BANDBOOK OF NEBRASKA TREES 



h > 

 RAYMOND .1. Pool. 



INTBODUCTIOM 



Nebraska could not i»t- classified as a foresti 



■i cent, of the area oi the state is covered by natural timber. How- 



■r our native forest trees are cjuite numerous as to different kinds and 



their distribution in the state is characterized by many interesting 



facts. The every day life of our people is not so commonly associated 

 h tree- that of peoples in the more wooded states where lumber- 



ing and the wood- working industries are very important occupati* 

 because of the proximity of great forests of coniferous or broadleaved 

 trees. The people of Nebraska use the wood produced by certain native 

 or introduced trees for fuel, fence posts, poles, and in some cases it 1- 

 e^ en sawed into lumber. Trees are also very widely used for shelter- 

 1 fits or wind-breaks and for planting along the roadside or street and 

 for beautifying our premises. The extremes of climatic variations which 

 frequently become more or less uncomfortable in either winter or sum- 

 mer are considerably ameliorated by the presence of trees about our 

 homes and farms. The thousands of fine, planted groves dotted over 

 this state have done much to make our broad prairies more inhabit- 

 able as well as more beautiful. So in various ways the people >f 

 braaka are brought into a more or less intimate association with 

 fees and many become greatly interested in knowing the different kinds 

 DJ trees that add so much to the joy as well as the profit of living. 



Botanist.- have studied the trees of Nebraska for many years 

 that our trees are well known to that class of citizens. Considerable 

 llao been written about Nebraska trees, but a simple and well 

 illustrated guide which would enable anyone to identify our trees and 



become better acquainted with them has never before been pub- 

 lished. The chief purpose of this little book is to offer a ready and direct 

 means for the identification of our native and commoner introdu 

 trees and to supply information about the same of the kind which 

 i eing continually requested of the department of botany. 



I am pi to render grateful acknowledgment in this place 



the kind' f Professor ("ha-. H. Otis, of Western Reserve Cniver- 



rity, Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of the University of Michigan, who 

 loaned me the original pen and ink drawing- from which the grea 

 i-umber of the figures with which this book is illi, pre- 



ed. These drawing- were originally made by Pi Otis 



