1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



87 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



Studies of Trees in Winter. A Description of the 

 Deciduous Trees of Northeastern America. 

 By Annie 0.\kes Huntington, with an 

 introduction b}' Chari.ks S. Sargent. 

 Pp. 199. Illustrated with 11 colored plates 

 by M.\RY S. Morse, and photographs by 

 the author. Boston : Knight and INIillet, 

 1902. Price, I2.25 net. 



This book is divided into fifteen chapters. 

 The first deals with a stud}' of trees in winter. 

 Following this are chapters describing about 

 30 groups of well-known trees. 



The restrictive portion of the title, "A De- 

 scription of theDeciduousTreesof Northeastern 

 America," unfortunately com- 

 pelled the author to omit a num- 

 ber of very interesting cedars, 

 spruces, firs, and pines, native 

 and cultivated, in that region. 

 These trees were slighted be- 

 cause they are evergreen. 



The first chapter explains a 

 number of technical descriptive 

 terms and calls attention to the 

 salient distinctive features of 

 trees in winter. Brief mention 

 is also made of the essential facts 

 concerning growth and struc- 

 ture of trees. The remaining 

 chapters contain notes and de- 

 scriptions of 97 trees, 21 of which 

 are exotic species common in 

 cultivation or naturalized. The 

 author has attempted to show 

 that the deciduous trees chosen 

 can be recognized in winter. 

 The characters named are main- 

 ly the form of the tree, habit of 

 branching, size, color, modifica- 

 tions of leaf buds, branchlets, 

 color, and structure of bark. 

 The task is well done, and with 

 the aid of the very excellent 

 half-tones and colored plates, 

 the reader is rarely left in doubt. 

 We cannot help calling attention 

 to the beautiful picture of a su- 

 perb American Elm. The talks 

 about each tree are enlivened 

 by poetical and historical allu- 

 sions, from authors like Virgil 

 and Caesar down to Dr. Holmes 

 in his "Autocrat of the Break- 

 fast Table. ' ' The author's style 

 is clear and pleasing, and the 

 dry facts are made so interesting 

 that one finds entertainment 

 even in a book of "'Studies." 

 For the most part, technical 

 descriptions have not been at- 

 tempted. The few botanical 

 terms used have been explained, 

 as have also the significance of 

 all generic and specific Latin 

 names. The untaught, however, 

 maj- halt at ' ' subpeteolar. ' ' 



The author deserves special credit for having 

 attempted to distinguish deciduous trees in 

 winter, a season when the lavman sees the 

 least number of characters. The trained den- 

 drologist knows trees at all seasons ; but until 

 the distinguishing winter features are pointed 

 out, the casual observer is wont to think of 

 leafless trees as quite beyond identification. 

 We believe Miss Huntington has the honor of 

 writing the first popular tree book based on 

 winter characters. 



For completeness, we wish the author had 

 given the geographic range uniformly for all 

 species. We are quite satisfied to learn that 



From " SliKlics<jf I rccs in Uuilci." coiulc.-^y the 

 Publishers, Knight & Millet, Boston. 



TRUNKS OF SHAGBARK HICKORIES. 



