The Ipjjn -para.li^wn^^rfv1ers,/ and
rija|g?from the^eKgkfayann^iqt^e^t^m^^l^^dffwelling^telisJcare
g^epdly covered' yykh, ppen.^o^^ntogled^woqd§,\ekcep|,i^^e'’ they
have fieeq conve^d jntotpjljagjiejpy jth&.induftry^of tlh&.inh^y.l^n.to. l n
th.efe.nch tf^£fc§,.gpjy ih^lofty(p a l ^ cfak,”-j;^e Jv^e t, •
b a ' y^ u r q S ib q r jbGb q n z p e J a u r e l . , thdmrnmnn. wj j e
IhA^kf^rgpm...pine, and thered cedar. , ^h^ftr^fily^ry. cdumqsmf
the; height,, of twenty^eet, and, c^ow$qd(by a
c^.9P.^jcll)Vr^ ^mu^edjeay^fqrm a ftriking'fpafdre^ijn tth4 aeH^pus-
fcgnf^yli Cr;uit and. fragrant
haf#mealize the .ancient, tracptLoqs ..qf^the^grovES vrf ^he Hn%^ide&: ,
Supe^fehoy^ver t;o all thef^ ^ the.towerlng ^magnl^en^o^theJgledt y
3 in this, rich majly foil it^rifes .qbqv^a’ huglre^-feetj swith ^ , '
pe^kakVker^Ct- .trunk, fuppprtmg aj fhady ^afc^l ;Qf-dark
fo^igf from .the centrq/dfi?the cofopjef^ of’3‘eaYqsjtha|f jejmfnatm the
expands a large rofe-fllaped blouam, q^'pure whEe^. which is,
fuee§0ded by a crimfop 'cope, containing, ,the feed^ 0% bejigttfuF(q®raL
red colour, and thefe falling fpmThiin.^lls.^mairu fq^/eyer^l d'^j®jGirf-^>
pended, from tjie fepd-yeffel hy<a,filky< thread, fix in
length, fo that whether in this Hate or in blofihm it is• fhcond .to. none,
for. grandeur and beauty.
The level plains by the fides of rivers;, and therefore 'generally in a,
flooded ftate during the whole' rainy feafon, areicallcd favannasV- The -
trees that grow upon them are of the aquatic kind,, fuch. as magnolia; |
/ ’ glaucaBi