2 Family Burseraceae_p1
2. Family Burseraceae The Gumbo Limbo (bursera Simaruba, Sarg.), Sole Arbores Cent Species Of The Single Genus Of Its Family Represented In The United States, Is A Tree Very Commonly Met With In Southern Florida. It Is The Only Native Tree That Sheds Its Leaves In The Autumn. This Habit ...
2 Family Burseraceae_p2
This Largest Of Northern Sumachs Is Constantly Seen On Railroad Embankments, In Fence Rows, And Along The Highways Of Wooded Regions. In The Summer Its Fern-like Foliage Covers All The Ugliness Of The Most Unsightly Bank, And Lifts Among The Green Its Fine Clusters Of Ruddy Or Pink Blossoms. In ...
2 Family Burseraceae_p3
3. Genus Cotinus, Linn. The American Smoke Tree (cotinus Americanus, Nutt.) Shows By Its Pithy Stems, Aromatic, Resinous Juice, And General Habit, Its Kinship With The Sumachs, Which Are Better Known. The Large, Simple Leaves, 4 To 6 Inches Long And Half As Wide, Are Not Like Sumach Leaves; The ...
2 Family Burseraceae_p4
"the Mistletoe Hung In The Castle Hall And The Holly Branch Hung On The Old Oak Wall; The Baron's Retainers Were Blythe And Gay Keeping Their Christmas Holiday." Away Back Of- The Christian Era, Not The Druids Only, But The Pagan Tribes Of Continental Europe, Especially Those Under The Rule ...
A Lumber Camp Of_p1
A Lumber Camp Of To-day. In A Mountainous Corner Of One Of The Thirteen Originas States Is A "patch" Of White Pine, One Of The Last Remnants Of The Forest Primeval, Here Is A Lumber Camp With A Hundred Men Working Throughout The Year. It Is Estimated That At The ...
A Lumber Camp Of_p2
The Panting Little Engine Reached The Camp And Rested From Its Labours. The Engineer, Posing As A Good-natured Santa Claus, Handed Out Parcels To Those Who Came Expecting Them. A Scarlet Sweater To One Burly Chopper, A Double-bitted Axe To Another, A New Pair Of Brogans To A Third. There ...
A Lumber Camp Of_p3
The Nights In Camp Were Full Of New Sights And Sounds. A Rasping Sound As Of Something Gnawing Off The Very Foundations Of The House Was Silenced By The Gun Of The Householder. Next Morning We Heard It Was "nawthin' But A Couple O' Porkypines That Come Around Chawin' On ...
A Lumber Camp Of_p4
The Pine Logs, Bleeding Red At Both Ends, Are Rolled From The Cars Into The Mill Slough. A Man On A Raft With A Long Pike Leads A Leviathan To The Bottom Of An Inclined Plane At The Door Way Of The Mill. An Endless Chain Set With Sharp Teeth ...
Cherries In Japan
Cherries In Japan Everybody Admires, In A Casual Way, The Crisp, Dainty Blossoms Of Our Garden Cherries, And The Large, Rosy Ones Of Certain European Ornamental Varieties Often Seen In American Gardens. But Until One Goes To Japan He Cannot Realise How Beautiful A Blossoming Cherry Tree Can Be, Nor ...
Cultivated Cherries
Cultivated Cherries The Sour, Pie Cherry (prunus Cerasus, Linn.), Which Often Escapes From Old Gardens And Spreads By Suckers Into Roadside Thickets, Is A European Immigrant. It Is Believed To Be The Parent Of Our Cultivated Sour Cherries. It Is A Low-headed, Spreading Tree With No Central "leader" Among Its ...
Does It Pay To
Does It Pay To Plant Trees For Timber? This Is Another Question. Fifty Years Ago It Would Generally Have Been Answered In The Negative. The Pioneer Was Still Clearing Land For His Farm, The Great Lumber Companies Were But Beginning Their Work, And The Great Plains Were Not Yet Peopled. ...
Enemies Of City Trees
Enemies Of City Trees Trees In Cities Lead A Hard Life. The Air Is Charged With Smoke, Soot And Noxious Gases. These Clog The Leaf Doorways, Thus Interfering With The Tree's Life Processes. Paved Streets And Side Walks Prevent The Proper Ventilation And Watering Of The Soil. The Roots Need ...
Eucalyptus Plantations
Eucalyptus Plantations The "blue Gum" Is But One Of Forty Species Of The Australian Genus, Eucalyptus, Which Have Been Naturalised In This Country. In The Tree-planting Experiments Of California And The Semi-arid Southwestern States These Immigrant Trees Are Comparable To The Catalpa In Kansas. They Are Propagated From Seeds, Which ...
