INDEX 



Abbotts oak, 132 

 Abele, 89 



Abrahams oak, 131 

 Acacia family, 191 

 Acer, 216 

 Aceraceae, 216 

 Agents of fossilization, 1 1 

 Alder, leaves of, 113 



range of, 113 



sketch of, 112 

 Alfreds oak, 133 

 Alligator pears, 253 

 Alnus, 112 



American chestnut, 142 

 Anacardiaceae, 206 

 Ancestral platanus leaves, 161 

 Antillean forests, 37 

 Arbol de la noche triste, 59 

 Arctic birch, 97 

 Arctic hazels, 105 

 Arctic willows in Europe, 86 



map of, 87 

 Ash, geologic history of, 229-232 



leaves of, 226 



range of, 229 



sketch of, 225 



species of, 228 



utilization of, 227 



wood of, 226 

 Aspen, 89 



Atavistic leaves of liriodendron, 174, 

 Atlantic region, forests of, 30 

 Avocado, 253 



Bald cypress, longevity of, 59 

 size of, 58 

 sketch of, 56 

 vitality of, 57 



175 



Bartram, Wm., quoted, 57 

 Basswood, honey of, 234 



sketch of, 233 



species of, 254 

 Eastwood, 234 

 Bay, geologic history of, 253, 254 



sketch of, 253 



species of, 254 

 Bean family, 191 

 Bee tree, 234 

 Beech family, 119, 129 

 Beech, distribution of, 135 



illustrations of, 125 



oldest known, 122 



origin of name of, 121 



range of, 120 



sketch of, 119 

 Benjamin bush, 251 

 Betula, species of, 97 

 Betulites, 101 

 Big trees, distiibution of, 43 



longevity of, 45 



size of, 43 



sketch of, 38 



wood of, 45 

 Birch family, 96 

 Birches, distribution of, 99 



illustrations of, 115 



sketch of, 96 

 Bitter ash, 229 

 Black alder, 213 

 Black ash, 228 

 Black locust, 193 

 Black persimmon, 257 

 Boscobel oak, 132 

 Box alder, 216 

 Butternut, 73 

 Buttonball, sketch of, 157 

 Buttonwood, 157 



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