TREE STUDIES. 



SERIES A: TREES AND THEIR BARKS. 

 SERIES B:- LEAVES, FLOWERS, FRUITS AND BUDS. 



ROMEYX B. HOUGH, B. A. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



As it has been made the writer's individual duty to gather the woods 

 for the specimens used in the publication of i i AMERICAN WOODS, ' ' in 

 order that he may be able to vouch for their authenticity, an unusual 

 opportunity is presented him for the observation of our various trees 

 in their native homes. He visits them for the purpose of their 

 acquaintance, and carries with him a camera that he may secure pic- 

 tures of such individuals as best show specific character in habit of 

 growth, nature of bark, etc. for trees indicate identity in these 

 respects far more than the casual observer suspects, and it becomes a 

 fascinating study to observe them. 



The result is the acquisition of a series of pictures of rare value in 

 the study of tree life. They are of such interest that plans have been 

 made for their publication in the form of artistic photogravures, which 

 represent the original photographs the most perfectly of any process 

 known to the art of printing. 



The size of the photogravures is about 7 by 9 inches. They are 

 mounted on dark gray " maltese " mats about 10 by 13 inches in 

 size and fully labeled with all necessary data. These plates will be 

 issued in sets or Parts of twenty-five each and in two forms, viz: as 

 bound quarto volumes and as neatly encased portfolios, the plates 

 in the latter being separable, for the greater convenience of com- 

 parison and classification. The intention is to cover the native and 

 naturalized trees of the United States in the series, as is the case with 

 AMERICAN WOODS, and a large number of the negatives required for the 

 work are already in hand. Their publication will be commenced as 

 soon as the subscriptions received justify the final expense of issuing, 

 and the work will then be pushed as rapidly as possible to completion. 

 Parties interested are respectfully requested to fill in and return the 



