The Beeches Familyfagaceae_p2
From Now On The Life Of A Little Beech Is Just Like That Of A Twig On An Older Tree. The Opening Of The Long, Pointed Buds Is A Sight Worth Watching. If One Has Nct Time To Go To The Tree Every Day In Spring He May Bring In ...
The Birches Familybetulaceae_p1
The Birches - Family Betulaceae. Genus Betula, Linn. Trees With Smooth Bark Marked With Conspicuous Horizontal Slits (lenticels), Usually Curling Back In Thin Horizontal Layers. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Deciduous, Serrate, Stalked. Flowers Moncecious, In Catkins. Fruit Cone-like, Scaly; Seed Flat, Winged. Key To Species A. Bark Chalky White, Yellow Beneath. ...
The Birches Familybetulaceae_p2
There Is A Philosophy In The Lives Of These Vagabond Birches We May Well Ponder Upon. Do They Not Clothe With Beauty The Most Uninviting Places? Do They Not Come Again, After A General Slaughter, Promptly And Abundantly, From Stump And From Scattered Seed? A Noble Persistence And Patience Under ...
The Birches Familybetulaceae_p3
Yellow Birch, Grey Birch (betula Lutea, Michx.)—medium Sized Tree, 5o To 75 Feet, Rarely Loo Feet High, With Broad, Round Top With Slender, Drooping Branchlets Ending In Fine, Leafy Spray. Bark Aromatic, Bitter, Dark Grey, Rough, With Deep, Irregular Furrows, And Thick Plates; Younger Stems Silvery Yellow, Peeling Horizontally In ...
The Birches Familybetulaceae_p4
It Is A Surprise To Find This, Our Semi-aquatic And Southern Most Birch, Growing In Apparent Complacency And Comfort In Dry, Upland Soil In The New England States And Minnesota. But So It Behaves In Cultivation. It Well Exemplifies The Versatility Of The Family. Cherry Birch, Sweet Birch, Black Birch ...
The Birches Familybetulaceae_p5
The Brown Wood Is Locally Used For Fencing And Fuel. It Is Too Small A Tree To Be Important For Its Lumber. It Commends Itself To Planters In The Western States, Especially Where Its Roots Can Get Water, For It Is As Thirsty As An Alder, Following Streams Always, Or ...
The Buckeyes Familyhippocastanaceae_p1
The Buckeyes - Family Hippocastanaceae. Genus Aesculus, Linn. Trees With Ill-smelling Bark And Soft Wood. Leaves Palm Ately Compound, Opposite, Large. Flowers Perfect, Large, Showy, In Panicles. Fruit A Nut; One Or Two Of Them In A 3-celled, 3 Parted Husk. Key To Species A. Flowers Yellow; Leaflets 5 To ...
The Buckeyes Familyhippocastanaceae_p2
This Tree Was Found Most Abundantly In Ohio By The Botanical Explorer, Michaux, And Though It Grows More Plentifully Farther West, Ohio Will Always Be Called "the Buckeye State." The Tree Is Gradually Becoming Rarer, For The Strong, Disagreeable Odour Exhaled By Its Bark Impels People To Cut It Down. ...
The Buckeyes Familyhippocastanaceae_p3
The Horse-chestnut Tree In Bloom Is A Superb Sight—"a Pyramid Of Green Supporting A Thousand Pyramids Of White!" Each Blossom Of The Dense Cluster Has In Its Throat Dashes Of Red And Yellow, And The Curving, Yellow Stamens Are Thrust Far Out Of The Ruffled Border Of The Corolla. If ...
The Buckthorns Familyrhamnaceae_p1
The Buckthorns - Family Rhamnaceae. Genus Rhamnus, Linn. Ornamental Trees And Shrubs, With Bitter Juice. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Entire Or Toothed. Flowers Inconspicuous, Greenish, In Axillary Clusters. Fruit Berry-like, Black Or Red. Key To Species A. Leaves Deciduous. (eastern.) (r. Caroliniana) Indian Cherry Aa. Leaves Evergreen, Or Nearly So. (western.) ...
The Buckthorns Familyrhamnaceae_p2
The Red Ironwood (reynosia Septentrionalis, Urb.), Called Also "darling Plum," Grows Wild In Southern Florida, And Is Cultivated To Some Extent For Its Fruit. It Is A Pretty Little Tree, Clothing Its Heavy, Hard Wood With Bright Red Bark. The Purple Or Black Plums Are Sweet And Of Pleasant Flavour. ...
The Burning Bush Family
The Burning Bush - Family Celastraceae. Evonymus Atropurpureus, Jacq.—this Dainty Little American Tree Skirts The Edges Of Deep Woods From Western New York To Montana, And South To Florida And Arkansas. The Foliage Is Not Noticeable, And The Tree Might Be Mistaken For A Wild Plum, Except For Its Fluted ...
