LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Willow of Babylon in Western China . . . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



The Oldest Living Thing in the World — A Tree! ... 6 



The Greatest Memorial Avenue in the World .... 7 



The Famous Burnham Beeches 14 



Cypress of Montezuma 15 



Ancient English Oak at Blenheim, England .... 22 



The American Elm 23 



A Comparison of Tree-Bark Characters — I .... 26 



A Comparison of Tree-Bark Characters — II .... 27 

 Abnormal Channeled and Fissured Bark of Beech-Tree 



Growing on a Dry Soil 30 



Typical Smooth Bark of the Beech 30 



Two Forms of the Ginkgo 50 



Ginkgo at Koyengi Temple, Japan 51 



The Ginkgo is a Link with the Limitless Past .... 66 



Ginkgo Avenue at Washington, D. C. . .... 67 



The Cedar of Lebanon .... 74 



Typical English Yew .... 102 



Clipped Yew in an American Garden. . .... 103 



Japanese Yew in Its Native Land ....... no 



Japanese Yew in 



Two Famous Yews at Haddonfield, N. J 114 



The Horsechestnut Avenue at Bushey Park, England . . 115 



Three Glories of the Horsechestnut 130 



Two Popular Asiatic Magnolias . '• '3' 



Magnolia Flowers 146 



European Beech jfo 



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