LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The White Birch is a delicate gipsy of the 



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The Black Oak is a large, loosely headed species 34 



The Red Oak has a rounded, dome-like top . . 35 



The Shell-bark Hickory has rough, shaggy bark 68 



The White Ash is found in fertile, well-watered 



places 69 



The American Elm as it grows in Massachusetts 98 



Weeping Willows along the Potomac River . . 99 



The Red Maple is called "The Queen of the 



Forest" 134 



The Sugar Maple is a favorite shade tree . . 135 



The American Beech is known by its smooth, sil- 

 very bark IBS 



A Black Walnut tree believed to be a century old 167 



The Horse Chestnut possesses the streets in many 



of our towns 198 



The Basswood or American Linden is a stately 



tree 199 



The Balsam Fir has a blueish-green foliage with 



a silvery under surface 222 



Among the pines the White Pine is the tallest, 

 stateliest and best-known 223 