The Cacti
The Cacti Allied To The Mangroves And The Myrtles, But Like The Yuccas In Some Particulars, And In Choosing Desert Regions To Live In, Are The Cacti, Two Genera Of Which Have Tree-like Species In The United States. The Soft Stems Of These Trees Are Storehouses Of Moisture, As Are ...
The Cherries_p1
The Cherries The Wild Red Cherry, Bird, Or Pin Cherry (prunus Penn Sylvanica, Linn.)—a Slender, Narrow Or Round-headed Tree, 20 To Feet High, With Regular, Horizontal Branches. Bark Smooth, Shining, Reddish Brown, With Conspicuous Rusty Lenticels On Branches; On Trunk Broken Into Thin, Curling, Horizontal Plates. Twigs Red. Wood Pale, ...
The Cherries_p2
Cherry Brandies And Cordials Are Put Away Against An Emergency, And Cherry Bounce Is A Good Old-fashioned Beverage That Long Ago Got Into The Story Books. Old Settlers, Frugal As They Were Wise, Simply Chewed The Opening Buds In The Spring "to Purify Their Blood," And To Save Doctors' Bills ...
The Cherry Laurels
The Cherry Laurels The Cherry Laurels Are Ornamental Native Species, So Named Because Of Their Waxy Green Leaves. They Have Handsome But Not Showy Fruits. They Deserve And Are Receiving Recognition By Nurserymen. Californians Bring Their Beautiful Spiny-leaved Evergreen Islay And Plant It In Their Gardens As An Ornamental Tree, ...
The Chestnuts Familyfagaceae_p1
The Chestnuts - Family Fagaceae. Trees Of Ornamental And Timber Value. Leaves Simple, Oblong To Lanceolate, Strongly Ribbed, Alternate, Leathery. Flowers Moncecious, In Spikes, Showy. Fruit, Nuts In Spiny Burs. Key To Genera And Species A. Leaves Deciduous; Fruit Annual. I. Genus Castanea, Adans. B. Trees Large; Leaves Smooth And ...
The Chestnuts Familyfagaceae_p2
The Chestnut Tree Turns To Gold Again In Autumn, And The Naked Tree Stands "knee-deep" In Its Own Leaves All Winter. Then Its Massive Trunk, With Deep Furrowed Bark, And The Multitude Of Horizontal Branches, Striking Out From The Short Central Shaft, Are Distinctly Etched Against The Sky. The Small ...
The Conifers
The Conifers. The Distinguishing Feature Of This Great Tree Group Is The Cone-bearing Habit. The Overlapping Scales Of The Cone Are At Tached To A Central Stem, And Each Scale Bears One Or More Naked Ovules When The Time Of Flowering Comes. Pollen From The Staminate Flowers Falls On The ...
The Cypresses Of Monterey_p1
The Cypresses Of Monterey Staunch Derelicts Adrift On Time's Wide Sea, Undaunted Exiles From An Age Pristine! Your Loneliness In Tortured Limb We See; Your Courage In Your Crown Of Living Green; Your Strength Unyielding, In Your Grappling Knee; Your Patience In The Calmness Of Your Mien. Enrapt, You Stand ...
The Cypresses Of Monterey_p2
The Atlantic Seaboard From Massachusetts Bay South Has A Cypress Whose Common Name, "white Cedar," Is Unfortunate. There Ought To Be Distinct Names Enough To Go Around. All The Species Of A Genus Ought To Have The Same Generic Name In English As Well As In Latin Or Greek. However, ...
The Cypresses Of Monterey_p3
Bald Cypress (taxodium Distichum, Rich.)—a Tall Pyra Midal Tree, 75 To 15o Feet High, With Pendulous Branches, Becoming Broad And Round Headed When Old. Trunk Lcbed Above, Strongly Buttressed And Usually Hollow At The Base. Roots Long, Horizontal, With Vertical Anchor Roots. Bark Pale Reddish Grey, Scaly, Divided By Shallow ...
The Cypresses
The Cypresses - Coniferous Trees Having Pyramidal Habit. Very Popular For Ornamental Planting. Some Species Have Considerable Lumber Value. All Have Light, Graceful Leaf Spray And Small, Globular, Woody Cones. Wood Usually Soft. Key To Genera A. Leaves, Minute, Scaly, Thick, Evergreen. B. Seeds Under Each Cone Scale Many. I. ...
The Dogwoods_p1
The Dogwoods Genus Cornus, Linn. Small, Slender-twigged Trees, With Very Hard Wood. Leaves Simple, Entire, Opposite (except One). Flowers Small, In Dense Cymes; Perfect. Fruit A Berry-like, 2-celled Drupe. Key To Species A. Leaves Opposite. B. Fruit Red. C. Flower Buds Covered; Bracts 4, Notched. (c. Florida) Flowering Dogwood Cc. ...
