LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Willow of Babylon in Western China . . . Frontispiece 



FACING PACE 



The Oldest Living Thing in the World — ^A Tree! ... 6 



The Greatest Memorial Avenue in the World .... 7 



The Famous Burnham Beeches 14 



Cypress of Montezuma 15 



Ancient English Oak at Blenheim, England .... 22 



The American Elm 23 



A Comparison of Tree-Bark Characters — 1 .... 26 



A Comparison of Tree-Bark Characters — 11 .... 27 

 Abnormal Channeled and Fissured Bark of Beech-Tree 



Growing on a Dry Soil 30 



Tjqjical Smooth Bark of the Beech 30 



Two Forms of the Ginkgo 50 



Ginkgo at Koyengi Temple, Japan . . .... 51 



The Ginkgo is a Link with the Limitless Past .... 66 



Ginkgo Avenue at Washington, D.C. ..... 67 



The Cedar of Lebanon 74 



Typical English Yew .... 102 



Clipped Yew in an American Garden 103 



Japanese Yew in Its Native Land no 



Japanese Yew 1 1 1 



Two Famous Yews at Haddonfield, N. J 114 



The Horsechestnut Avenue at Bushey Park, England . . 115 



Three Glories of the Horsechestnut 130 



Two Popular Asiatic Magnolias . 131 



Magnolia Flowers 146 



European Beech 162 



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