The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-08-05
WHOLE NO. 9S7
For the RecorC
Trees and Shrubs of Ohio.
By REV. O. II. WARREN.

FLAME oycamQre: or buttonwood
InOimLRlganSg 0cc4leatal@l q ~
ThisIbeahhfile tree is quite
generally difdsed over the
Uniteda States, being aTmo.
universally found in the yicin.
ityi iofstreams Of water, hence,
alqpgf all our noble rivers and
greeks we meet with 1T in its
own PECULIAR ,loyeliaess and
ReFfectiNnb IT b receives the
name of Plane. tree, from the
broad Ontypfeading nature Of
its brancfes; IT Is also called
the Buttonwood from its fruit,
#hi6h'is abdautifal little round
ball, resent bling a button In
the he dHessP'' moist aalluyIia'II soils soils
| 9fi9urh country adjacent Ito
flowing streams, where the
roots .aEei1wantIato bpenetrate
deeply into theiqdamp, earth,
this tree, ,attainsJ "a very large
size, iogming at least, in the
hqgaIbody its trunk a larger
circumference than any other
tree OF our denselywooded for
ests. a. number of years ago,
the younger Michaux. measured
a. tree of this species, near the
town of Marietta, Ohio, which,
atf four etiitrom the ground,
measured fdrty-seveno feet in
circumference. +, Along theifer,
tile ,banks iIofD ,hel Ohio and
sciotO Rivers, many specimens
may be, and have been found,
to measure from, twenty-five to
thirty and ievenaforty feet in
girth,. Wills the sturdy trunk
rises up sixty or. seventy feet,
and then expanding into a fine,
lofty head. SURPRISING, far in
grandeur all their neighbors Of
the adjacent forest. . The large
and elegant bfanclreS Of the
Plane usuany shoot out in a
horizontal direc ton; the trunk
ascending in a regular, stately,
uninterrupted d. manner, ma The
flEqllweF9 lsrsIosm small ogreenish
balls, apRe eaPrrllng ART e in early spring
the fertile ones a assume sSSqlme an inch
in d diameter, and pddo as the season
adyapSes,, they turn brown, aarnpSd aarnpSd
hang upon the tree during the
winter 3seaspnnG The timber oi
of this stately is beautiful,
andiof sreatutiiity, being EN-,
pleyed ettensiHelN in mechanr
iealq purposes5 iRo tree per,
haps, hsslhi igher7 claims on the
landscape gardener than this
ones ,IHu the warmer parts o
4 Europe ard Asia, no tree was
ia greater esteem with the an
cieAatss for the purposes QftShftaatdlse
and t0li bsautify their grounds
than the Plane. History in,
forms 'us that, the academic
] groves, inltheineighbor oi
| puhiN1schoel and all those
i fsgoritaeaVenues where the
i Grecian philosophers were ac
4 Gus toned, to resort, wereplant
ed : with dthese trees and be
4 meath their Eetresiiing shadow
4 Aristotle Plato @ anduSocrates
u delivered the choicest wisdom
1 and eloquencel ofythose, classi'
1 days. Whetherwe behold thi
/ familliaft tree,, during the chill.
and l9drearyo days Of winter
A amidst'thsq b5rean' blasts unt
1 driving Shows, aBit' presents 1T
peculiar rharactsr Of throwing
] off Che oHter Coating Of bark ii
patches, giving. the trunk quite
a. aihvelyiqa picturesque ap
1 pGarafds,ai extending more q
! IessTeaenf to the extremity Q
!. tae Branches; or amidsp7 ah,
!, bright balmy7 days IT sppFiihG
the glowing heat of summe
and the sober Genes ofadtumr
j lehevet RiisFo produce an al
most ,unbounded' interest t,
those who d6lighti4l the gran,
y and Beautifully On the bank
Of our greaSWesteefh rivers
d may Be seen in its full perfec