The Dogwoods_p2
These Bracts Are Merely Leaves Changed For The Special Purpose Of Notifying The Little Mining Bee, Andrena, And Other Insects Of Like Appetites, That There Is Nectar In The Flower Tubes They Guard. Leafy In Texture, Though White And Delicately Tinted, These Bracts Develop Before The Flowers, And Last Beyond ...
The Dogwoods_p3
This Dogwood Seems Not To Thrive Outside Its Native Woods, On The Mountain Slopes From British Columbia To Southern Cali Fornia. But Here It Is Easily First In A Land Of Splendid Flowering Trees, Leaning Upon The Sombre Evergreens, In Its Snowy Spring Robes And Its Rich Scarlet Autumnal Garb—a ...
The Elms And The
The Elms And The Hackberries - Family Ulmaceae. Genus Ulmus, Linn. Trees Of Horticultural And Lumber Value. Leaves Alternate Serrate, Unequal At Base, With Strong Ribs And Short Petioles Flowers Greenish, Inconspicuous, Perfect. Fruit A Dry Nutlet With Thin Encircling Wing, Bearing Two Hooks At Apex. Key To Species A. ...
The Enemies Of Trees_p1
The Enemies Of Trees. In Every Treetop We Can Read The Story Of A Long Fight. Leaf, Flower And Fruit, Bud, Twig And Branch, Contest Unceasingly For Room And Food And Sun. Underground, The Roots Have Their Own Struggle For The Bounty Of The Soil. Always The Struggle Is Un ...
The Enemies Of Trees_p2
Fungi Are Flowerless Vegetable Organisms That Multiply By Spores. The Mushrooms Are The Familiar Fruiting Organs Of Under Ground Species. Rust, Mildew, Blight And Rot Of Fruit Or Of 5wood Are Also Among The Well-known Fungous Growths That Disfigure Trees. The Shelf Fungi Are The Largest. Many Kinds Of Destroying ...
The European Maples
The European Maples Fhe Sycamore Maple (a. Pseudo-platanus) Is The Most Important Hardwood Tree In Europe. It Ranks With Our Hard Maple, And With A Himalayan Species Of Great Lumber Value. It Is The Wood Out Of Which Deal Tables Are Made. In America, Where It Is Planted To Some ...
The Fall Of The_p1
The Fall Of The Leaves. It Is November, And The Glory Of The Woods Is Departed. Dull Browns And Purples Show Where Oaks Still Hold Their Leaves. Beech Trees In Sheltered Places Are Still Dressed In Pale Yellow. The Elfin Flowers Of The Witch Hazel Shine Like Threads Of Gold ...
The Fall Of The_p2
. Crisp And Dry The Leaves Fall. Among The Crystals And Granules That Remain In Their Empty Chambers There Is Little But Waste That The Tree Can Well Afford To Be Rid Of—substances That Have Clogged The Leaf And Impeded Its Work. We Have Been Mistaken In Attributing The Gay ...
The Firs_p1
The Firs - Genus Abies, Link. Trees Of Pyramidal Habit With Wide-spreading Horizontal Limbs Bearing Thick Foliage Masses. Wood Weak, Coarse Grained. Bark Smooth Until Quite Old, Pale, Thin And Blistered With Over Flowing Resin Vescicles; Later, Deeply And Irregularly Furrowed. Leaves Usually Flat, Blunt, 2-ranked, Persistent For 8 To ...
The Firs_p2
The White Or Lovely Fir (a. Amabilis, Forbes), Of The High Mountain Slopes Of British Columbia, Washington And Oregon, Comes To Its Greatest Estate In The Olympic Range. Here It Dominates Other Fir Trees, A Giant 15o To 25o Feet High, With A Trunk 4 To 6 Feet Through. The ...
The Firs_p3
The Tree Is Often Planted In Europe; It Is The Most Vigorous Native Fir Tree Met In Cultivation On The Atlantic Side Of This Con Tinent. The Best Trees In Eastern Nurseries Come From Seeds Col Lected In The Rocky Mountains. Another Silver Fir (a. Venusta, K. Koch.) Has Leaves ...
The Firs_p4
The Firs With These Noble Dimensions There Is A Richness And Symmetry And Perfection Of Finish Not To Be Found In Any Other Tree In The Sierras. The Branches Are Whorled, In Fives Mostly, And Stand Out From The Straight Red-purple Bole In Level, Or On Old Trees, In Drooping ...
The Firs_p5
It Would Be Great Good Fortune To Visit One Of The Ten Groves Of Big Trees Once A Month And So Get The Story Of The Tree's Life As The Year Rolls Around. In The Late Winter The Flowers Appear, Showering The Whole Region With Their Golden Dust, And Tipping ...
