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INTRODUCTORY i 



ACACIA Robinia Pseud-acacia. . . .12 



AILANTHUS OR TREE OF HEAVEN A. glandulosa 15 



ALDER Alnus glutinosa . . . i , , : , 18 



ALMOND Amygdalus communis amara . > 20 



ARBUTUS OR STRAWBERRY TREE A. Unedo . 21 

 ASH Fraxinus excelsior . . -23 



BAY TREE Laums nobilis . * 2 7 



BEECH Fagus sylvatica . .-., , . . 28 



BIRCH Betula alba . . . . 30 



BUCKEYE Pavia macrostachya w . * 32 



CATALPA OR INDIAN BEAN C. bignonioides . 33 



CEDAR OF LEBANON Cedrus Libani . * 38 



CHERRY Cerasus Avium . . . . 42 



CHESTNUT, HORSE TEsculus Hippocastanum * 44 



CHESTNUT, SWEET OR SPANISH Castanea vesca 45 



CORNELIAN CHERRY Cornus Mas . . . . 47 



COTONEASTER FRIGIDA . . . . . -~ 47 



DECIDUOUS CYPRESS Taxodium distichum . 49 



EASTERN ARBORVITAE Thuya orientalis . . 50 



ELDER Sambucus nigra . . . . 51 



ELM Ulmus campestris . , * -' S3 



FIG Ficus Carica * ; ? .... 58 



HAWTHORN Crat&gus Oxyacantha . , . 59 



HAZEL Corylus Avellana . . v . 62 



HOLLY Ilex Aquifolium . . + 63 



HONEY LOCUST Gleditschia triacanthos . * 65 



HOP HORNBEAM Ostrya carpinifolia . .- 66 



HORNBEAM Carpinus Betulus . . . . 66 



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