BRITTON'S NORTH AMERICAN TREES 



By NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON, Director-in -Chief of the N. Y. 

 Botanical Garden, assisted by J. A. Shafer, Custodian of the 

 Museums of the N. Y. Botanical Garden, 775 illustrations, 894 pp., 

 $7.00 net. 



The most comprehensive and profusely illustrated single volume 

 on the trees known to grow independently of cultivation in North 

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 technical terms, a glossary of the botanical terms, keys for identifica- 

 tion and a 2g-page index. 



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KERNER AND OLIVER'S NATURAL 

 HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



From the German of ANTON KERNER VON MARILAUN, Professor 

 of Botany in the University of Vienna, by F. W. OLIVER, Quain 

 Professor of Botany in University College, London, with the assist- 

 ance of MARIAN BUSH and MARY E. EWART. 4*0. 2 vols. The 

 set, $11.00 net. 



A work for reference or continuous reading, at once popular and, 

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 colored plates in the latter have been omitted. The wood engravings, 

 over two thousand in number, have been retained. 



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