Literature Relating to Staten Island 



Hough's Handbook of Trees x 



Two hundred and "eight trees are described, with the accom- 

 panying illustrations of trunk, twigs, leaves, and fruit. The leaves 

 and fruits are photographed against a measured background, 

 which makes it possible to ascertain the natural size at a glance. 

 On the tree trunks a one foot rule is displayed, so that the size 

 is apparent there also. Other features are illustrations of 

 leafless twigs, made from photographs taken in winter, show- 

 ing the character of the bark, and photomicrographs of a trans- 

 verse section of the wood in each genus, which makes compari- 

 son very interesting. Accompanying the description of each 

 tree there is a small outline map of the area covered, the dotted 

 portion showing the distribution of the species as far as known. 

 The text is not given over wholly to technical description, for 

 there may be found many sidelights of comment, and the illus- 

 trations also often include some pleasing detail that is additional 

 to the mere matter in hand. 



Of local interest are the illustrations of the following trees, 

 the photographs for which were taken on Staten Island : 



Pignut Hickory Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britt. 



Small-fruited Hickory ... Hicoria microcarpa (Mill.) Britt. 



Black Alder Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. 



Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica Muench. 



White Mulberry Morus alba L. 



Osage Orange Toxylon pomiferum Raf. 



Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera L. 



Sweet Cherry . . Primus avium L. 



1 Handbook of the Trees of the Northern States and Canada, East of 

 the Rocky Mountains. Photo-descriptive. By Romeyn Beck Hough, 

 B.A. 8vo, pp. 470. Illustrated with 498 figures and many outline maps. 

 Published by the author at Lowville, N. Y., 1907. 