European Lindens
European Lindens Under The Linnman And Trade Name, Tilia Europoza, Many Different Species Of Lindens Have Been Imported By American Nurserymen, And These Trees Are Widely Planted, Especially In The Eastern States. Tilia Vulgans, With Small Leaves Green On Both Sides, Is A Favourite Avenue Tree, Beside Which The American ...
Exotic Pines_p1
Exotic Pines We Are All European Immigrants, Once Or Twice Removed. Our Craving For Things Imported Is An Appetite Inherited From Our Colonial Ancestors. Our Horticulture Owns Its European Paren Tage. The Early Settlers Brought Trees And Flowers From The Old Country. They Transplanted The Old Home, As Far As ...
Exotic Pines_p2
From Japan We Have Three Species. The Little P. Parviflora, Often Dwarfed By Potting At Home, Is Charming In Its Abundance Of Red Cones In The Dense Pyramid Of Bluish-green Leaves. It Is One Of Japan's Forest Trees, Growing To 8o Feet In Height. The Red Pine (p. Densiflora), Also ...
Exotic Plums
Exotic Plums The Old-fashioned New England Garden With Its Fine Plums— Damsons, Green Gages, And The Like—points Us Back To The Time When The Colonists Came To The New World And Brought The Fruit Trees They Had Known In The Old. These Common Plums Are Varieties Of The Woolly-twigged, Thick-leaved ...
Family Sapindaceae
Family Sapindaceae Some Interesting Relatives Of The Buckeyes Are To Be Found In The Soapberry Family, Which Comprises Over One Hundred Genera, Chiefly Tropical Plants. The Leaves Are Alternate, And The Fruits Are Drupes Or Capsules. Five Deserve Mention Here. The Spanish Buckeye (ungnadia Speciosa, Endl.) Is A Small Tree ...
Forest By Products
Forest By-products The Naval-stores Industry. Turpentine Gathering In The Longleaf Pine Woods Began With The Settlement Of The Country, And Forms One Of Its Greatest Forest Industries. Vast Quantities Of Tar, Rosin And Turpentine Have Been Consumed, Chiefly In Ship Yards In This And Other Countries, Until The Steel Craft ...
Forestry In The United_p1
Forestry In The United States. Forestry Is The Intelligent Management Of Woodlands To Serve Some Definite Purpose. Three Distinct Types Of Forests Result From Working Toward As Many Different Objects, Each Legitimate, And Serving The Country's Needs. 1. The Supply Forest Is Managed Upon A Commercial Basis. Its Object Is ...
Forestry In The United_p2
Noxious Animals, Including Dogs, The Worst Enemy Of Deer, Are Exterminated By The Wardens, Who Also Keep Off Poachers, And Do All They Can To Promote The Well-being Of Big Game And Small. In Winters Of Deep Snows It Is Necessary To Cut Down Trees So That The Ruminants May ...
Forestry In The United_p3
The Government Has 6o,000,000 Acres Of Land In National Parks And Reservations, Set Apart Since 189o. In Parks All Lumber Ing Is Suspended, Game Is Protected, And Troops Arc Stationed Along Its Borders To Insure The Carrying Out Of The Laws. In Reservations No Such Surveillance Is Maintained; The Laws ...
From The Nursery
From The Nursery Nursery Trees Have Been Grown In Rich Soil And Cultivated As They Grew. Their Root Systems Are, Or Should Be, Compact Because The Trees Have Been Transplanted Yearly In The Nursery Rows. First-class Trees Cost A Little More Than Second-class, But Are Cheaper In The End. Nursery ...
General Tree Surgery
General Tree Surgery Capital Operations In Tree Surgery Are Performed With Notable Success Nowadays. When A Great Limb Cracks Away From The Trunk, Threatening The Admission Of Water And Disease Germs Into The Cleft, An Iron Bolt Of Proper Length And Strength Is Pro Vided. An Auger Hole Is Bored ...
Guards For Street Trees
Guards For Street Trees The Cheap And Effective Roll Of Heavy Woven Wire Is Often Seen In This Country. The Wooden Boxing Of Erect Slats Is Strong But Ugly. Iron Rods Secured By Iron Hoops Are Developed In Ornamental Designs In Many Of The Parks Of European Cities, And Of ...
How To Cut Off
How To Cut Off A Limb "the Best Pruning Tool Is The Thumb And Finger." So It Is, Even For Trees In Their Infantile Stages. Pinching Back Tender Shoots Forms The Tree's Head To The Owner's Liking, And Yearly Attention Keeps It Under Control. This Is The Ideal Way. In ...
