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Commercial Statistics, In English nurseries, the plants, being little known,are sold for 2s. G d. each, and upwards; hut, if in demand, the price would notbe higher than that of grafted elms, or about l.s. each. At Bollwyller, plantsare 1 franc 50 cents each.

2. P. Gme'lin/ Michx. Gmelin’s Planera. •"

Identification. Michx. FI. Bor. Amer., 2. p.248. ; Pesf. Hist, des Arbres et Arbriss., 2. p. 446.Synonymes. P. Mlmifblia Michx. Arb. Amer., 3. p. 2S3. t. 7 , North Amcr. Sylva,3. p. 100. t. 130., N.Du Ham. Arb., 7. p. 65. t. 21.; P. aquatica Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 967., Pursh FI. Amcr. Sept., 1.p. 115.; Anonymus aquaticus arbor, &c., Walt. Carol., 230.

Engravings. Michx. Arb. Amer., t. 7.; North Amer. Sylva, 3. t. 130. ; Du Ham. Arb., ed. nov., 7.t. 21. ; and our Jig. 1251.

Spec. Char., ifc. Flowers in heads, opening before the leaves are protruded,and borne on branches or branchlets developed in some previous year.Leaf with an obvious petiole, and a disk ovate-acuminate, equal at the base,and serrate. A shrub, or low tree, even inits native country, rarely more than 20 ft.or 30 ft. high, and with the diameter of thetrunk from 12 in. to 15 in. The flowersappear before the leaves, at the ends of thebranches, in globose heads, and upon veryshort footstalks : they are small, of a green-ish brown colour, and not at all conspi-cuous. The fruit becomes brown before theleaves fall: it is small, oval, inflated, andrough: the seed is minute. The leaf ismuch smaller than that of P. Richard:, andresembles that of tTIinus campestris, exceptin being serrated with equal teeth ; it is ofa lively green on the upper surface, and greyon the under one. This species is a nativeof North America, where it is found inKentucky, Tennessee, the banks of theMississippi, and throughout the southernstates. It is particularly abundant in thelarge swamps on the borders of the riverSavannah in Georgia. The wood of thistree, according to Miehaux, “is hard, strong, and seemingly proper forvarious uses.” It is, however, not used for any purpose in America; andthe tree is so little esteemed, that it has not received any popular name.It was introduced into Britain in 181G, but is rare in collections; thoughit might be readily multiplied by grafting on the elm. There are plants atMessrs. Loddiges’s. The price, in New York, is 1 dollar per plant.

? P. Abelicea Schultes ( Rcem. et Schult. Si/st. Peg., 6. p. 304., the Abelicea of Clusius) is supposedto belong to this genus. It is described by Clusius as being a large upright tree, with a branchy head,roundish deeply serrated leaves, and greenish black fruit, about the size of a grain of pepper. Thewood is hard, reddish, and possesses somewhat of the fragrance of sandalwood. It is a native ofCrete, on the mountains ; but has not yet been introduced.

Genus HI.

CF/LTIS Town. The Celtis, or Nettle Tree. Lin. Syst. PulygamiaMonce'cia, or Pentandria Digynia.

Identification. Touni. quoted byT. Nees ab Esenbeck,in his Gen. PI. FI. Germ., fasc. 3. t. 4.Synonymes. Lbtus of Lobel and other authors; Micocoulicr, Fr .; Zungelbaum, Ger.

Derivation. The name of Celtis is said to refer to the tree having been known to the ancient Celts ;and the appellation of Nettle Tree relates to the similarity of the leaves to those of some kind ofnettle (l/rtlca).

Description. Handsome, much branched, deciduous trees, natives ofEurope and North America, varying in size and foliage, but all bearing fruit,

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