jamerican il^atute ^ttit& 



Group I. Classification of Nature 



NORTH AMERICAN TREES 



BEING 



DESCRIPTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE TREES 



GROWING INDEPENDENTLY OF CULTIVATION 



IN NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF MEXICO 



AND THE WEST INDIES 



BY 



NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON, Ph.D., Sc.D. 



Director-in-Chief of the New Tork Botanical Garden 



WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF 



JOHN ADOLPH SHAFER, Pharm. D. 



Custodian of the Museums of the New Tork Botanical Garden 



NEW YORK 



HENRY HOET AND COMPANY 



1908 