How To Know The_p1
How To Know The Trees "and Surely Nobody Can Find Anything Hard In This; Even The Blind Must Enjoy These Woods, Drinking In Their Fragrance, Listening To The Music Of The Winds In Their Groves, And Fingering Their Flowers And Plumes And Cones And Richly Furrowed Boles. The Kind Of ...
How To Know The_p2
Only Three Families Of Our Large Trees Have Opposite Leaves. This Fact Helps The Beginner. Look First At The Twigs. If The Leaves, Or (in Winter) The Buds And Leaf Scars, Stand Opposite, The Tree (if It Is Of Large Size) Belongs To The Maple, Ash Or Horse Chestnut Family. ...
How To Plant A
How To Plant A Tree 1. Dag The Hole Wider And Deeper Than The Tree Requires. The Root Tips Are The Feeders, And They Cover The Periphery Of The Root System. They Will Reach Out During The Growing Season, Forming A New Set Of Feeding Roots. They Should Find Only ...
How To Tell Magnolias
How To Tell Magnolias When In Flower A Simple Key For The Tree Lover; Free From Technicalities And Especially Designed For Use Out-of-doors: Blooming Before The Leaves. Colour Of Flowers Pure White Or Nearly So. Shape Of Flowers Bell-like Yulan Shape Of Flowers Star-like. Petals 9 To Pink Streaked Outside ...
How Trees Are Measured
How Trees Are Measured. I Was Walking One Day With A Forester Trained In The Black Forest. A Beautiful Shagbark Of Unusual Height Attracted My Attention. I Asked How Tall He Thought It Was. Imagine My Surprise When He Shut Up Like A Jack-knife—his Hips The Hinge, His Head Between ...
How Trees Are Multiplied_p1
How Trees Are Multiplied. Nature Begrudges Man All The Land He Has Cleared Of Forests. And If He Relaxes His Vigilance—lets A Field Lie Fallow A Year Or Two— The Forest Begins To Encroach, And Takes It Back. Every Year Trees Flower And Fruit, And Young Saplings Come Up Wherever ...
How Trees Are Multiplied_p2
Thousands Of Tree Seeds Are Sown Where But Tens May Hope To Germinate And Grow. Some Seeds (e. G., Willow) Must Germinate At Once Or They Lose Their Vitality And Die. Most Of These Cannot Start Unless They Fall In Very Moist Soil. So Each Has Its Peculiar Limitations, And ...
How Trees Spend The_p1
How Trees Spend The Winter. Nine Out Of Every Ten Intelligent People Will See Nothing Of Interest In A Row Of Bare Trees. They Casually State That Buds Are Made In The Early Spring. They Miss Seeing The Strength And Beauty Of Tree Architecture Which The Foliage Conceals In Summertime. ...
How Trees Spend The_p2
The Skin Is The Efficient "third Lung" Of Animals. The Closing Of Its Pores Causes Immediate Suffocation. The Bark Of Trees Carries On The Work Of Respiration In The Absence Of The Leaves. Bark Is Porous, Even Where It Is Thickest. Look At The Twigs Of Half A Dozen Kinds ...
How Trees Spend The_p3
A Tree Takes On In Winter The Temperature Of The Surrounding Air. In Cold Weather The Water In Buds And Trunk And Cambium Freezes Solid. Ice Crystals Form In The Intercellular Spaces Where They Have Ample Room, And So They Do No Damage In Their Alternate Freezing And Thawing. The ...
I Crus Galli
I. Crus-galli Cockspur Thorn (crataegus Crus-galli, Linn.)—a Small, Handsome Tree, 15 To 25 Feet High, With Stiff Branches In A Broad, Round Head. Thorns Axillary, Stout, Often Curved, Brown Or Grey, 3 To 4 Inches Long, Often Becoming 6 To 8 Inches Long And Branched When Old. Bark Grey Or ...
I The White Oak_p1
I. The White Oak Group Acorns Annual; Leaf Lobes Rounded; Bark Usually Pale. Key To Species A. Pacific Coast Species. Deciduous. B. Foliage Blue With Silvery Lining. (q. Douglasii) Blue Oak Bb. Foliage Green. C. Acorns Slenderly Conical; Branchlets Slender, Pendu Lous; Leaves White Lined. (q. Lobata) California White Oak ...
I The White Oak_p2
It Is A Happy Circumstance For Californians And For All People Who Visit "the Land Of The Setting Sun" That This Valley Oak Is Scorned By All Lumbermen. The Tree Is Practically Worthless For Timber, Therefore Gigantic Individual Trees Stand Scattered Or Grouped In The Spacious Valleys Of Western California, ...
