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ZANTHOXYLUM, Prickly Ash. Americanum—Northern Prickly Ash—Tooth-ache Tree. Prickly shrub, or small t r e e . Native. Union, Wabash, Fulton, Champaign and Cook counties. PTELEA— .Hop Tree Trifoliata. Native. Lapham, Fulton and Cook counties. SKIMMIA—Low evergreen s h r u b . Japonica. Cultivated from J a p a n . H a r d y . CITRUS—Orange, Lemon, Lime and Citron. Natives of India, Cultivated for o r n a m e n t .

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AILANTHUS, Chinese Sumach, Tree of Heaven. Glandulosus. Cultivated from China. Not entirely hardy. I have seen it injured by cold as far south as 39 dg\ (in 1855-6.) It sprouts badly and smells offensively, b u t is approved as one of t h e best t r e e s to resist d r o u t h on t h e plains, and withstand smoke in cities.

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RHUS, Sumach—shrubs or small t r e e s . cotinus—Smoke Tree or Venetian Sumach. Cultivated from E u r o p e for o r n a m e n t , toxicodendron—Poison Joy—Poison Oak. Native. Lapham, Fulton county; Cook county; Babcock, Champaign county, v a r . radicans, ascends trees, etc., to great height, b u t may at once be k n o w n from t h e " A m e r i c a n I v y " by having t h r e e leaflets instead of five, venenata—Poison Sumach or Dogwood, native, L a p h a m ; Fulton c o u n t y ; Cook county, Babcock. The most poisonous species, typhina, Staghom Sumach—native, L a p h a m ; Wabash county, St. Clair county, Brendel. glabra, Smooth Sumach—native, L a p h a m ; Cook, Wabash, Fulton and Champaign counties. copalinna, Dwarf Sumach—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. aromatica, Fragrant Sumach,— native. L a p h a m ; Fulton county, St. Clair county, Brendel; Cook county, Babcock. Sumach is extensively used in t a n n i n g and coloring, and the staghorn and smooth sumach have been much generally sought for the purpose in America. (See report of department of agriculture, 1869, p . 230.) In 1872, 12,000 lbs were shipped from Missouri, and it is supposed t h a t t h e growing and gathering of sumach may yet become an important industry in t h e United States.

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VTTIS, Grapevine: vinifera—European grape. Some varieties nearly hardy u n d e r favorable conditions. labrusca, Northern Fox Grape, Champaign county—the original .of t h e catawba, Isabella, Concord, Hartford Prolific, cultivated from eastern states. asstivalis, Summer Grape—the p a r e n t of the n o r t h e r n Virginian, Herbemont, Alvey, etc., native, Lapham. var? cinerea, Engelm—River banks, F u l t o n county, Wolf ; Menard, Hall, and Southward. cordifolia. Winter or Frost Grape. Native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock, riparia—native, L a p h a m . Dr. Engelman believes this to be t h e p a r e n t of T a y l o r ' s bullet, Delaware and Clinton. vulpina—Muscadine, Bullace or Southern Fox Grape. Native, Vasey. The original of the Scuppernong, etc. Can only be found in e x t r e m e south. indivisa—native. Vasey. bipinata—native. Vasey. heterophylla. Cultivated from J a p a n for o r n a m e n t a l variegated foliage. H a r d y .

WINE PRODUCTION—MOSTLY FROM THE GRAPE.

UNITED STATES.

1850—gallons. 1860—gallons. 1870—gallons.

221,249 1,627,192 3,092,330

2,997 50,690 111,882

AMPELOPSIS, Virginia Creeper. quinquefolia, American ivy—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. Cultivated for o r n a m e n t , tricuspidata . Cultivated . One of the very best, hardy climbers, called vetchii.