A CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



FOREST TREES OF THE UNITED STATES 



WHICH 





USUALLY ATTAIN A HEIGHT OF SIXTEEN FEET OR MORE, 



WITH 



NOTES AND BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MORE IMPORTANT SPECIES, 



ILLUSTRATING THE 



COLLECTION OF FOREST-TREE SECTIONS ON EXHIBITION BY THE DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA. 



PREPARED BY 



OEO. VASEY, M. D, 



DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 

 UNIVtHSHY OFCALIFOS.MA 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 

 1876. 