I The White Oak_p3
The Evergreen Live Oak Of The South Is One Of The Handsomest Of All Our Native Trees In Cultivation. Specimen Trees In New Orleans, Charleston And Other Cities Certainly Challenge The Observer To Mention A More Perfect Example Of All That Is To B Desired In Tree Form. The Dome ...
I The White Oak_p4
We Shall Know The White Oak In The Winter Woods By Its Pale Grey Bark, With Shallow Fissures And Scaly Ridges. It Is A Tall, Narrow-headed Tree Where It Is Crowded Among Its Forest Neighbours. In The Open It Has A Sturdy, Low-branched Trunk That Flares Into Buttresses At The ...
I The White Oak_p5
The Acorns Are Very Striking In Appearance. The Brown Nut Is Often 2 Inches Long And Set In A Thick, Hairy Cup, Covered With Coarse, Pointed Scales That Become Elongated Toward The Rim, And Form A Loose, Fringed Border. The Nut Is Half Covered By The Cup As A Rule. ...
I The White Oak_p6
The Post Oak Looks Like A Tree With Its Trunk Buried In The Ground. Its Head Is Broader At The Top, No Matter How It Is Crowded In The Woods, And The Multitude Of Stubby Branches Are "full Of Elbows," I. E., The Angles Between Limb And Branch Are All ...
I The White Oak_p7
The Chincapin Oak (quercus Prinoides, Willd.) Is A Shrub, Which Spreads By Underground Stems. Its Opening Leaves Are Silvery Below And Orange-red Above. In Autumn They Turn Bright Red Again. The Little Sweet Acorn Probably Suggested The Common Name. From Its Leaves And Habit This Oak Is Called The Scrub ...
I The White Oak_p8
Basket Oak, Cow Oak (quercus Michauxii, Nutt.)—a Large Handsome Tree, Go To Too Feet High, 3 To 7 Feet In Diameter At Base, With Stout Ascending Branches Forming A Round, Dense Head. Bark Scaly, Silvery Or Ashy Grey; With Reddish Tinge. Wood Hard, Strong, Tough, Durable, Close Grained With Large ...
Ii Punctade_p1
Ii. Punctade Dotted Haw (crakegus Punctafa, Jacq.)—a Broad, Round Headed Tree, 20 To 3o Feet High, With Horizontal Branches, And Rigid Twigs. Thorns Straight, Slim, 2 Yo 3 Inches Long, Brown Or Grey. Bark Thin, Dark Brownish Red, In Long, Plate-like Scales, Branches Brown To Pale Grey; Twigs Pubescent At ...
Ii Punctade_p2
The Trunk Of This Species Attracts Attention, Sometimes By Its Form, Always By Its Colour. Its Vivid Fruit Hangs Throughout The Winter, Making Up In Quantity What It Lacks In Size. Rare In The East And North, Yet It Is Hardy In The Arnold Arboretum. Pruinosae Scarlet Haw (c. Pruinosa, ...
Ii Punctade_p3
The Discovery Of This Handsome Hawthorn, Not Long Ago, Growing Wild Within The Gates Of The Arnold Arboretum, Was An Event Of Considerable Importance To Horticulture; For This Tree, Laden With Its Large Crimson Fruit In August, Is A Wondrous Sight. Added To Their Beauty, These Fruits Are Juicy, And ...
Ii Punctade_p4
This Is The Largest Hawthorn In Eastern New England. Its Scaly Bark Is Often Almost White. Its Leaves Are More Distinctly Yellow Than Green—greenish Yellow, To Speak Accurately. The Lustrous Crimson Fruit Makes A Gorgeous Autumn Contrast With Bark And Foliage. Scattered Over Pasture Land, These Lusty Young Trees Are ...
Ii Punctade_p5
Pulcherrimae Haw (c. Opima, Beadl.)—small Tree Zo To 25 Feet High, With Open, Oval Head, Above A Slender, Spiny Trunk. Thorns Slender, Straight, Shining, R To 1 Inches Long. Bark Nearly Black At Base; Ashy Grey On Limbs. Leaves Ovate, Acute, Sharply Saw-toothed, Lobed Above Middle, Thin, Firm, Pale Beneath. ...
Ii Punctade_p6
Brachyacanthae Hog's Haw, Pomette Bleue (c. Brachyacantha, Sarg. & Engelm.)—tree 4o To 5o Feet High, Truck 18 To 20 Inches In Diameter, With Handsome, Compact Head, Of Stout Grey Branches. Thorns Numerous, Short, Stout, Curved, To Inch Long. Bark Dark Brown, Deeply Furrowed, Scaly. Leaves Lanceolate To Rhom Boidal, Acute, ...