The Firs_p6
In Many Characters, The Redwood Is Not Different From The Big Tree. Its Spreading Leaves On The Terminal Twigs Give It A More Graceful, Feathery Spray Than Do The Awl-like Blades Of The Other. The Pistillate Flowers Have Fewer Scales, And The Buds Are Scaly. The Cones Are Smaller, And ...
The Forest As A
The Forest As A Unit In A Literal And An Emphatic Sense The Wooden Walls Of A Nation Are Its Forests. The Trees On Mountain Slopes Restrain The Waterflow In The Valleys, Preventing Flood And Drought, And Thereby Hoarding For Cities Their Supply Of Water. Trees Temper Climate, Drain Swamps, ...
The Gordonias Familytheaceae
The Gordonias - Family Theaceae. Genus Gordonia, Ell, Two Very Interesting And Beautiful Species Of This Genus Grow In The South Atlantic States. They Are Flowering Trees That Rank In Beauty With The Magnolias Which They Resemble. They Belong, In Fact, To The Camellia Family, Whose Flowers Are Famous In ...
The Growth Of A_p1
The Growth Of A Tree. The Great Chestnut Tree On The Hillside Has Cast Its Burden Of Ripe Nuts, Flung Down The Empty Burs, And Given Its Yellow Leaves To The Autumn Winds. Now The Owner Has Cut Down Its Twin, Which Was Too Near A Neighbour For The Well-being ...
The Growth Of A_p2
What Was Once A Delicate Cell Now Becomes A Hollow Wood Fibre, Thin Walled, But Becoming Thickened As It Gets Older. For A Few Years The Superannuated Cell Is A Part Of The Sap Wood And Is Used As A Tube In The System Through Which The Crude Sap Mounts ...
The Growth Of A_p3
When A Twig Breaks Off, The Bark Heals The Wound And The Grain Becomes Straight Over The Place. Trees Crowded In A Forest Early Divest Themselves Of Their Lower Branches. These Die For Lack Of Sun And Air, And The Trunk Covers Their Stubs With Layers Of Straight-grained Wood. Such ...
The Hardy Exotic Magnolias
The Hardy Exotic Magnolias There Are Sixteen Species Of Magnolias Worth Cultivating In This Country, Six Of Which Are Natives. Two Of These Natives And Five Exotics Have Proved Hardy As Far North As Boston. The Others Are Not To Be Depended Upon North Of Washington, D. C. It Is ...
The Hawthorns Familyrosaceae_p1
The Hawthorns - Family Rosaceae. Genus Crat/egus, Linn. Small Trees Or Shrubs, With Rigid, Thorny Branches. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Deciduous, Stipulate, Serrate, Often Lobed. Flowers Perfect, Usually White, In Corymbs On Short Side Twigs. Fruits Drupe-like Pomes, With Hard Nutlets Containing The Seeds. Wood Hard, Tough, Reddish, Close Grained. Uses: ...
The Hawthorns Familyrosaceae_p2
Xi I I. Group Bracteat/e Fruit Bright Red. (c. Asbei) Haw Cccc. Petioles, Leaves And Corymbs Conspicuously Glandu Lar; Corymbs Few-flowered; Fruit To 3- Inch Long, Flesh Hard, Dry; Branches Zizag. Xiiv. Group Flavie Bark Deeply Furrowed; Leaves Diamond Shaped, Thick, Shining, With Short Winged Petiole; Corymbs Velvety, With 3 ...
The Hawthorns Familyrosaceae_p3
A New Kind Of Hawthorn Was Found Growing Wild On A Hillside Within The Very Gates Of The Arboretum. It Was Evidently Related To C. Mollis, But Was Considered Sufficiently Distinct To Deserve Rank As A New Species. Professor Sargent Called It Cratcegus Arnoldiana. A Keen-eyed Scientist Found The Same ...
The Heaths Therhododendron_p1
The Heaths - The Rhododendron And The Mountain Laurel Family Ericaceae. Trees Usually Of Small Size And High Ornamental Value. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Mostly Evergreen. Flowers Perfect, Regular, In Many-flowered Clusters. Fruits, Dry Capsules Or Berry-like Drupes. Key To Genera And Species A. Leaves Evergreen Or Sub-evergreen. B. Flowers Large, ...
The Heaths Therhododendron_p2
Rhododendron Means "rose Tree"—and We Wisely Cling To The Long, Sonorous Greek Name. The Common English Name, Rose Bay, Seems Trivial Applied To So Beautiful A Plant. The Traveller Who Visits The Southern Appalachian Mountains In Early Summer Sees Rhododendron Maximum In Its Best Estate. Above Each Umbrella-like Whorl Of ...
The Heaths Therhododendron_p3
The Mountain Laurel Is Being Stripped From Its Native Hills In Wholesale Quantities: First, By The Nurserymen, For The Decorative Planting Of Private Estates; Second, By Collectors Of Christmas Greens. In The Blossoming Season The Bushes Are Mutilated By Thoughtless Persons—collectors Who Will Sell The Flowers, And Thoughtless, Greedy Persons ...
