ILVA OF NORTH AMERICA 



}N September, 1890, Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company announced the pub- 

 lication of i> rgent's Silva ?f Xorih America in twelve quarto volumes, illus- 

 trated with six hi bed plates engraved in Paris under th 

 A. Riocreux from dra, G.E.Faxon. The last ci 



was published in January, 1899, the twcl\- ~ I sues containing six hundred and 

 twenty plates. 



The publication .»f this exhaustive and monum stimulated 



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and duri the number of trees recognized by L> 



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 from 422, the number *announ Houghton. Miffi 



circular of 1890. For this reason two supplementary volumes were added, con- 

 taining 115 new plates and a thorough index of the entire work. They were 

 published in the set. 



Professor Sargent is nvogni/.i-d ;s tL< big 

 treats. His posil Arnold Arboretum of liar. 



the richest dendrological collection in A by him, 



and his opportunities while in the employ 

 for exploring the forest- an : studying the trees in ev< 



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 of Natural History a collection t< X ikAnuru , 



specially qualify him for this work, in * 

 actively engaged d rs. 



No spared in the mechanical execution of the illus- 



trations rank among those great scientific 



works of which 

 authority on the treats. 



The price of the Si!.- ■ I- --"> -u t . \ ' :n\- . i.v *■•''>" u ■> 

 subscriptions for the entire epted. 



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