March 17, 1904


Contents

A Story of Some Maples[1]
The Growth of the Oak[25]
Pines[49]
Apples[73]
Willows and Poplars[95]
The Elm and the Tulip[131]
Nut-bearing Trees[157]
Some Other Trees[185]
Index[235]
Botanical Names[239]



List of Illustrations

Silver maple flowers[4]
Young leaves of the red maple[7]
"The Norway maple breaks into a wonderful bloom"[9]
Samaras of the sugar maple[11]
A mature sycamore maple[13]
Sycamore maple blossoms[15]
Flowers of the ash-leaved maple[17]
Ash-leaved maples in bloom[19]
Striped maple[21]
The swamp white oak in winter[29]
Flowers of the pin-oak[31]
The swamp white oak in early spring[36]
An old post-oak[39]
A blooming twig of the swamp white oak[41]
Acorns of the English oak[47]
A lone pine on the Indian river[53]
Hemlock Hill, Arnold Arboretum[56]
The long-leaved pines of the South[61]
Fountain-like effect of the young long-leaved pines[62]
An avenue of white pines[67]
Cones of the white spruce[71]
An apple orchard in winter[78]
When the apple trees blossom[81]
The Spectabilis crab in bloom[84]
Fruits of the wild crab[87]
The beauty of a fruiting apple branch[91]
Bloom of double-flowering apple[94]
A weeping willow in early spring[100]
The weeping willow in a storm[103]
A pussy-willow in a park[106]
Blooms of the white willow[108]
A white willow in a characteristic position[112]
Clump of young white willows[116]
White poplars in spring-time[119]
Carolina poplar as a street tree[123]
Winter aspect of the cottonwood[126]
Lombardy poplar[129]
A mature American elm[136]
The delicate tracery of the American elm in winter[139]
The English elm in winter[143]
Winter effect of tulip trees[148]
A great liriodendron in bloom[150]
Flowers of the liriodendron[153]
The wide-spreading black walnut[162]
The American sweet chestnut in winter[165]
Sweet chestnut blooms[167]
The chinquapin[170]
A shagbark hickory in bloom[173]
The true nut-eater[178]
The American beech in winter[180]
The witch-hazel[181]
Sweet birch in spring[191]
Yellow birches[192]
Flowers of the spice-bush[194]
Leaves and berries of the American holly[195]
American holly tree at Trenton[196]
Floral bracts or involucres of the dogwood[199]
The red-bud in bloom[201]
Blooms of the shad-bush[206]
Flowers of the American linden[207]
The American linden[209]
Flowers of the black locust[211]
Young trees of the black locust[212]
The sycamore, or button-ball[215]
Button-balls—fruit of the sycamore[217]
The liquidambar[220]
The leaves and fruit of the liquidambar[222]
The papaw in bloom[226]
Flowers of the papaw[227]
The persimmon tree in fruiting time[231]
Berries of the spice-bush[234]