The Hemlocks_p1
The Hemlocks - Genus Tsuga, Carr. Tall, Graceful Trees Of Pyramidal Form, With Flexible Tip Shoots And Pendulous, Much-divided Horizontal Limbs. Leaves Evergreen, Petioled, Flat And 2-ranked (except One). Flowers Moncecious, Solitary, In Early Spring. Fruit Annual Cones, Small And Oval (except One), With Thin, Entire Scales. Wood Soft, Pale, ...
The Hemlocks_p2
Throughout New England One Finds Generous Appreciation Of This Native Hemlock. The Slender Terminal Shoot, "the Leader," Lifted Into The Sky Is A Weather Vane That Never Gets Out Of Order. Where Hemlocks Of Considerable Size Are Scattered Among Pines Or Other Trees, They Are Guideposts To The "timber Cruiser" ...
The Hemlocks_p3
Western Hemlock (tsuga Heterophylla, Sarg.)—noble Pyramidal Tree, Too To Zoo Feet High, 6 To To Feet In Diameter, With Drooping, Horizontal Branches And Feathery Tip. Bark Reddish Brown, With Broad, Scaly, Interrupted Ridges And Shallow Fissures. Wood Tough, Durable, Hard, Light, Strong, Brown. Buds Brown, Ovate, Small. Leaves Grooved On ...
The Hercules Club Family
The Hercules' Club - Family Araliaceae. Genus Aralia, Linn. Fifty Genera Of Aralias Compose A Great Tropical Family. The Well-known English Ivy (genus Hedera) Is Perhaps The Most Familiar Representative. Of The Five Native Species Of Aralia The Spikenards And Sarsaparillas Are Pretty Generally Known, Having A Striking Luxuriance Of ...
The Hickories_p1
The Hickories Hickories Are North American Trees—none Now Inhabit Any Other Part Of The World. There Are Twelve Known Species, One Of Which Is Mexican; The Remaining Eleven Are Restricted To The States East Of The Rocky Mountains. Arkansas Assembles The Whole Group Within Her Borders And Offers A Great ...
The Hickories_p2
The Pignut Is Unfortunate In Its Common Name. A Fine Park And Shade Tree Is Under A Severe Handicap. For Who Would Wish A "pignut" Planted In His Front Yard? A "smooth Hickory" Will Rather Be Chosen, Every Time—though It Is The Very Same Tree, H. Glabra. In The Early ...
The Hickories_p3
In Winter The Tree May Be Recognised By Its Dead Petioles, Curving Back On The Twigs Which Bore Leaves The Past Summer. The Very Large Terminal Buds Are Another, Winter Trait. At Any Season The Orange-coloured Twigs Are The Best Distinguishing Feature Of The Species. This Tree Has Shaggy Bark, ...
The Hickories_p4
But The Leaves Soon Declare Themselves, And The Scales Fall. The Tree Is Then Draped In Long Chenille Fringes Of Green. The Wind Shakes The Pollen Out Of These Staminate Catkins, And The Incon Spicuous Green Nut Flowers, Clustered In The Tips Of Leafy Shoots, Spread Their Stigmas Wide To ...
The Hickories_p5
The Nut Is Truly A Mockery To Anyone Who Considers His Thumbs. The Husk Is Thick And Stubbornly Adherent At The Base. The Shell Is Almost Invulnerable. When At Last It Is Shattered By A Blow, The Kernel, Though Sweet, Is Small, And Poorly Repays The Trouble. Oftentimes There Is ...
The Hickories_p6
One Of The Things That Solaced Evangeline's People, Homesick For Their Lost Acadia, And Wandering In A New And Unknown Region, Was The Wealth Of Sweet, Nutritious Nuts That Grew On Trees The Indians Called Pecans. The "cajons" Called The Trees, Pecanier, Translating The Name Into Their Own Language. Twice ...
The History Of Oaks_p1
The History Of Oaks The Oak Was Held Sacred By The Greeks, Romans, Teutons And Celts. They Venerated The Living Tree For Its Fruit Which Fed Them, And For Its Lumber Which Housed Them And Served As Their Defence Against Their Enemies. " Hearts Of Oak" Were Built Into The ...
The History Of Oaks_p2
The Acorn Cups Of Quercus Valonia Are Exceptionally Rich In Tannin, And Are Sifted Out From The Nuts And Sold Under The Trade Name, Valonia, To The Best Tanneries In Europe. Oak Bark Is A Staple Tan Bark The World Over. The Black And Chestnut Oaks In This Country And ...
The History Of Oaks_p3
The Truffle Hunter, Often A Peasant Woman, Goes Into The Woods With A Basket, A Spading Fork, And A Dog Or A Pig, Trained To Help Her. The Truffle Has A Rich, Strong Odour Which These Animals Detect By Their Keen Sense Of Smell. The Hunter Keeps Close To The ...
