PREFACE. 



Bv carehil drawings ot one whole tree in each species, and of 

 its many parts separately, as they differ in the various stages of 

 growth, or with the seasons ot the year, I haye attempted to show 

 the beauty and interest to be tound in forest trees. Few people 

 haye time and opportunity to stud\- these from nature tor themselves, 

 and existing books are either purely botanical or so incomplete as to 

 he of little use to the true student. 



The object ot the letterpress is to explain the growth of the 

 tree in so tar as it affects its external appearance, and to draw attention 

 to facts which any careful observer can verity tor himself. 



Botanical terms and methods of classification are continually 

 changing, neither are they of much service in dealing with tree- 

 forms ; for these reasons they are not employed in the present work. 



I am indebted to my wife tor many observations, and to Miss 

 Dorothy Kempe tor re-modelling my sentences to the form in which 

 they now appear. 



NOTE. 



This work is planned as a book of reference for artists and 

 designers, and is intended to give the landscape student assistance of 

 the same kind as is supplied by works on the anatomy of the human 

 form in the other branch of art. 



It may also give pleasure to the lover of trees who desires a 

 more accurate knowledge of their growth and character. 



All the illustrations are fac-simile reproductions ot drawings by 

 the author. 



