LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PACE 



Flowers of the liriodendron 153 



Chestnut burs (tint) 157 



Pecan nuts (tint) igg 



The wide-spreading black walnut 162 



The American sweet chestnut in winter .... 165 



Sweet chestnut blooms 167 



The chinquapin 170 



A shag-bark hickory in bloom 173 



The true nut-eater 178 



The American beech in winter 180 



The witch-hazel 181 



Catkins of the sweet birch (tint) 185 



Berries of the dogwood (tint) 187 



Sweet birch in spring igi 



Yellow birches 192 



Flowers of the spice-bush 194 



Leaves and berries of the American holly . .195 



American holly tree at Trenton 196 



Floral bracts or involucres of the dogwood . . .199 



The red-bud in bloom 201 



Blooms of the shad-bush 2o6 



Flowers of the American linden 207 



The American linden 209 



Flowers of the black locust 211 



Young trees of the black locust , 2I2 



The sycamore, or button-ball 215 



Button -balls — fruit of the sycamore 217 



The liquidambar 220 



The leaves and fruit of the liquidambar .... 222 



The papaw in bloom 226 



Flowers of the papaw 227 



The persimmon tree in fruiting time . . . . .231 



Berries of the spice-bush ........ 234 



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