The History Of Oaks_p4
The English Oak Is By No Means Confined To England. It Is Found All Over Europe, Where In Earlier Times It Formed Extensive Forests. It Is Known In Two Forms, Sessiliflora And Pedunculata. Varieties Dependent Upon The Absence Or Presence Of Stalks Of Flower And Fruit. With Age These Trees ...
The Hornbeams Family
The Hornbeams - Family Betulace/e Genus Ostrya Scop. Small Trees With Very Hard Wood And Scaly Bark. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Ovate, Deciduous. Flowers Small, Moncecious, Both In Catkins. Fruits Conical, Hop-like, Of Many Nuts, Each One In An Inflated Sac. Key To Species A. Leaves 3 To 5 Inches Long, ...
The Incense Cedar
The Incense Cedar - Genus Libocedrus, Endl. Tall, Aromatic, Resinous Trees. Leaves Scale-like, 4-ranked, In Flat Sprays. Flowers Moncecious, Solitary, Minute, Terminal. Fruit An Annual Cone, Oblong, Few-scaled. (l. Decurrens) Incense Cedar This Single Representative Of Its Genus In America Has Seven Sister Species, Chiefly In The Southern Hemisphere. Formosa ...
The Junipers_p1
The Junipers - Genus Juniperus, Linn. Evergreen Trees Or Shrubs With Pungent Sap, Thin, Ragged Bark, And Short, Much-divided Ascending Branches. Leaves Usually Of Two Kinds, Linear, Spiny, Free, In Whorls Of 3 At Each Joint, Or Scale-like, Blunt, In Pairs, 2-ranked, Opposite, And Closely Appressed To Twigs. Flowers In ...
The Junipers_p2
Dwarf Juniper (juniperus Communis, Linn.)—shrub Of Sprawling Habit, Or Small Tree 20 To 3o Feet, With Short Trunk And Irregular, Open Head Of Erect Branches. Bark Loosely Scaly, Thin, Reddish Brown. Wood Hard, Fine Textured, Light Brown, Durable In Soil. Buds Loosely Scaly, Small, Pointed. Leaves In Threes, Boat Shaped, ...
The Junipers_p3
The Juniper (juniperus Monosperma, Sarg.) Is Easily Distinguished By Its Ashy Bark In Seasons Where The Berry Is Not There To Tell The Tale. This Thin Bark Is Stripped Into Its Fibres And Woven Into Cloth And Mats By Indians. Girths Of Their Saddles Are Woven Of It. The Berries ...
The Junipers_p4
An Interesting "fruit" Of The Red Juniper, Much Larger And More Luscious Looking Than The Diminutive Berries, Is Familiar To Boys And Girls Under The Name "cedar Apple." A Remarkable Thing About These Pulpy, Jelly-like Masses, With Their Yellow Spurs, Is That They Come Out On The Twigs As Suddenly ...
The Larches Familyconiferae_p1
The Larches - Family Coniferae. Genus Larix Adans. Tall Pyramidal Trees, With Few Horizontal Branches. Leaves Linear, Deciduous ; Fascicled Except On New Shoots. Flowers Solitary, Moncecious, Naked. Fruit Annual, Woody Cones, Soli Tary, Erect And Sessile On The Twig. Wood Hard, Heavy, Resinous. Key To Species A. Cones Less ...
The Larches Familyconiferae_p2
The Tamarack Loves The Northern Mountain Slopes And The Cold Swamps Of Labrador And Canada And Our Northern States. It Is The Bravest Of All The Conifers, Standing Erect, A Pitiful Minia Ture Of Its True Self, On The Very Edge Of The Arctic Tundras, A Line That No Tree ...
The Larches Familyconiferae_p3
The Alpine Larch Never Grows Below An Altitude Of 4,000 Feet. It Ranges From Montana West To The Coast And North Into The British Possessions. Pyramidal Cone-bearing Evergreens, With Tall, Tapering Trunks And Slender Horizontal Branches Ending In Stout Twigs. Roots Long, Tough, Fibrous. Leaves 4-angled, Stiff, Pointed, Solitary, Spirally ...
The Larches Familyconiferae_p4
The Engelmann Spruce Is Planted In The Eastern States, Where It Thrives. The Disagreeable Odour Of The Leaves Counts Against It. But The Finest Trees Cannot Be Seen Unless A Journey Be Taken By The Northernmost Route To The Canadian Rocky Mountains, Where Snows Protect The Forests From Devastating Fires, ...
The Larches Familyconiferae_p5
Weeping Spruce (picea Breweriana, Wats.)—tree 75 To 125 Feet High, With Swollen Base And Tapering Shaft; Branches Drooping And Crowded, To The Ground; Twigs Remarkably Long And Slender. Bark Brick Red, Thin, Scaly. Wood Soft, Close Grained, Satiny, Pale Brown, Heaviest Of Native Spruces. Buds Conical, Small, Scaly, Brown. Leaves ...