Ii The Artificial Way_p1
Ii. The Artificial Way From Nature Man Learned The Three Ways Of Propagating Plants: By Seeds, By Sprouts And By Cuttings; And He Invented Grafting, For Which There Is Little Suggestion In Nature. In All These He Improved Upon Nature, For He Threw His Energies Into One Single, Enterprise, Sacrificing ...
Ii The Artificial Way_p2
"there Are As Many Ways Of Grafting As There Are Of Whit Tling," A Wise Horticulturist Has Remarked. The Object In Each Case Is To Fit The Cion (or Bud) To The Stock With The Cambium Of The Two In Close Contact. A Tied Band Of Raffia Or A Covering ...
Ii The Black Oak_p1
Ii. The Black Oak Group Acorns Biennial; Leaf Lobes Spiny Tipped; Bark Dark. Key To Species A. Pacific Coast Species. B. Leaves Holly-like, Evergreen. C. Young Growth Golden Tomentose; Branchlets Pen Dulous. (q. Chrysolepis) Mountain Live Oak Cc. Young Growth Hoary; Branchlets Erect. D. Acorns Elongated; Leaves Pubescent; Fruit Annual. ...
Ii The Black Oak_p2
The California Live Oak (quercus Agrifolia, Nee.), With Holly-like Leaves, Is A Ponderous Tree With A Low, Wide Dome, Very Common In California, Extending To The Coast And Farther To The Islands Of The Southern Half Of The State. The Wood Of This Species Is Of A Hard, Durable Sort, ...
Ii The Black Oak_p3
The Village Of Flushing, Long Island, Has Proved Through Many Years That The Pin Oak Is An Admirable Street And Shade Tree. It Is As Easily Transplanted As A Box Elder, So There Is Scarcely An Excuse For Not Planting It. The Flush On Its Opening Leaves, The Red Flame ...
Ii The Black Oak_p4
The Splendour Of Our Autumnal Forests Owes Much To The Foliage Of The Scarlet Oak. The Tree Blazes Like A Torch Against The Duller Reds And Browns In The Woods, And Often Keeps Its Brilliancy Until After Snow Covers The Ground. There Is No Reason For Confusing The Black, Red ...
Ii The Black Oak_p5
The Coarseness Of The Leaves Is One Trait That Distinguishes The Species From The Red And Scarlet Oaks, Whose Leaves It Often Imitates In Form. Crumple A Leaf Of Each In Your Hands. The Red Oak Is Intermediate Between The Leathery, Harsh Texture Of The Black, And The Thinness And ...
Ii The Black Oak_p6
The Range Of The Spanish Oak Is From New Jersey To Florida And West To Missouri And Texas. It Is Most Common In The South Atlantic And Gulf States, On The Hills Back From The Coast. The Bear, Or Scrub Oak (q. Nana, Sarg.), Is A Shrubby Tree That Creeps ...
Ii The Black Oak_p7
The Shingle Oak, Or Laurel Oak (q. Imbricaria, Michx.)— A Tree 6o To Loo Feet High, Pyramidal, Becoming Round Headed At Length; Branches Slender. Bark Pale Brown, Scaly; Twigs Smooth. Wood Reddish Brown, Heavy, Hard, Coarse Grained. Buds Small, Acute, Brownish. Leaves Deciduous, Alternate, Oblong, Usually Entire, 4 To 6 ...
Injuries To Trees From
Injuries To Trees From Electric Wires The Damage Done To Roadside Trees Offsets To An Alarming Degree The Benefits Derived By The Public From The Telephone And The Trolley. The Poles Are Set In The Line Of The Trees, And The Wires Threaded Between Them. The Limbs That Might Strike ...
J Mexican Walnut Ccc
(j. Mexican Walnut Ccc. Nuts Faintly Furrowed, Thin Shelled. (j. Californica) California Walnut Aa. Pith Of Twigs Solid; Husk Opening By 4 Valves; Nuts Smooth. 2. Genus Hicoria, Raf. B. Bud Scales Many, Overlapping, Leaflets 3 To 9. C. Buds Small, To + Inch Long; Husk Of Nut Thin. D. ...
Japanese Maples
Japanese Maples I Have Said Tnat Japan Is The Ancestral Home Of The Maples. Two-thirds Of The Forest Trees In The Islands To-day Belong To The Genus Acer. 1 He Artistic And Skilful Japanese Gardeners Have The Maples Developed A Great Number Of Beautiful Garden Varieties. These Are Dwarf Forms, ...
