LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS 

 A River Scene in Florida .... Frcntiapiece 



Facing page 



Foliage of the Wiite Oak 8 



Spray of the Sugar Maple 12 



Spray of the Red Maple 12 



The Dogwood in Bloom 22 



Tulip Trees 26 



Character of the White Pine 34 



Sugar Pines 36 



A Pinery in the South 38 



The BuU Pine in its California Home ... 40 



A Silver Fir at Middle Age 50 



Redwood Forest in CaUfomia 58 



Devastation in the Forest 60 



Where the Sheep Have Been 62 



A Passageway through Granite Rocks ... 64 



Shrubbery and River Birches. New Jersey . 66 



Fern Patch in a Grove of White Birch ... 69 



A Yucca in the Chaparral 78 



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