The Larches Familyconiferae_p6
Key To Species A. Leaves Blunt, Dark Green; Cones Small, With Long Bracts. (p. Nzucronata) Douglas Spruce Aa. Leaves Sharp, Blue-grey, Cones Large, With Shorter Bracts. (p. Macrocarpa) Big Cone Spruce The Genus Pseudotsuga Stands Intermediate Between The Hemlocks And Firs, But The Common Name, As Well As Family Traits, ...
The Laurels And The_p1
The Laurels And The Sassafras - Family Lauraceae. Aromatic Trees With Handsome Wood. Leaves Simple Alternate, Punctate, Entire. Flowers Small, Unconspicuous, Yel Lowish Green, Clustered. Fruit, A I-seeded Berry. Key To Genera And Species A. Leaves Evergreen, Entire. B. Calyx Lobes Persistent On The Fruit. I. Genus Persea, Linn. C. ...
The Laurels And The_p2
2. Genus Ocotea, Aubl. The Lancewood (ocotea Catesbyana, Sarg.) Is A Little Ever Green Laurel Tree Zo To 3o Feet High, Much Like The Swamp Bay In Flower And Fruit. But Its Shoots Are Smooth, Its Leaves Thin And Lanceolate, And The Lobes Of The Calyx Have Dried Away Under ...
The Laurels And The_p3
Then There Is The Great Green Caterpillar With The Cyclopean Black Eye Transfixing The Culprit Who Dares Disturb Him On The Soft Silk Mattress He Has Spun For Himself On A Sassafras Leaf. When He Is Hung Up Like A Mummy We Have Dared To Carry Him Home, To Learn ...
The Lignum Vitie Familyzygophyllaceae
The Lignum-vitie - Family Zygophyllaceae, The Lignum-vitae Is Guaiacum Sanctum, Linn.—the Chief Reason For Mentioning This Tree Is That Its Wood Is One Of The Toughest And Hardest Known To Commerce. It Is Very Close Grained, And Varies From Dark Green To Yellowish Brown. It Is Used For Sheaths Of ...
The Lindens Familytiliaceae_p1
The Lindens - Family Tiliaceae. Genus Tilia, Linn. Trees With Mucilaginous Sap, Tough Inner Bark And Broad, Dense Head. Wood Soft, White. Leaves Alternate, Deciduous, Broad, Unsymmetrical, Toothed, With Veins Branching Strongly On Side Next To Petiole. Flowers Creamy, Fragrant, Perfect, Clustered In Cymes; Borne On Narrow Leaf-like Blades. Fruit ...
The Lindens Familytiliaceae_p2
No American Tree Has More Abundant Foliage Than The Linden. The Branches Subdivide Into Very Many Twigs, All Set With Plump Buds In Winter. These Develop Into Leafy Shoots That Lengthen Rapidly, Carrying The Broad Leaves Out Where There Is Room For Them To Expand Fully. A Dense Shade Is ...
The Magnolias And The_p1
The Magnolias And The Tulip Tree - Family Magnoliaceae. Trees With Soft, Light Wood, And Fleshy Roots. Leaves Large, Simple, Alternate, Entire. Flowers Large, Showy, Perfect, Solitary, Terminal, All Parts Distinct. Fruit Cone-like, Com Pound, Of Many T To 2 Celled Follicles Or Keys Imbricated Upon A Central Spike. Key ...
The Magnolias And The_p2
Extermination In Many Sections Of The South. In Cultivation This Magnolia Is Oftenest Seen As A Small Tree, From Zo To 5o Feet High, Planted On Lawns And In Parks Or Lining Avenues. In The Forests Of Louisiana, Where It Reaches Its Greatest Perfection, It Stands 8o Feet High, With ...
The Magnolias And The_p3
Swamp Bay Flowers Are Globular And Small For A Magnolia— Only Two Or Three Inches Across—but Delightfully Fragrant. One Of The Sights On The Streets Of Philadelphia And New York In May Is The Street Arab Hawking The Blossom Clusters. A Flower With A Half-open Bud In Its Whorl Of ...
The Magnolias And The_p4
People Who Desire To Plant This Magnolia Do Well To Shelter It From Wind And Cold. At Best It Is But Half Hardy In The North. It Is A Curiosity. Prominent Situations Are Better Filled By Species Of Tried Hardiness, Whose Beauty Is Admitted To Be A Joy At Any ...
The Magnolias And The_p5
The Flower Of This Magnolia Is Surrounded By An Umbrella-like Whorl Of Leaves. The Whole Tree, Indeed, Suggests An Umbrella, So Closely Thatched Is Its Dome With The Glossy Leaves. The Twigs Have A Peculiar Habit Of Striking Out At Right Angles From An Erect Branch, Then Turning Up Into ...
