Conti nts. ix 



CHAPTER XXII. 



DESCRIPTION OF PAltTICUI.Ar. SPECIES. 



Oaks — Chestnuts — Beeches — Birches — Alders — Hornbeam — Maples — 

 Box-Elders — Lindens — Elms — Osage-Orange — Mulberry — Hackbeny 

 — Tulip-tree — Sycamores — Buckeyes — Soap-berry — Locusts — Coffee- 

 tree — Red-bud — Acacias — Yellow-wood — Pears and Apples — Crab- 

 trees — Pluuis and Cherries — Thorn-trees — Service-berry — Eucalj'ptus 

 — Eugenias — Cornel Family — Sour-Gum — Elders — Elms — Butter- 

 bush — Silver-bell — Ashes — Olive— Lilac — Hickories — Black Walnut 

 Butternut — Poplars — Cotton woods — Willows — Ailanthus — Arbutus 

 — Manzinita — Paw-paws — Catalpas — Mountain Mahogany — Persim- 

 mon — Burning-Bush — Holly Family — Laurels — Sweet-Gum — Mag- 

 nolias — Pride-of-India — Iron-woods — Sorrel- tree — Mesquits — Buck- 

 thorns — Sumacs — Sassafras — Buffalo-berry — Mahogany — Arrow- 

 wood, etc 210-299 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE CONlPEnS. 



General Statement and Definitions — Classification — Cypress Family — 

 Yews — Families not represented in U. S. — Pine Family — The Cy- 

 presses and W hite Cedars — The Junipers — Red-Cedars — Bald-Cypress 

 — Sequoias — Giant-trees — Redwood — Yews — Torreyas — Ginkgo — 

 Pines — Spruces — Hemlocks — Douglas Fir — Firs — Larches... 299-345 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



TREE-PLANTISG IX KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. 



List of Species approved in Kansas, by Counties — Propagation by Cut- 

 tings and Native Seedlings — Distances between Trees — Effect of 

 Shelter-belts — Locust-trees in Central Kansas— Gathering and Pre- 

 serving Seeds — Preparation of the Ground — Tree-culture on the 

 Plains 346-353 



Recent Decision under Timber-culture Act 354 



