Loudon, Jolm Claudius 



Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, the trees and shrubs of 

 Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and 

 botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; 

 with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, 

 in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape gardening; 

 preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and 

 shrubs of temper-ciimates throughout the world; by J. C. Loudon, 

 F. L. and H. S. etc., author of the encyclopaedias of gardening and 

 of agriculture; in eight volumes, ed. 2 



London, 1844. Sold by Longman, etc. 8 v., illus. 23 cm. cl. (some 

 rebound) 



Library also has ed. 2, 1854. Very fine copy. 



London, 1854. Bohn, 8 v., illus., hand col. pi. 23 cm. % lea. gold back. 

 V. 1-4, illustrated text. v. 5-8 plates. Each vol. has individual con- 

 tents and index and vol. 4 has a general index. 



One of the authorities, and a valuable work. 



Lowe, John 



The yew-trees of Great Britain and Ireland. 

 London, 1897. Macmiilan, xiv&264 p., pi. 24 cm. cl. 



The history, uses ancient and modern, and place in literature of 

 the yew-tree. 



"What of the bow? 



The bow was made in England; 

 Of true wood, of yew wood, 



The wood of English bows; 

 So meil who are free 

 Love the old yew-tree, 

 And the land where the yew-tree grows." 



A. Conan Doyle. 



Massachusetts commissioners on the zoological and botanical survey 



of the state. 



A report on the trees and shrubs growing naturally in the forests of 



Massachusetts. 



Boston, 1846. Button & Wentworth, xv & 534 p., 17 pi. 24 cm. 



% lea. gold back. 



Report made by George B. Emerson. Arranged according to the 

 natural order. Very fine leaf-and-fruit plates. 



Michaux, Francois Andre 



The North American Sylva; or, description of the Forest Trees of the 

 United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia; considered particularly 

 with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into 

 Commerce; to which is added a description of the most useful of the 

 European forest trees. Illustrated by 156 colored engravings. Trans- 

 lated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux. . _with notes by 

 J. Jay Smith 5 v. 



Philadelphia, 1857-59. D. Rice and A. N. Hart, 5 v., col. pi. 27^^ 

 cm. % lea. gold edge & back 



vol. 1-3 trans, by Augustus D. Hillhouse. vols. 4-5 have title: 

 "The North American Sylva: or, A description of the forest 

 trees. . .not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux. . . 

 By Thomas Nuttall." 



Michaux, Francois Andre, and Nuttall, Thomas 



The North American Sylva. 5 v. 



Philadelphia, 1857-59. D. Eice & A. N. Hart, 5 v., illus. 27l^ cm. 



% lea. gold edge & back. 



Nuttall, Thomas 



The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees 



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