Linn 2 Genus Carpinus
2. Genus Carpinus, Linn. American Hornbeam, Blue Beech (carpinus Carolini Ana, Walt.)—small, Shapeless Tree With Irregular Limbs, Often Pendulous, And Slender, Wiry Twigs. Bark Furrowed At Base Of Trunk On Old Trees; Smooth, Bluish Grey Above, Swollen As By Veins Underneath The Bark; Twigs Brown. Wood Light Brown, Heavy, Hard, ...
Linn I Genus Ulmus_p1
I. Genus Ulmus, Linn. The Genus Ulmus Has Sixteen Known Species, Distributed In All North Temperate Countries Except Western North America. Five Species Are Native To Our Eastern States And One To The Southwest; Europe Has Three, Two Of Which Extend To Eastern Asia And Northern Africa. Southern And Central ...
Linn I Genus Ulmus_p2
The Etruscan Vase Form—a Base Gradually Flaring To A Round Dome—is Most Common. The Trunk Soon Divides Into Three Or Four Main Limbs With Slight But Constant Divergence As They Rise. Their Branches Follow Their Example. The Divisions Are Drawn Downward By Their Increasing Weight, And The Extremi Ties Are ...
Linn I Genus Ulmus_p3
The Slippery Elm Disregards The Laws Of Symmetry. Each Limb Strikes Out For Itself. It Is Not Unusual To Find A Tree Quite One Sided In Form. Shoots 6 Feet In Length Are Often Seen As The Growth Of A Single Season, Where A Broken Limb Gives An Ambitious Bud ...
Linn I Genus Ulmus_p4
There Seems To Be No Better Reason For Its Common Name Than That It Grows With Cedars On The Dry Limestone Hills Of Texas. It Is The Common Elm Tree Of That Great State, And Is Sometimes Planted As A Shade Tree. Its Lumber Is Used For Fencing And For ...
Mans Damage To The
Man's Damage To The Forests Clearing Of Wooded Lands Was The Pioneer's Duty And Necessity. He Had To Make Room For The Civilisation That Followed Him. The Eastern Country Was So Generally Covered With Forests That Farms Could Be Made Only By Clearing The Land. This Made Trees The Chief ...
Measuring Annual Growth
Measuring Annual Growth Cut Down A Tree, Measure The Diameter Of Its Stump And Count The Rings In The Outside Inch Of Wood—the First Inch Inside The Bark. Multiply The Diameter By The Number Of Rings To This Inch. Divide 40o By The Product Obtained By This Multiplication. The Quotient ...
Measuring Volume
Measuring Volume Standing Trees Are Assumed To Be Regular Geometrical Solids, Resting On A Circular Base And Tapering To The Limbs, A Compromise Between A Cone And A Cylinder. To Get The Solid Contents Of A Trunk, The Area Of The Base Is Multiplied By One-half The Altitude. With A ...
Paper From Ground Wood
Paper From Ground Wood Ordinary News Paper Is Made By Grinding The Wood, Cleared Of Bark And Knots, And Pressing It Into Thin Sheets. It Is Not Strong Nor Durable, But It Outlasts The Interest Of The Reader Who Buys It. It Goes From The Rubbish Heap In Vast Quantities ...
Profitable Tree Planting
Profitable Tree Planting. The Establishment Of The Date Palm In Arizona Is One Of The Latest Triumphs Of The Department Of Agriculture. Out Of The Oases Of Arabian And African Saharas—out Of Antiquity Itself—this Old-world "tree Of Life" Has Been Set Down In The Irrigated Oases Of The Great American ...
Protection Against Fire
Protection Against Fire Practically No Attention Has Been Given To Providing Fire Lanes Through American Forests For The Checking Of Fires When They Start. This Belongs To Intensive Forestry, And We Have Not Come To That Yet. Consequently Fires Find Us Unprepared. A Small Ground Fire Can Usually Be Put ...
Pruning Evergreens
Pruning Evergreens The Best Form A Conifer Can Have Is Its Natural, Pyramidal One, Tapering To The Sky. The End Bud, Or Leader, Should Never Be Cut. When This Is Destroyed The Central Shaft Branches, And The Tree's Beauty Gives Place To Oddity. The Lower Limbs Of Evergreens Should Lie ...
Pruning Forest Trees
Pruning Forest Trees This Is A Practice That Belongs To Intensive Forestry. It Is A Part Of A Type Of Silviculture That Crops Land With Trees As The Careful Farmer Does With Grain. If A Dense Stand Does Not "clean Itself" Of Lower Limbs By Nature's Pruning, There Is Cheap ...
