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EMERSON’S TREES AND SHRUBS.
| THE | TREES AND SHRUBS GROWING NATURALLYin the Forests of Massachusetts. By George B.Emerson. Fourth Edition. Superbly illustrated withnearly 150 plates (46 beautiful heliotypes and 100lithographs), 2 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Price, $10.00 net;formerly $12.00 net. |
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Though this work nominally treats of the trees andshrubs of Massachusetts, it is equally applicable to theflora of many other States; indeed all New England anda greater part of the Middle States. In it is describedevery important tree or shrub that grows naturally inMassachusetts, and in other States of the same latitude,the descriptions being the result of careful personal observation.It is, indeed, a comprehensive and convenientmanual for almost every section of the Union. The illustrations of these volumes constitute one oftheir most important and attractive features. A largenumber of the plates are by the eminent authority onthis subject, Isaac Sprague. Volume I. treats of the Pines, Oaks, Beeches, Chestnuts,Hazels, Hornbeams, Walnuts, Hickories, Birches,Alders, Plane Trees, Poplars, and Willows. Volume II. treats of the Elms, Ashes, Locusts, Maples,Lindens, Magnolias, Liriodendrons, and the shrubs. | |
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