LIST OF PLATES AND DESCRIPTIONS 



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The Opening of the Chestnut Burr Frontispiece 



Illustrated Introduction v 



PINE FAMILY CONIFERS 



White Pine Pinus Strobus 12 



Long-Leaved Pine. So. Yellow Pine Pinus palustris 15 



Pitch Pine Pinus rigida 16 



Red Pine. Norway Pine Pinus resinosa 19 



Gray Pine. Jack Pine Pinus divaricata 20 



Jersey Pine. Scrub Pine Pinus Virginiana 23 



Scotch Pine Pinus sylvestris 24 



Austrian Pine Pinus Austriaca 27 



American Larch. Tamarack Larix Americana 28 



European Larch Larix Europaea 31 



Black Spruce Picea Mariana. P. nigra 32 



Red Spruce Picea rubens 35 



White Spruce Picea Canadensis 36 



Norway Spruce Picea excelsa 39 



Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis 40 



Balsam Fir Abies balsamea 43 



Redwood Sequoia sempervirens 44 



Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum 47 



Arbor Vit^e Thuya occidentaJis 48 



White Cedar Chamagcyparis thyoides. Cupressus thyoides. 51 



Red Cedar. Savin Juniperus Virginiana 52 



YEW FAMILY TAXACE^ 



European Yew Taxus baccata 55 



Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba 56 



PALM FAMILY PALM^ 



Cabbage Palmetto Sabal Palmetto 59 



WALNUT FAMILY JUGLANDACE/E 



Butternut Juglans cinerea 60 



Black Walnut Juglans nigra 63 



Pecan Hicoria Pecan. Carya olivaeformis 64 



Bitternut Hickory. Swamp Hickory Hicoria minima. Carya amara 67 



Shellbark or Shagbark Hickory Hicoria ovata. Carya alba 68 



Mockernut Hickory. Big-bud Hickory. . .Hicoria alba. Carya tomentosa 71 



Pignut Hickory Hicoria glabra. Carya porcina 72 



WILLOW AND POPLAR FAMILY SALICACE^I 



Aspen Populus tremuloides 75 



Large-toothed Aspen. Poplar Populus grandidentata 76 



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