Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... of sugar-water. The people who gather such sugar-water, fill a kettle with it and let it boil till it is thick, and when it has become cold it is a thick honey. The sugar-trees usually stand in forests near the brooks, and they grow wild. The beautiful tulip-trees f grow frequently there. In the month of May, when they are in blossoms, they are full of tulips; these look yellow and tabbied red, and are as natural as This species of trees is described under the name of maple-trees in the History of the French Colonies of North America, p. 213. M. De Diereville calls them wild fig-trees. t These tulip-trees are known to the French in Louisiana under the name of tulipier as a sort of laurel-trees. See the above quoted book, p. 334. those those that grow out of the ground from bulbs. The trees are as thick and high as the tallest cherry-trees. I saw another species of tulip-trees with their blossoms, which are planted in the gardens, but are not larger than dwarf apple or pear trees; they do not bloom until August, and are white and tabbied red. Of the first-named larger species of tulip-trees no blossoms are seen until they are 20 years old and over. Many other kinds and species of trees, flowers and herbs, and also grain are found in America. The daisy, for instance, which is so frequent and therefore so little esteemed with us, is as rare in Pennsylvania as the rarest and most beautiful flowers in Europe can be, for it is planted in the gardens as a rare flower. Quite as rare there, is the juniper-shrub, which is esteemed much higher than the rosemary with us, and the juniper-berries are sold for a higher price than peppercorns. The juniper-shrubs are also cultivated in gardens. Quite as rare are all other European flowers and herbs. And...
