CONE-BEARING T 



OF 



NORTHWEST AM&K1C& 



North of Mexico and West of the Rocky Mountains. 



APPROVED ENGLISH NAMES, 



WITH 



BRIEF POPULAR DESCRIPTIONS. 



"By their fruits ye shall know them." 



In these descriptions enough of detail is given, it is 

 hoped, to bring out the characters for certain identi- 

 fication, upon which are based both the Latin and 

 English names of orders, tribes, genera, groups, and 

 species. It will be seen that the English name is 

 often simply the translation of the Latin one. 



The publication of these brief, popular descriptions 

 in conjunction with the selection of suitable English 

 names, is designed to aid the public in recognizing 

 and enjoying the trees of our noble Pacific forest, 

 nine-tenths of which are composed of these Cone-bear- 

 ers, comprised in sixty species and twenty-five marked 

 varieties. 



The plates seventeen in number selected to illus- 

 trate the principal characters distinguishing Tribes, 

 Genera, and Species, are mostly copies of water-color 

 paintings by Mrs. Lemmon. 