The Mahogany And The
The Mahogany And The Gumbo Limbo - I. Family Meliaceae. The Mahogany (swietenia Mahogani, Jacq.) Is The True Mahogany Whose Heavy, Brownish-red Wood Is So Highly Valued By The Makers Of Elegant Furniture. In Central America And In The West Indies It Grows To Great Size, And Is Remarkable In ...
The Making Of Sulphite_p1
The Making Of Sulphite There Is A New Process Of Separating The Wood Fibres From Other Organic Substance By Chemicals. Everything But The Tough Cellulose Is Removed, And It Makes A Strong Paper. I Visited One Of These Mills. The Chemicals Used Produce A Pulp Called In Trade "sulphite." The ...
The Making Of Sulphite_p2
The Making Of Paper. In This Mill Manufacture Goes Further Than In Many. Sulphite Is Made Into Paper. Not The Highest Grades, For The Refuse Of A Woollen Mill Up Stream Pollutes The Water, So That An Expensive System Of Filters Would Be Required If The Manufacture Of The Better ...
The Mangroves
The Mangroves - The True Mangrove Family, Rhizophoracex, Of Fifteen Genera, Is Chiefly Confined To The Tropical Regions Of The Old World. One Genus With A Single Species Reaches The Extreme End Of Florida. Two Other Species Of The Genus Rhizophora Are Found In Tide Pools And Marshes Of Asiatic ...
The Maples Familyacerace_p1
The Maples - Family Acerace. Genus Acer, Linn. Trees Valuable For Timber And Ornament. Leaves Simple (except Nevdo), Opposite, Palmately Veined And Lobed, Decidu Ous. Flowers Inconspicuous, Racemed Or In Corymbs. Fruits Paired, Winged Samaras. Key To Species A. Leaves Simple, Palmately Lobed. B. Bloom Before The Leaves In Lateral ...
The Maples Familyacerace_p2
Who Shall Know The Red Maple Better Than This Poet Of New England? Yet It Must Be A Sadly Belated Tree That Blooms In May. Her May Corals Are The Dainty Keys Which Swing In Graceful Clusters From The Twigs, Each One Red As Any Cock's Comb. It Is Fine ...
The Maples Familyacerace_p3
To Saw A Bird's-eye Log In The Ordinary Way Would Be To Lose Most Of The Beauty Of The Grain, Which Can Be Got Only By Tan Gential Sawing. A Special Method Used Is To Take Short Lengths To A Saw Which Cuts A Thin Layer From The Surface Of ...
The Maples Familyacerace_p4
The Great Leaves That Distinguish This Species Make It A Favourite On The Pacific Slope. Unfortunately It Is Not Hardy North Of Philadelphia, And Does Better In Europe Than In Our Eastern States. It Really Is Happiest In The Bottom Lands Of Southern Oregon, Where It Forms Forests And Attains ...
The Mountain Ashes Family_p1
The Mountain Ashes - Family Rosaceae. Genus Sorbus, Linn. Small Trees Of Good Habit, With Ornamental Foliage, Flowers And Fruit. Leaves Alternate, 7 To 17 Leaflets, Serrate. Flowers Small, White, In Many-flowered Flat Corymbs. Fruit Small, Red, Berry-like. Key To Species A. Buds Sticky; Shoots Smooth. B. Leaflets Taper Pointed, ...
The Mountain Ashes Family_p2
The Rowan Tree Or European Mountain Ash (sorbus Aucu Paria, Linn.) Is The One People Usually Plant On Their Lawns In This Country. This Trim, Round-headed Tree Is Very Conventional And Well-behaved Compared With Its Country Cousins Back In The Hills. Long Discipline At The Gardener's Hands Has Made It ...
The Names Of Trees_p1
The Names Of Trees. Two Latin Words, Written In Italics, With A Cabalistic Abbrevia Tion Set After Them, Are A Stumbling Block On The Page To The Reader Unaccustomed To Scientific Lore. He Resents Botanical Names, And Demands To Know The Tree's Name "in Plain English." Trees Have Both Common ...
The Names Of Trees_p2
The Vast Body Of Information Which The "species Plantarum" Contained Was Systematically Arranged. All The Different Species In One Genus Were Brought Together. They Were Described, Each Under A Number; And An Adjective Word, Usually Descriptive Of Some Marked Characteristic, Was Written In As A Marginal Index. After Linmeus's Time ...
The Oaks Familyfagaceae
The Oaks - Family Fagaceae. - Genera Pasania And Quercus. Trees Of Great Lumber And Horticultural Value. Leaves Sim Ple, Alternate, Entire Or Lobed. Flowers Moncecious, Inconspicuous; Staminate, In Pendulous Catkins; Pistillate, Solitary Or Few In A Cluster. Fruit, A Dry Nut In A Scaly Cup (an Acorn). Key To ...