Copyright, 1917, by

Doubleday, Page & Company

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS. GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Introductionxi
PART I
[The Life of the Trees]3
PART II
[The Nut Trees]28
The Walnuts; The Hickories; The Beech; The Chestnuts; The Oaks; The Horse-chestnuts; The Lindens
PART III
[Water-loving Trees]75
The Poplars; The Willows; The Hornbeams; The Birches; The Alders; The Sycamores; The Gum Trees; The Osage Orange
PART IV
[Trees With Showy Flowers and Fruits]101
The Magnolias; The Dogwoods; The Viburnums; The Mountain Ashes; The Rhododendron; The Mountain Laurel; The Madroña; The Sorrel Tree; The Silver Bell Trees; The Sweet Leaf; The Fringe Tree; The Laurel Family; The Witch Hazel; The Burning Bush; The Sumachs; The Smoke Tree; The Hollies
PART V
[Wild Relatives of Our Orchard Trees]147
The Apples; The Plums; The Cherries; The Hawthorns; The Service-berries; The Hackberries; The Mulberries; The Figs; The Papaws; The Pond Apples; The Persimmons
PART VI
[The Pod-bearing Trees]176
The Locusts; The Acacias; Miscellaneous Species
PART VII
[Deciduous Trees with Winged Seeds]193
The Maples; The Ashes; The Elms
PART VIII
[The Cone-bearing Evergreens]217
The Pines; The Spruces; The Firs; The Douglas Spruce; The Hemlocks; The Sequoias; The Arbor-vitaes; The Incense Cedar; The Cypresses; The Junipers; The Larches
PART IX
[The Palms]280
General Index283

LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS