NEW EDITION IN PREPARATION 



OUR WOODLAND TREES, 



BY 



FRANCIS GEORGE HEATH, 

 AUTHOR OF ''THE FERN WORLD," "THE FERN PARADISE," &c. 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



Tne Life of a Tree. Introductory The Tiee Germ Early Growth Structure- 

 Development Perfection Beauty, 



PART II. 



Some "Woodland Rambles. In the New Forest At Lyndhurst Through GliJe 

 and Covert Where a Norman Fell By Twilight On the Uplands Into the Green- 

 wood Shade Along the Streamside From Brockenhurst to Lyndhurst Where the 

 Green Leaves quiver Through a Green Ride At Midnight. 



PAUT III. 



Trees at Home. A Study of Young Limes A Plea for Trees in Towns Sylvan 

 Streets London Trees More Trees in our Gardens. 



PART IV. 



British "Woodland Trees. The Wavy- leaved Oak The Flat-leaved Oak -The 

 Ilex The Ash-The Small-leaved Elm The Wych Elm The Beech The Lime- 

 The Ivy The Chestnut The Horse-Chestnut The Walnut The Sycamore Th 

 Western Plane- The Oriental Plane The Maple The Arbutus The Privet The 

 Mountain Ash The Spindle Tree The Guelder Rose The Wayfaring Tree The 

 Black-fruited Cherry The Red-fruited Cherry The Pear The Bird Cherry The 

 Wild Service Tree The Apple The White Beam The Honeysuckle The Hazel- 

 The Barberry The Hornbeam The Acacia The Black Poplar The Grey Poplai 

 The White Poplar The Aspen The White Willow The Weeping Willow -The 

 Birch The Alder -The Hawthorn The Blackthorn The Buckthorn The Aldei 

 Buckthorn The Dogwood The Elder The Box The Cedar of Lebanon The 

 Pinaster The Juniper The Medlar -The Silver Fir The Yew The Tamarisk- 

 The Stone Pine The Larch The Holly The Scotch Fir The Spruce Fir. 



SOME PRESS OPINIONS OF "OUR WOODLAND TREES-" 



Times. 



*" Our Woodland Trees' is a work inspired by a genuine and wholesome love of Nature 

 There is some pleasant reading in Mr. Heath's pages amid a vast quantity of botanical lore, 

 ome picturesque descriptions of rural and woodland scenery, and an entertaining smattering 

 rf historical and traditional gossip." 



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