11ackberry Nettle Tree Sugar
11ackberry; Nettle Tree; Sugar Berry (ce/ii3 Occi Dentalis, Linn.). 50 To 125 Feet. Round-topped Tree, With Long, Bare, Slender Trunk. Twigs Abundant, Bushy, Slender, On Pendulous Branches. Often Bearing "witches' Brooms." Bark Thick, Brown Or Silvery Gray, Broken Into Scaly Plates By The Shallow Fissures, Roughened By Warty Excrescences On ...
Ailanthus Tree Of Heaven
Ailanthus; Tree Of Heaven (ailanthus Glandulosa, Desf.). 50 To 75 Feet. A Luxuriant, Quick-growing, Hardy Tree, Native Of China, Where It Is A Popular Street Tree In Cities So It Is In European Centres. Leaves 12 To 30 Inches Long, A Nail:en, Pointed Leaflets, Each Plain Margined, Except For A ...
Alternate Leaved Dogwood
Alternate-leaved Dogwood (cornza Alternifolia, Linn.) 15 To N Feet. A Small Tree Or Shrub With Low, Round Head Made Of Layers Of Horizontal Branches. Bark Smooth, Reddish Brown; Twigs Reddish Green. Wood Heavy, Hard, Fine Textured, Brown. Buds Pale Brown, Acute, Scaly. Leaves Alternate S To 5 Inches Long, Oval, ...
American Hornbeam Blue Beech
American Hornbeam; Blue Beech (carpinus Caroline Ana, Walt). 10 To 40 Feet. Bushy, Gnarled, Shapeless, Often Leaning, Tree, With Flattened Head Of Long, Zigzag Branches, Drooping In Thread-like, Supple Twigs. Bark Furrowed And Rough At Base Of Old Trunks; Usually Smooth, Fine-textured, Bluish Gray, Swollen In Irregular Lines That Look ...
American Linden Basswood
American Linden; Basswood (tilia Americana, 75 To 125 Feet. Tall Tree With Round Or Irregular Head Of Abundant Foliage; Trunk Stout. Dark Brown, Scaly, With Deep Furrows, Inner Layer Tough. Wood Soft, Fine-grained, Free From Knots, Hard To Split, Used By Wood-carvers, And For Fur Niture, To Be Veneered, Cooperage, ...
American Smoke Tree Chittam
American Smoke Tree; Chittam Wood; Mist Tree (cotinus Antericanus, Nutt). N To M Feet. Tall, Round Headed Tree With Slender, Pendulous Branches. Bark Gray, With Thin, Oblong Plates On Surface; Branches Purplish Red. Wood Light, Soft, Coarse-grained, Streaked Orange-colored, With White Sapwood. Used For Fencing. Sap Yields Yellow Dye. Leaves ...
Ammucan
Ammucan Elm; White Elm (ulmus Americana, Linn.). 75 To 1i5 Feet. Tall Tree With Usually Fan-shaped, Upward Spread Of Top, And Drooping Outer Branches. Bark Gray, Rough, With Irregular Fissures. Wood Reddish, Coarse, Heavy, Cross-grained, Difficult To Work, Durable In Contact With Water And Soil. Buds Flattened, Pointed; Flower Buds ...
Arbor Vile White Cedar
Arbor Vile; White Cedar (thuya Accidentalis, Linn.). 25 To 60 Feet. Compact, Narrow, Pyramidal Tree,with Trunk Often Di Viding Into 2 Or 3 Erect, Secondary Stems Above The Short, Often Ridged And Buttressed Trunk. Twigs Flattened Into Frond-like Spray. Bark Brown, Thin, Splitting Into Frayed-out, Stringy Strips. Wood Light, Soft, ...
Bald Cypress Deciduous Cypress
Bald Cypress; Deciduous Cypress (taxodium Distichum Rich). 75 To 150 Feet. Tall, Pyramidal Tree With Wide-spread Ing, Pendulous Lower Branches, Becoming Round-headed When Aged. Trunk Lobed And Flaring Into Buttresses At Base, Which Is Usually Hollow. Roots Stout, Horizontal, Bending Upward To Form Woody, Angular "knees." Bark Pale Reddish Gray, ...
