TREES AND SHRUBS 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



KEW OR LITTLE KM)WN LIGNEOUS PLAKTS 



THIS work consists of a series of plates, accompanied by brief 

 descriptions, of new or little known trees and shrubs. It is 

 edited by Professor 0. S. Sargent, the author of The Silva of North 

 America and the Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, with the assistance of a number of specialists; and the 

 plates are reproductions of original drawings made by Mr. 0. E. 

 Faxon, the most skillful and experienced botanical draftsman in 

 America, whose work is familiar to the readers of Professor Sar- 

 gent's Sllva and of (hinltn and Forest The material which serves 

 as a basis for the work has been derived largely from the living col- 

 lections and herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum. It will not be 

 confined wholly to North American plants, but will include also the 

 woody plants of other reg illy those of the northern 



hemisphere which ma d to flourish in the gardens of the 



United Stato and Europe, and those of special commercial or eco- 

 nomic interest and value. Tin's publicatiou does not duplicate in any 

 way The Silva of X uipplementary to that publi- 



cation, as from fcime to time N n ;' ; ,.- iin descriptions and figures of 



The woi k \ Ll l ar interval- 



part will contai i twei fh . ae will consist of four 



parts. The parts will be sold -■ 



Atith'-pai:v mil ;m ,<> will be furni 

 h part. 

 A pn»- Part I, ai 



. nil! I« siibliii * ) 



HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 

 4 P 



