NETTLETON, ASAITEL. D.D., 1783-1844; b. Conn.; graduated at Yale college in 1809; studied theology at New Haven; was licensed to preach in 1811 by the West Con gregational association of New Haven; ordained as an evangelist in 1817 by the South consociation of Litchfield county. He commenced study with the view of being a mission ary, but his services being in great demand, and his preaching very successful, he was led to consider it his duty to remain at home. For several years he preached in some of the largest and most important towns in Connecticut with great effect. In 1822 he had an attack of typhus fever. from the effects of which he never entirely recovered. In 1827 he visited Virginia for his health, and on his return in 1829, preached for two years in New York and New England. In 1831 he visited England, preaching there, and in Scotland and Ireland. After his return he was appointed in 1832 professor of pastoral theology in East Windsor theological seminary. He declined the professorship, but resided in the place, and lectured for several years to the students. His sermons were extemporaneous and generally doctrinal a al argumentative, but with fervent appeals to the conscience. His style and manner were deeply solemn, to which impression iris various methods in the conduct of his meetings contributed. He was a decided oppo nent of Dr. Taylor's (New Haven) theological views. He published a small hymn-book. entitled Village hymns, which was very popular and widely mused. His Remains and Sermons were edited by Dr. B. Tyler, who published also a _Veinal., which was repub lished in Edinburgh, and revised by Dr. A. A. Boner.
eels, a genus of deciduous trees of the natural order ulmacem, with simple and generally serrated leaves, considerably resembling those of the common net the, but not stinging. The genus is distinguished chiefly by its fruit, which is a fleshy,
globose, or sub-globose 1-celled drupe. The common or European nettle-tree (C. Aus tiyai,N) is a native of the s. of Europe, the w. of Asia, and the n. of Africa. It grows to the height of 30 to 40 ft., and is a very handsome tree, often planted along public walks in the s. of France and n. of Italy. The wuod.is very compact, very durable, and takes a high polish. It was formerly much imported into Britain for the use of coachmakers. It is used in Italy by musical instrument makers for flutes and pipes. The flowers are inconspicuous, axillary, and solitary; the fruit black, resembling a small wild cherry, not eatable till after the first frosts, and then very sweet. The kernel yields a useful fixed oil. The tree succeeds well in the s. of England.—C. occidentali8 is a native of North America from Canada to Carolina, sometimes there called the nettle-tree, sometimes the SUGAR BERRY. Its leaves are much broader than those of C. Australis, its fruit very similar. It is a much larger tree, attaining a height of 60 to 80 feet.—Another American species, C. erctesifo/ia, often called EACKBERRY or and Hoot. Asir, is very -abundant in the basin of the Ohio and westward of the Mississippi. It grows to a great height, but the trunk is not very thick. The wood is not much valued, but is said to make very line charcoal. The fruit is black, and about the size of a pea.—The inner bark of U. orientalis, consisting of reticulated fibers, forms a kind of natural cloth, used by some tribes of India.—A number of other species are natives of the warm parts of America and of Asia.