Monreith, 1914.

Contents

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I. The Oak [1]
II. The Beech [16]
III. The Spanish Chestnut [26]
IV. The Ash [33]
V. The Linden Tree or Lime [42]
VI. The Elms [49]
VII. The Sycamore and other Maples [56]
VIII. The Plane [64]
IX. The Horse Chestnut [69]
X. The Poplars [75]
XI. The Birch [82]
XII. The Willows [89]
XIII. The Hornbeam [96]
XIV. The Alder [99]
XV. The Tulip Tree [105]
XVI. The Hawthorn [108]
XVII. The Rowan and its Relatives [117]
XVIII. The Gean Tree, or Wild Cherry [124]
XIX. The Walnut [130]
XX. The Holly [137]
XXI. Pea-flowered Trees [144]
XXII. The Elder [152]
XXIII. The Hazel [156]
XXIV. The Ailanto [159]
XXV. The Pines [161]
XXVI. The Silver Firs [174]
XXVII. The Spruce Firs [183]
XXVIII. The Cedar [190]
XXIX. The Larch [197]
XXX. The Yew [205]
XXXI. The Cypress and its Kin [214]
XXXII. The Wellingtonia and the Redwood [221]
XXXIII. The Gingko or Maidenhair-Tree [229]
XXXIV. The Araucaria or Monkey Puzzle [233]

List of Illustrations

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Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum) At Twyford Lodge, Winchester[Frontispiece]
Pedunculate Oak [2]
Sessile Oak [6]
Queen Beech at Ashridge Reproduced by permission from The Gardeners' Chronicle [18]
The Chairmaker, Buckingham Beech Woods [22]
Spanish Chestnut in Summer [26]
Spanish Chestnut in Winter [26]
Manna Ash (Fraxinus ornus) At Wakehurst Place [34]
Common Lime (Tilia vulgaris) [42]
Flower of the Linden Tree (Tilia europæa) [44]
Weeping White Lime (Tilia petiolaris) At Wakehurst Place [46]
English Elm (Ulmus campestris) [48]
Wych Elm (Ulmus montana) [50]
The Great Elm at Magdalen College, Oxford [54]
Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus) in Summer [56]
Sycamore in Winter [58]
Sycamore in Winter [58]
Fruit of Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus) [60]
Horse Chestnut (Æsculus hippocastanum) in Bloom [68]
Horse Chestnut Flower Spike [68]
Aspen Tree (Populus tremula) [74]
White Poplar (Populus alba) in July [78]
White Poplar in December [78]
Lombardy Poplar in Summer [80]
Lombardy Poplar in Winter [80]
Birch (Betula alba verrucosa) in June [84]
Birch in December [84]
Willow by the Stream [88]
Fruit of Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) [96]
Tulip Tree At Wadham College, Oxford [104]
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) At Albury Park [104]
May Blossom (Cratægus oxyacantha) [108]
Fruit of Hawthorn (Cratægus oxyacantha) [108]
Flowers of the Rowan (Pyrus aucuparia) [118]
Gean (Prunus avium) in Bloom [128]
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra var. alburyensis) At Albury Park [136]
Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica) In the Botanic Garden, Oxford [144]
Flower of Laburnum [146]
Robinia pseudacacia at Winchester [148]
Robinia pseudacacia at Winchester [148]
Flower of Robinia pseudacacia [150]
Elder (Sambucus nigra) in June [154]
Elder in December [154]
Ailanthus glandulosa At Wadham College, Oxford [158]
Scots Pine Wood [162]
Flower and Fruit of Scots Pine [166]
Silver Firs (Abies pectinata) [176]
Douglas Firs (Pseudotsuga douglasii) Planted at Taymount in 1860 [184]
Cones of Norway Spruce (Picea excelsa) [186]
Larch in Spring [196]
Larch Flowers (Male and Female) and Cones [196]
Fruit of Yew (Taxus baccata) [206]
In the Yew Wood near Downton, Wilts [208]
Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) At Wakehurst Place [214]
Deciduous Cypress (Taxodium distichum) At Syon [216]
Gingko biloba At the Grove, Watford [228]
Avenue of Araucaria imbricata At Castle Kennedy, Wigtownshire [232]
Araucaria imbricata, Male Flower [234]
Araucaria imbricata, Female Flower [234]