Balm Of Gilead Balsam
Balm Of Gilead; Balsam; Tacamahac (p0p/l/u8 Balsami Fera, Linn.). 75 To 100 Feet. Large, Stout-trunked Tree With Narrow, Open Head Of Angular Branches, Ending In Warty, Orange-dotted Twigs, Often Pubescent. Buds Large, Exuding Clear, Fragrant Balsam That Seals The Numerous Scales. Bark Reddish Brown Or Gray, Roughened By Dark Excrescences; ...
Balsam Fir She Balsam
Balsam Fir; She Balsam (abies Fraseri, Poir). 40 To 60 Feet. Open, Pyramidal Tree, With Stiff, Horizontal Ending In Stout, Yellowish-brown, Fuzzy Twigs, With Crowded, Shining Foliage. Bark Cinnamon-red, Thin, Scaly, At Length Becoming Gray. Wood Coarse-grained, Pale Brown, Weak, Soft, Used Locally For Lumber. • Leaves Dark Green, Lustrous ...
Basket Oak
Basket Oak; Cow Oak (quercus Michauxii, Nutt.). 60 To 100 Feet. Handsome, Tall Tree, With Compact, Round Head Of Stiff Ascending Branches And Stout Twigs, Dark Green, Hairy. Bark Scaly, Silvery Or Ashy Gray, With Tinge Of Red. Wood Similar In Qualities And Used As Other White-oak Lumber. Leaves Obovate, ...
Bear Oak Scrub Oak
Bear Oak; Scrub Oak (quercus ?lama, Sag.). 10 To 20 Feet. Scrubby, Round-topped, Many-branched Tree, In Thick Ets; Trunks 5 To 6 Inches In Diameter. Bark Smooth, Brown, With Scaly Surface. Wood Used For Fuel. Leaves Obovate, Wedge-shaped At Base, With 3 Large Lobes Near Apex, Holly-like, Spiny Tips On ...
Beech
Beech (feigns Americana, Sweet). 50 To 80 Feet. Com Pact, Round-topped Tree With Numerous Horizontal And Droop Ing Branches, Ending In Slim, Silky-coated Twigs, Set With Pencil-like, Pointed Buds, 1 Inch Long In Winter, Shining, Brown. Bark Close-grained, Gray, Often Almost White, Usually Blotched And Roughened On Old Trunks By ...
Birch
Birch (betula Populifolia, Marsh). 20 To 30 Feet; Rarely 40 Feet. Narrow, Pyramidal, Pointed Tree, Short-lived, With Contorted, Often Pendulous Branches Clothing The Trunk To The Ground. Bark Chalky White Or Grayish, That Does Not Rub Off On Clothing, With Rough, Triangular Patches Of Black Under The Branches Or Scars ...
Bitter Pecan Water Hickory
Bitter Pecan; Water Hickory (mania Aquatica, Blitt). ;•0 To 60 Feet, Rarely 100 Feet. Slender Tree, With Narrow Head Of Dark-red Branches Ending In Ashy-gray, Fuzzy, And Glandular Twigs, And Dark, Small Buds, Coated With Yellow Glands. Bark Reddish, Thin, Shedding Iriplates. Wood Dark, Brittle, Close, With Wide, Pale Sapwood, ...
Black Dwarf
Dwarf, Black, Or Mountain Sumach (rhus Copallina, Linn.). Shrub To 30 Feet. Small, Spreading Tree With Reddish, Pubescent, Zigzag Twigs. Bark Reddish Brown, Thin, Breaking Into Large, Papery Scales. Wood As In Preceding Species. Leaves Compound, Alternate, 6 To 8 Inches Long, Of 9 To 21 Ovate-lanceolate, Plain-margined Leaflets, Increasing ...
Black Haw V
Black Haw (v. Prunifolium, Linn.), With Leaves Like A Plum's, And The Narrow Petiole Margin Smooth, Has Flowers Ana Fruits Very Much Like Those Of The Others. The Berries Are A Trifle Smaller Perhaps, And A Shade Darker. This Species Is Smaller Throughout Than The Other Two; It Blooms Earlier, ...