Pruning Fruit Trees
Pruning Fruit Trees This Is A Very Large And Special Subject. Methods Depend Upon The Aims Of The Owners. While The Trees Are Young They Are Pruned To Shape And Thinned To Induce Vigour. As Fruiting Age Comes On They Are Checked By Heading Back Terminal Buds. This Diverts The ...
Pruning Ornamental Trees
Pruning Ornamental Trees Here Is A Wide Range Of Choice. If Foliage Is The Ornamental Feature, Or A Multitude Of Flowers, No Matter How Small, Little Thinning Of Branches Will Be Required. If Size Of Flowers Is More Important Than Numbers, Thinning Should Be Thorough. Late Blooming Kinds Are Best ...
Pruning Shade Trees
Pruning Shade Trees An Ideal Shade Tree Has The Character Of Its Species Or Variety, As The Oval Of The Hard Maple Or The Broad Dome Of The White Oak Or The Fan Top Of The Elm. It Has The Greatest Possible Foliage Mass On A Sturdy Framework Of Trunk ...
Raising Catalpa Timber
Raising Catalpa Timber The Yaggy Plantation Of 44o Acres Of Catalpa Trees Is The Best Example Of What A Kansas Fa'rmer's Woodlot Can Yield. It Is Reported In Bulletin 39 Of The Bureau Of Forestry, And From This Source The Following Facts Are Taken: The Land Lies In Reno County, ...
Scop I Genus Ostrya
I. Genus Ostrya, Scop. Hop Hornbeam, Ironwood (ostrya Virginian, Wiild.)— Small, Slender Tree, With Round Head Of Stiff, Wiry Branches. Bark Greyish Brown, Furrowed Into Narrow, Scaly Ridges, Which Break Into Small, Oblong Plates. Wood Reddish Brown, Heavy, Cross Grained, Tough, Strong And Hard To Work. Buds Lateral, Ovate, Acute, ...
Shrubby Dogwoods
Shrubby Dogwoods Our American Woods Are Rich In Shrubby Dogwoods, Whose Beauty Earns Them Places In Our Gardens And Shrubbery Borders. There Is The White-berried Red-osier Dogwood (c. Stolonif Era), Whose Many Smooth Stems Gleam Like Red-hot Pokers In The Winter Sunlight Against The Background Of An Evergreen Hedge. The ...
Some Interesting Minor Industries
Some Interesting Minor Industries "top Stuff" In European Forests Is Cut And Bound In Neat Bundles Of Fagots. Even Small Twigs Are Utilised As Fuel. In The Southern Pineries A Similar Industry Has Cut "fat Pine" Into Small Kindling Wood For Use In Northern Cities. Brushwood Is Used In The ...
Some Little Ashes_p1
Some Little Ashes There Are Species Of Ash Of Small Size And Limited Area That May Be Named In Passing, But Which Do Not Rank Among The Important Species. Fraxinus Anotnala, In The Corner Where Colo Rado, Nevada And Utah Meet, Is Interesting Because Its Leaf Is Reduced To One ...
Some Little Ashes_p2
Superstitious Parents In Rural England Used To Pass A Poor Little Babe Suffering From Rupture Through The Cleft Stem Of A Growing Ash. Twice The Stem Must Be Sprung Apart, And The Child Passed Through. The Trunk Was Then Tightly Bound, And When Its Halves Were Firmly Knit, They Believed ...
Some Little Ashes_p3
Preferred Habitat, Moist, Rich Soil Of River Banks Or Shady Woods. Distribution, Georgia And Florida To Mississippi, But Natural Ised In Many Other States. Uses: A Hardy Ornamental Tree; Wood Valuable For Inside Finish In Houses, For Posts And Railroad Ties. The Horse Chestnut With Its Thousand Pyramids Of Bloom ...
Some Little Ashes_p4
The Black Calabash Tree (crescenlia Cucurbilina, Linn.) Is The Only Other Native Tree That Belongs In The Family With The Catalpas. The Shores Of Bay Biscayne, In Southeastern Florida, Form The Outpost Of Its Extensive West Indian And Central Amer Ican Range. Its Flower Is A Solitary, Purplish-yellow Tube With ...
Some Little Ashes_p5
The Sheepberry, With Its Shining Leaves Set Opposite, Is Likely To Be Mistaken For A Dogwood: But The Prominent, Wavy Winged Margins Of The Petioles Are The Best Distinguishing Char Acter. The Multitudinous Tiny Flowers Are In Cymes Like The Elders, And After Them Come A Few Oval Berries Of ...
Some Little Known Pod Bearers_p1
Some Little-known Pod-bearers Brief Mention May Be Made Here Of A Number Of Relatives Of Our Locust Trees Which Are Little Known Because They Are Restricted To Small Areas Distant From The Eastern States Whose Forests We Know Somewhat Better Than Those Of Other Sections Of This Great Continent. They ...
