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FACING PAGE 



Weeping Beech at Flushing, N. Y 163 



Eastern and Western Hazels 178 



Japanese Walnut 179 



American Chestnut 182 



Common Fruits Which Take Us Back into Ancient Days . 1 83 



The Apricot in China, Where it is a Native 190 



The Shade of the Old Apple-Trees 191 



Cherries and Apples 210 



A Chinese Pear at Home . . 211 



Korean Wild Pear-Tree 226 



Weeping Willows 227 



The Lombardy Poplar 230 



Florence Court or Irish Yew 231 



Upright Growing Forms of Native Maples 238 



Unusual Upright Forms of Two Well- Known Trees. . . 239 



Dwarf Mountain or Mugho Pine 258 



Pendulous Dwarf Hemlock 258 



Some Really Dwarf Evergreens 259 



Prostrate Form of the Red Cedar 259 



