"j1 leaictiful dooJc of rare merit" 



Among Green Trees 



By JULIA ELLEN ROGERS, 



Nearly 200 Illustrations^ Photogravures, Half-tones and Line Drawings, $3.00 

 A Quide to Pleasant and Profitable Acquaintance with Familiar Trees. 



THE VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS! 



Part I. Outdoor Studies with Trees. The nature-study sidm. 



Part II. The Life of Trees. The physiological side. 



Part III. The Cultivation of Trees. The practical side. 



Part IV. The Kinds of Trees. The systematic side. 



•* Among Green Trees" Is a book that every teacher, 

 every nature lover and every library should possess. 

 Author and publisher have done their work with a 

 thoroughness that leaves little to be desired In content 

 and make-up. The author has treated her subject from 

 the view-point of the botanist, the arboriculturist, the 

 nurseryman and the landscape gardener, but chiefly of 

 the lover of trees. The book contains a wealth of prac- 

 tical, interesting Information, enriched by superb pho- 

 togravures and excellent line engravings. There Is a 

 breadth of treatment and^ charm of presentation In 

 this volume that one rarely finds. The itudy of its 

 broad, cleanly printed pages will Inspire a love for 

 trees, nature's noblest gift to man.— W. W. GAampioiit 

 Attortiey-at-Law, WUliamsport, Fa* 



It Is the best tree book I have yet seen. The nature- 

 study side Is admirably presented. There Is a tone In 

 the book that fills one with a strong yearning to go out 

 and read for one's self the open book of nature. The 

 spirit and aroma of the fleldti and woods are breathed 

 In from every page. It Is the book for the tree lover.— 

 Daniel W. Hamm, Allentown, Pa, 



You have mado riOt o ly the best tree book we have 

 for the purpose^ c f the nature lover, but the only tree 

 book that approacnes tao tree In the right spirit. Take 

 away Sargent's great 'Silva", and I would far rather 

 han lose yours. All the rest 

 ing acquaintance with lots of 

 jaIn through them the cheap 

 -^11 the tres." But your book 

 iwledge of a few trees, and a 

 '0 of ''the tree." Yours Is the 

 a to have written myself.— 

 State Normal School 'West 



lose all the others 

 chiefly give 5 ovi a yy 

 trees, so that one 

 reputation of " knc 

 gives one an IntU 

 real and abiding . 

 book I should db 

 Projeseor S, V. 5t 

 Cheater, Fa, 



••Among Grv,en T: 

 lighted with ihe boi 

 congratulated us we; 

 green cover, enamek 

 perfect typo all strike 

 photogravures. I ha- 

 reading. I did not kn 

 faithfully ai.d so f^isf 

 book amoDv my 

 Tarkio CoUtge, Tu 



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 borlculturl.-^t t 

 appreciates th 

 picture making 



e In due time and I am de- 



ik the publisher is to be 



author. The royal size, 



"^ide margins and open, 



Finest of all are the 



atly Interested In the 



-itory could be told no 



-^m proud to have the 



r J.\ VaUance Mrown, 



It Is very finely executed. Is full of valuable In- 



formation, and Is In all ways a credit to author and 

 publisher.— i/on.^enry JSabin, D*$ Moinee, la., formerly 

 State Superintendent of Fuhlic Instruction, 



This is truly "a guide to pleasant and profitable 

 acquaintance with familiar trees," a book that will 

 send one out of doors In all seasons to find out for him- 

 self the secrets of the woods. It Is not merely a book 

 of Identltication.the subject being treated from at least 

 four po'inu of view. Eleven chapters are devoted to 

 outdoor studies with trees, or nature study In its best 

 sense— "a keen appreciative Interest In the common 

 things about us." In these chapters are discussed In a 

 suggestive, Interesting style such subjects as the life 

 history of a maple tree, the flight of seeds, knots and 

 knot-holes, thorns and prickles, and winter buds. Part 

 II. follows, giving the physiology of trees, telling how 

 they breathe, feed, grow and sleep, how they reproduce 

 their kind and why they dio. Perhaps a little more 

 than one-fourth of the book ib g ven up to the different 

 kinds of trees, the most common ones o nly being de- 

 scribed. Perhaps the most Interesting, certainly the 

 most useful part of Miss Rogers's book is that section 

 devoted to the cultivation of trc is. Such practical 

 matters are taken up as the pi; itlng of home and 

 school grounds, pruning, grafting, bhe treatment of the 

 enemies of trees, and the uae of the farmer's wood lot. 

 —Southern Workman. 



Every-day tree problems are treated by Julia Ellen 

 Rogers In such a simple, every -day manaer In "Among 

 Green Trees" that readers will not otly be Interested 

 with the strange and curioua truths unfolded, but will 

 at the same time enrich their store of knowledge with 

 an additional fund conoerninR the growing things all 

 about them. It Is a real pleasure to know trees at a 

 glance.to distinguish by bark formation and leaf shape 

 one from another, to know all about grafting and trans- 

 planting, and how to care f r trees. Very few are com- 

 petent In a walk In the sub* rbs to tell an elm from a 

 birch, a beech from a maple, u flr from a pine. Thli 

 book will teach how to know. It Is Illustrated with 

 photogravures of entire tretu. hulf t< rew of trunks and 

 leiives. and line engmTlngs made under fche supervision 

 of the author.— r^tf Boeton i.lobe. 



Permit me to congratul .«« you 00th on the vol- 

 ume an ' its content. Your Illustrations are fine and 

 '' 'ha at<^ very instnictivo, and most of all, in- 

 ' -t the wcrK may be .prospered on the 

 las been sen* |^'^C "icompllsh ^ood 

 ■ior Thomiit 'Mride, Chau of 

 'iy of loioa. 



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