Among the principal varieties may be enumerated the White Oak, (duercus Alba,) Red Oak, (Quercus Rubra,) Pin Oak, (duercus Paluster,) and the Black Oak, (Quertetron ;) the White Elm, (ulmus Americana ;) Red or Slippery Elm, (Ulmus Fulva,) and the Witch Elm, (Ulmus Montana ;) the Plane or Buttonwood, (Platanus ;) the Ash, (Traxinus ;) Basswood, Lim.e or Linden, (Zelia ;) Beach, (Tagus ;) Birch, (Betula :) Maple, (Acer ;) Locust, (Robinia ;) Chesnut, (Castanea;) Walnut, (Juglans ;) Hickory, (Carya ;) the Whitewood or Tulip, (Liriodendron :) Dogwood, (Cornus ;) Hemlock or Spruce, and the Red Cedar (Juniperus.)

"This County suffered severely during the Revolution. The whole southern part was marked by the marches, works of defence> or skirmishes and battles of hostile armies ; and, indeed, the active operations of the war in 1776 were principally confined to this region, and in the autumn to this County -- and the two armies were in full force, constantly on the alert, and under the eyes of their respective Commanders-in-Chief And this, too, was probably the most interesting period of the war, though attended with no exploits of very brilliant fame. The British with a numerous army, and a powerful marine, were in possession of New York, while Washington, with an inferior and badly supplied army, dispirited by the affair of Long Island, was merely manoeuvring to keep them in check. The battle of W^hite Plains, October '2S(h, will long be remembered, as will the dismal prospect of that year, when the Patriot Fathers of America had still the couraore to declare Independence, and assert the rights of nature and of nations. a But though the morning