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AND COPYRIGHTS 



typical forest trees m PbotograDure mi. 



first Scries. 



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3. American Elm. 



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5. Tamarack. 



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7. Willow. 



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Secona Scries. 



Red Oak. 



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think the photographs will do a great deal 

 of good. The tree habit with trunk and 

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John M. Coulter, 

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for ^15.00, for which please forward copies 

 of your publication. They are just what 

 we need. Yours truly, 



G. Straubenmuller, 

 Associate Superintendent, New York. 



BIRDS one year and a complete set of these Forest Trees 



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