Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The North American Sylva, or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, Vol. 2: Considered Particularly With Respect to Their Use in the Arts, and Their Introduction Into Commerce; To Which Is Added a Description of the Most Useful of the European Forest Trees, Illustrated by 156 Coloured Engravings
Of the eight remaining species, which are natives of the New world, one belongs to the West Indies, and seven to the United States: others will perhaps be discovered in the Floridas and in the country west of the Mississippi.
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