Some Little Known Pod Bearers_p2
The Sophora, Or Pink Locust (sophora Affinis, T. & G.), Local In Arkansas And Texas, Is A Small Round-headed Tree, With Deciduous Leaves, Pink Flowers And Small Black Pods, Tightly Constricted Between The Globular Seeds. The Leucmna (leucerna Greggii, Wats.) Is A Spineless Little Tree, With Fine, Twice-compound Foliage Like ...
Ten Principles Of Pruning
Ten Principles Of Pruning I. Pruning The Roots Lessens The Food Supply, And So Retards Top Growth. 2. Pruning The Top Invigorates The Branches That Remain, The Root System Being Unchanged. 3. Removing Terminal Buds Induces Forking, Thus Thickening The Branching System. It Checks Wood Production, And En Courages The ...
Tender Exotic Magnolias
Tender Exotic Magnolias Magnolia Parviflora, A Little Known Species From Japan, Is Hardy In Salem, Massachusetts, Where A Handsome Tree, The Largest In This Country, Blooms Freely. Its White Flowers Have Few Petals, But In Form And Texture They Are Exquisite. Campbell's Magnolia (m. Campbellz) Is At Once The Most ...
That Vicious Long Stub
That Vicious Long Stub Hired Men Set To Pruning Trees Are Almost Sure To Leave Stubs. They Will Argue That This Is The Best Way. Go For Your Answer To Trees Thus Pruned In Previous Years. They Are Plenty In Any Neighbourhood. The Stub Decays, Its Bark Sloughs Off At ...
The Alders Familybetulaceae_p1
The Alders - Family Betulaceae. Genus Alnus, Linn. Small Water-loving Trees Of Rapid Growth. Leaves Simple, Deciduous, Alternate, Short Stemmed. Flowers Apetalous, Monce In Catkins. Fruit Woody, Cone-like, Oval, With 2 Seeds On Each Scale. Key To Species A. Flowers In Autumn. (a. Nzaritima) Seaside Alder Aa. Flowers Before Leaves ...
The Alders Familybetulaceae_p2
The White Alder (.4. Rhombifolia, Nutt.), Equal In Size To The Preceding Species, Grows Along The Mountain Streams From Northern Idaho To Southern California. It Has A White Scurf On Its New Shoots And The Opening Leaves Are Clothed With White Hairs. Its Wide Sap Wood Is Also White. The ...
The Apples Familyrosaceae_p1
The Apples - Family Rosaceae. Genus Malus, Hall. Trees Which Are Parents Of Cultivated Apples. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Deciduous. Flowers Showy, Perfect, Fragrant, In Terminal Times. Fruit Fleshy, Enclosing Papery 5-celled Core. Key To Species A. Leaves Smooth At Maturity; Flowers Rose Pink. B. Blades Of Leaves Ovate, Blunt, Minutely ...
The Apples Familyrosaceae_p2
Well-meaning Horticulturists Have Tried What They Could Do Toward Domesticating This Malus Coronaria. The Effort Has Not Been A Success. The Fruit Remains Acerb And Hard; The Tree Declines To Be "ameliorated" For The Good Of Mankind. Isn't It, After All, A Gratuitous Office ? Do We Not Need Our ...
The Apples Familyrosaceae_p3
But There Are Exceptions To Every Rule. There Are Varieties Of Apples—a Very Few—that "come True From Seed." Such Is La Belle Fameuse, The Ruddy-cheeked, White-fleshed "snow" Of The Northeastern States—the Domestic Apple Of The Canadian French. Up And Down The Valley Of The St. Lawrence This Apple Tree Grew ...
The Arbor Vitaes
The Arbor Vitaes - Genus Thuya, Linn. Evergreen Resinous Ornamental Trees Of Slender, Pyramidal Habit, With Intricately Branched Limbs, And Flat, Open Spray. Leaves Scale-like, 4-ranked, Minute, Closely Appressed To Twigs. Flowers Solitary, Terminal, Small Aments, Moncecious, Scaly. Fruits Erect, Loose, Ovoid Cones, Of Few Thin Scales; Seeds Few, Usually ...
The Beeches Familyfagaceae_p1
The Beeches - Family Fagaceae. Genus Fagus, Linn. Trees Valuable For Their Timber And Nuts, And Also For Shade And Ornamental Planting. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Feather Veined, Deciduous. Flowers Moncecious, Small, Crowded Into Spikes Or Heads. Fruit A Pair Of Triangular Nuts In A 4-valved Bur. The Great Family Of ...