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Title: American forests
Identifier: americanforests08natiuoft (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: National Irrigation Association (U. S. ); New Jersey Forestry Association; South Jersey Woodmen's Association; American Forestry Association
Subjects: Forests and forestry -- Periodicals
Publisher: Washington (etc. ) American Forestry Association (etc. )
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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1902. FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 87 RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Studies of Trees in Winter. A Description of the Deciduous Trees of Northeastern America. By Annie Oakes Huntington, with an introduction by Chari<k.s S. Sargent. Pp. 199. lUustrated with 11 colored plates by Mary S. Morse, and photographs bv the author. Boston: Knight and INIillet, 1902. Price, f2.25 net. This book is divided into fifteen chapters. The first deals with a stud)- of trees in winter. Following this are chapters describing about 30 groups of well-known trees. The restrictive portion of the title, "A De- scription of theDeciduousTreesof Northeastern America," unfortunately com- pelled the author to omit a num- ber of very interesting cedars, spruces, firs, and pines, native and cultivated, in that region. These trees were slighted be- cause they are evergreen. The first chapter explains a number of technical descriptive terms and calls attention to the salient distinctive features of trees in winter. Brief mention is also made of the essential facts concerning growth and struc- ture of trees. The remaining chapters contain notes and de- scriptions of 97 trees, 21 of which are exotic species common in cultivation or naturalized. The author has attempted to show that the deciduous trees chosen can be recognized in winter. The characters named are main- Iv the form of the tree, habit of branching, size, color, modifica- tions of leaf buds, branchlets, color, and structure of bark. The task is well done, and with the aid of the ver)- excellent half-tones and colored plates, the reader is rarely left in doul)t. We cannot help calling attention to the beautiful picture of a su- perb American Elm. The talks about each tree are enlivened by poetical and historical allu- sions, from authors like Virgil and Cie.sar down to Dr. Holmes in his "Autocrat of the Break- fast Table." The author's style is clear and pleasing, and the dry facts are made so interesting that one finds entertainment even in a book of "Studies." For the most part, technical descriptions have not been at- tempted. The few botanical terms used have been explained, as have also the significance of all generic and specific Latin names. The untaught, however, may halt at " subpeteolar." The author deserves special credit for having attempted to distingui.sh deciduous trees in winter, a season when the lavman sees the least number of characters. The trained den- drologi.st knows trees at all seasons ; but until the distinguishing winter features are pointed out, the casual observer is wont to think of leafless trees as quite beyond identification. We believe Miss Huntington has the honor of writing the first popular tree book based on winter characters. For completeness, we wish the author had given the geographic range uniformlv for all species. We are quite satisfied to learn that
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From •' .Sludics of ■rrccs in \\ inter." cunrK.-)' llic Publishers, Knight & Millet, Boston. TRUNKS OF SHAGBARK HICKORIES.

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