Note 2, page 23. The bloom of the dogwood begins to wither and fall with the appearance of the leaves. In the illustration facing page 22 several leaves are seen among the bloom, but they belong to the bough of a neighboring tulip tree.

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Note 3, page 47. The juniper berries are in reality transformed cones.

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Note 4, page 52. The habit of the firs in early life is shown in the plate facing page 125.

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Note 5, page 63. Curiously enough, the old English conception of a forest was chiefly that of a hunting ground, irrespective of the trees growing there. Consequently some forests were very open stretches of ground.

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Note 6, page 71. The red-winged blackbird lingers in the Southern States through the winter.

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