AMERICAN FORESTRY 



BOOK SERVICE SECTION 



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HOUGH'S AMERICAN WOODS 



A publication illustrated by actual specimens 

 -liowing the end, "quarter," and "flat'* grains of 

 ach wood) with text telling uses, properties, dis- 

 tributions, etc. Send for samples of the speci- 

 mens and announcement. 



A volume ui iViiiLiican Woods displayed. The 

 plates containing the specimens are separable, to 

 facilitate examination, and go with the text into 

 the clasped book-like cover. 



The Elliott Cresson medal awarded to the 

 author of "American Woods" on account of its 

 production. This is the very highest of testi- 

 monials to its value. 



HOUGH'S HANDBOOK OF TREES 



I'hoto-descriptive and enables one to iden- 

 ly the trees at any season of the year by com- 

 i risen with its photographic illustrations. Send 

 r sample pages and announcement. 



The Handbook opened at Red Oak. Two pages 

 facing each other are devoted to a species. Ob- 

 serve the scale of measurement in the back- 

 ground of the left page, to indicate natural sizes, 

 and map f showing distribution), wood -structure, 

 and bark characters on right page. These are ex- 

 clusive features of this book. 



"Nothing but praise for the work." The Nation. 



"Kxtraordinarily thorough and attractive. Its 

 illustrations almost carry the sct-nt and touch of 

 the original." New York Times. 



"It is doubtful if any book placed before the 

 public in recent years possesses the peculiar 

 charm of this Handbook." St, Louis Lumberman. 



"The most valuable guide to its subject ever pub- 

 lished." Springfield Republican. 



"No other book can take the place of this 



masterly production. When you have seen it 



you will wonder that it is so inexpensive." 

 Journal of Education. 



We have aho a choice line of Mounts of Woodt 

 tor Lantern and MicroMcope, Tree Studies for 



Lantern, etc. 



ROMEYN B. HOUGH COMPANY 



Lowville, N. Y. 



Marshall Jones Books 



HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS 



By James Raymond Simmons 

 Trees have ever been connect- 

 ed vi^ith human history. Massa- 

 chusetts has more historic trees 

 than any other State in the 

 Union. Some were standing- be- 

 fore the Pilgrims landed and 

 still survive. All of them are de- 

 scribed and many of them shown 

 in the beautiful illustrations of 

 this book. There is a map of 

 value to motor tourists in visit- 

 ing- their historic sites. $4.00. 



THE TURNPIKES OF NEW ENGLAND 



B; Frederic J. Wood 

 An important addition to the 

 history of roads and a book of 

 fascinating style, full of humor, 

 good stories and historical inci- 

 dent. It studies the economic 

 development of New England 

 from the end of the Revolution 

 to the middle of the 19th cen- 

 tury. Special maps have been 

 drawn for each New England 

 State and over three hundred 

 photographs are reproduced be- 

 sides charts and old broad- 

 sides. $10.00. 



GUS HARVEY, THE BOY SKIPPER 

 OF CAPE ANN 



By Captain Charlton A. Smith 

 Boat building, yacht racing, 

 salvaging and camping. A real 

 boy story by a New England 

 sea captain of forty years' ex- 

 perience. You can't help liking 

 it if you have a love of clean, 

 outdoor life. $1.65. 



UP THE MAZARUNI FOR DIAMONDS 



By William J. lavarre 

 The account of a trip in a 

 native canoe up the Mazaruni 

 River in British Guiana on a 

 hunt for diamonds. Since writ- 

 ing it Mr. Lavarre has explored 

 the diamond country further and 

 brought back to the United 

 States the largest diamond ever 

 discovered in the western hemis- 

 phere, a 3034 carat stone. This 

 book is probably the forerunner 

 of other volumes of travel and 

 discovery by him. Read "Up the 

 Mazaruni for Diamonds," the 

 first book of a new American 

 explorer. $1.50. 



Marshall Jones Company, Publishers 



212 Summer Street, Boston, Massachnsetts 



The Drama of the 

 Forests 



by ARTHUR HEMING 



"The only book of its kind 

 about the Canadian Woods" 



]yjR. HEMING has been gathering the 

 material for this book for more than 

 twenty years. During that time he studied 

 and lived in the woods; he stopped at Hud- 

 son's Bay Posts ; he tramped on snowshoes 

 and travelled in canoes with the Indian 

 trappers. Now he has set down with brush 

 and pen the grandeur of the forests. Here 

 is presented the tragedy, the comedy, the 

 whole drama of the great trackless forests 

 and lakes of Northern North America. 



There are FOURTEEN FULL PAGE COLOR 

 PLATES from paintines by the author. A thor- 

 oughly distinctive work. 



The Pocket Nature Library 



A TREASURE for the lover of na- 

 ture. Known wherever books 

 are known as the true guides to 

 four of Nature's most fascinating 

 subjects : 



THE TREE GUIDE, by Julia Ellen Rogers 

 THE BIRD GUIDE, by Chester A. Reed 

 THE BUTTERFLY GUIDE, by Dr. W. J. Holland 

 THE FLOWER GUIDE, by Chester A. Reed 



The only pocket set on Nature where the illus- 

 trations are printed from four-color plates. There 

 are 789 illustrations, of which 566 ILLUSTRA- 

 TIONS ARE IN NATURAL COLORS. The 

 books are bound in flexible black Keratol leather, 

 stamped in gold. 



Request for Inspection 



Doubleday, Page & Co., 

 Dept. 25, Garden City, New York, 



Gentlemen: Please send me postpaid for my 

 inspection the books I have checked below. After 

 receiving them I will either remit or return them 

 promptly. 



[ ] THE DRAMA OF THE FORESTS $5.00 

 fWith 16 color plates) 



[ ] THE POCKET NATURE LIBRARY $6.00 

 (4 vols, illustrated in color) 



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