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WHAT CRITICS SAY OF THE HANDBOOK OF THE TREES 



" Your Handbook of the Trees is the most 

 ideal handbook I have ever seen. The plan 

 of illustrating each species by photographic 

 pictures of the tfunk, branchlets, leaves and 

 fruit, accompanied by a concise description 

 of the species, and a map showing its geo- 

 graphic distribution, was a happy con- 

 ception, and the mechanical advantage of 

 bringing these together on facing pages, so 

 as to f al 1 under the eye at once, is an additional 

 help to all who use the book. It appeals to 

 me as a model in treatment and execution 

 and is by far the most convenient book I have 

 ever seen for the ready identification of 

 natural history objects. 



The time, labor and expense necessary in 

 securing fiesh specimens of upwards of 200 

 species of trees from various parts of the 

 country for illustration must have been very 

 great ; your success is a lasting tribute to your 

 patience, perseverance and photographic 

 skill." C. Hart Merriam, 



Chief U. S. Biological Survey. 



" No other book that has been maae, and 

 it is safe to say no other that will be made, 

 can take the place of this masterly production. 



Here are 470 pages, the printed page having 

 forty square inches, making in all 130 square 

 feet of print, of which fully ninety square 

 feet are illustrations from photographs. 

 Even this gives slight hint a f the inestimable 

 value of this wonderful book. No library, 

 public or private, is complete without it, and 

 no school should be without it. Eight dollars 

 may seem a large price before you have seen 



what it buys, but when you have seen you 

 will wonder that it is so inexpensive." 

 Dr. A. E. Winship in Journal of Education. 

 " By far the most useful book I have ever 

 seen for libraries to give to most readers. 

 One wholly unfamiliar with botany can easily 

 identify the trees." Melvil Dewey, 



Pres. Amer. Library Inst. 



" Many attempts have been made to bring 

 into popular form such descriptions of pur 

 trees as wouldenable the amateur to reccgnize 

 the various species at different seasons. It 

 has remained for Mr Romey B. Hough t< 

 produce a book that adequateJy accomplishes 

 this laudable purpose. But it does much more ; 

 it brings to the forester, lumberman, cultiva- 

 tor and botanist alike such a compact and 

 comprehensive portrayal of the trees as has 

 never before been at his service. The book 

 may be commended as indispensable for all 

 students of trees. ' ' Botanical Gazette 



" It is impossible to convey in a few words 

 an adequate impression of the value and 

 beauty of the 'HANDBOOK.' It is a mine of 

 valuable information, and with it the study 

 of trees becomes a delightful diversion." 



W. T. Hornaday, 

 Director N. Y. Zoological Park. 



" The most satisfactory volume I possess 

 on the subject, out of a total of some 260 books 

 on this and kindred subjects." 



Dean Alvord, New York. 



