ROMEYN B. HOUGH. 



AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER, 



LOTVVILLE, N. Y. 



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AMERICAN WOODS is a publication on tlie trees of tlie [Jnited States, more particularly 

 with reference to their woods, and illustrated by actual specimens of the same, showing both 

 heart and sap-wood. The specimens are transverse, radial and tangential sections, about 

 2x5 in. in size and sutRciently thin to allow the transmission of light, wherebj' characteristic 

 structure, tints, etc., are beautifully shown. They are a revelation to those who hare not 

 had opportunity of examining and comparing woods in transmitted light and are a surprise 

 even to experienced wood-workers. 



The sections are mounted in durable card-board pages, labeled with technical, English, 

 German, French and Spanish names, and an accompanying text gives information as to 

 botanical characters, distributions, physical properties and uses of the woods, medicinal i)rop- 

 erties of the trees or its products, etc. The mounted specimens and text go togetlier in a neat 

 book-like clasped cover and all can be kept on a shelf or table like an ordinary vohmie. 



Twenty -five 

 species are rep- 

 resented in each 

 Part (or volume) 

 and all of the im- 

 portant species 

 of the United 

 States and Can- 

 ada are designed 

 toberei)resented 

 in the yeries of 

 of fifteen Parts. 

 Ten Parts have 

 been issued and 

 are now read}- 

 for delivery, cov- 

 ering most" of the 

 species of north- 

 ern States and 

 Canada and of 

 the Pacific slope. 

 The other Parts 

 are to be issued 

 as promptly as 

 can be, two being 

 now in advanced 

 jtreparation. 



The woods used 

 in the publishing 

 of AMERICAN 

 WOODS and for 

 vwv mounts for 

 stereopticon and 

 microscope I 

 make it my per- 



„ . . , , X , sonal dutv to 



collect, m order tliat I may be positive of authenticities and secure good, tvpical material. 

 AMERICAN WOODS is of special interest to all who have to do with woods, in whatever 

 way, or are admirers of woods, to nature students, etc., and is being ordered for both jiublic 

 and private libraries and museums, and for school and private use, wherever an authoritative 

 work is required. 



Prici': |.").()0 per Part, in clotii imitation morocco binding, and ^T.-'O in half morocco. 

 Samples of the specimen pages. 25 cts. each. Package of seventy-five unmounted wood- 

 sections, illustrative of five kinds of woods, for class use, $1.00. 



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A Volume of American Woods displayed. Note that the pages in which the specimens are 



mounted are separable to facilitate examination and comparison. The open 



text and cover, which contains all, are shown in the forePTOund. 



