PREFACE 
The selection of fruits is limited to a certain number attract- 
ing notice either on account of general distribution or conspicu- 
ous appearance. In this branch, Peterson's " How to Know 
the Wild Fruits " has been of especial assistance. 
I am under great obligation to my friend, Mr. Arthur F. 
Benson, for suggesting the chart system in place of the more 
cumbersome plan I had previously adopted, and for arranging 
the charts for publication. The charts are a modification and 
simplification of those used in the " Practical Guide " (1909). 
The line drawings I have made either from fresh or herbarium 
specimens: the latter mostly from the Phanerogamic Laboratory 
of Harvard University and from the Gray Herbarium, through 
the courtesy of Doctor Goodale and of Doctor Robinson; quite 
a number are drawn also from the Poland Spring Herbarium, 
collected by Kate Furbish, and from the private collection of 
my friend. Doctor J. L. Goodale. I can express my thanks 
only collectively to the many others to whom I am indebted 
either for specimens or for assistance in finding them. 
Boston, 1914. 
