PREFACE TO PART IX. 



In AMERICAN WOODS, Part IX, we have the fourth installment of 

 the woods oi the Pacific slope. Its publication has been retarded 

 somewhat by demands upon our time for the considerable amount of 

 field work necessary for the commencement of the publication of our 

 proposed TREE STUDIES. This is to be a companion work to American 

 Woods, intended to meet a demand for which American Woods is 

 inadequate, viz. : illustrations of the trees themselves and their char- 

 acteristic barks, leaves, flowers and fruits. 



The lack of that feature in AMERICAN WOODS has from the first been 

 appreciated, but the art of modern illustration was in its infancy when 

 AMERICAN WOODS was conceived. The production of such pictures as 

 we are now able to make was then not thought of, save perhaps in the 

 fancies of the pioneer inventors. The wonderful progress these bene- 

 factors have made, and the extensive opportunities the writer has had 

 for the field study of our trees in their native haunts, from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific, have rendered possible the production of the 

 plates which we are glad to present in TREE STUDIES, and which we 

 trust will please our friends who have urged their appearance. 



An announcement of TREE STUDIES follows at the close of this vol- 

 ume, to which the attention of the reader is invited. 



In the production of AMERICAN WOODS, Part IX, I wish especially 

 to acknowledge with gratitude the assistance rendered by Miss Alice 

 Eastwood, of the California Academy of Sciences; Prof. E. S. Meany, 

 of the University of Washington; Prof. W. R. Dudley, of Stanford 

 University; Prof. Chas. H. Shinn, of the University of California; 

 Mr. J. H. Barber, Director Paso Robles Agr. Exp. Station; Mrs. 

 Sarah P. Cooper, of Elwood, Cal. ; Mr. S. B. Parish, of San Bernar- 

 dino, Cal., and others whose company in the fields of their respective 

 regions have contributed greatly to the pleasures of my collecting 

 trips, as well as offering invaluable assistance. 



In regard to the subsequent parts of AMERICAN WOODS, it might be 

 said that Part X is already in advance preparation, and considerable 

 material is in hand for Part XI. The appearance of the former at 

 least during the coming vear can be assured, and the rest of the series 

 will follow as rapidly as possible. 



LOWVILLE, X. Y., Dec. 30, 1902. 



