CONTENTS 



VAom 



Introduction xi 



PARTI 

 The Life OF THE Trees 5 



PART II 



The Nut Trees «S 



The Walnuts; The Hickories; The Beech; The 

 Chestnuts; The Oaks; The Horse-chestnuts; The 

 Lindens 



PART III 



Water-loving Trees 75 



The Poplars; The W^illows; The Hornbeams; The 

 Birches; The Alders; The Sycamores; The Gum 

 Trees; The Osage Orange 



PART IV 



Trees With Shoavy Flowers AND Fruits . . . 101 

 The Magnolias; The Dogwoods; The Vibur- 

 nums; The Mountain Ashes; The Rhododendron; 

 The Mountain Laurel; The Madrona; The Sorrel 

 Tree; The Silver Bell Trees; The Sweet Leaf; The 

 Fringe Twja; The Laurel Family; The Witch 