Black Jack Barren Oak
Black Jack; Barren Oak; Jack Oak (qilereu8 Mari Landica, Muench.). 20 To 50 Feet. Black-trunked, Contorted, Spreading Shrub Or Tree With Open, Irregular Head, The Stout Branchlets Coated With Pale, Thick Tomentum, Of Articulate And Stellate Hairs, Giving A Rough Feeling. Bark Nearly Black, In Squarish Plates, Scaly. _wood Heavy, ...
Black Maple Black Sugar
Black Maple; Black Sugar Maple (ater Nigrum, Michx.). 50 To 80 Feet. Distinguished From The Preceding Species, Which It Closely Resembles, By The Almost Black Bark Of Old Trunks, And The Orange Color Of The Stout Branchlet3. The Foliage Mass Is Dull, Dark Green. The Leaves Droop, They Are Yellowish ...
Black Oak Yellow Oak
Black Oak; Yellow Oak; Yellow Bark Oak (quereu, Celutina, Lam.). 70 To 90 Feet; Rarely 150 Feet. Irregular, Rugged Oak With Narrow Head Of Slender Branches, Ending In Velvety, Stout Twigs, With Large, Hoary Tomentose Winter Buds. Bark Black, Or Nearly So, Thick, Deeply Furrowed, With Inner Layers Deep Rich ...
Black Spruce
Black Spruce (picea Mariana, B. S. & P.). 20 To .%.) Feet; Rarely To 100 Feet. Pyramidal Evergreen, With Drooping Branches That Curve Upward. Bark Brownish Gray, Thin, Scaly. Twigs Downy, Wood Yellow, Soft, Weak, Used For Wood Pulp And Fuel. Leaves Blue-green, 4-sided, Stiff, Sharp, Curved, With Pale Bloom ...
Black Walnut
Black Walnut (juglans Nigra, Linn.). 80 To 150 Feet Tall, Majestic Tree With Rounded Top, Comparatively Narrow. From The Height Of The Trunk Before It Breaks Into The Stiff, Ascending Limbs; Twigs Stout, Velvety, Green To Orange-brown, With Prominent, 3-lobed Leaf-scars, Below The Winter Buds; Pith Chambered; Aromatic Sap. Bark ...
Black Willow
Black Willow (saliz Nigra, Marsh). 50 To 100 Feet. Spreading, Round-headed Tree, Usually Of Several Stout Branches Rising Near The Ground From The Short Trunk; Twigs Slender, Reddish, Smooth, Often Snowy Pubescent When Young. Buds Small, Pointed. Bark Shaggy, Dark-brown Ridges, With Orange Color Showing In The Shallow Fissures; Surface ...
Black
Black Asa (fraxinus Nigra, Marsh.). 50 To 90 Feet. Slender, Upright Tree With Narrow Head; Twigs Stout. Bark Close Textured, Dark Gray, With Interlacing Furrows; Twigs Smooth, Gray, With Pale Lenticels. Wood Brown, Soft, Heavy, Tough, Splitting Into Annual Layers Along The Porous Spring Wood. Buds Broadly Ovate, Almost Black, ...
Blue Ash
Blue Ash (fraxinus Quadrangulata, Michx.). Conceals Its Bluing In Its Inner Bark. Crush A Bit Of It In Water And The Dye Appears. But This Is Not Always A Convenient Way To Identify A Tree. There Is A Simpler And More Satisfactory Way. Take A Look At The Twigs. Are ...
Bur Oak Mossy
Bur Oak; Mossy Cur Oak (quercus Nurcrocarpa, Michx.) 75 To 160 Feet. Irregularly Round-headed, Ruggedly Pictur Esque, Unsymmetrical Tree. Bark Gray-brown, Deeply Fissured, Shaggy; Branches Ridged, Shedding Plates Of Bark; Twigs Stout, Pubescent, And Winged With Corky Ridges. Wood Brown, Close Grained, Heavy, Durable, With Conspicuous Pith Rays, Used As ...
Burning
Burning Suss; Wahoo (euonymus Atropurpureus, Jacci!). Shrub To 45 Feet. Dainty Tree With Spreading, Slender Branches, Smooth Twigs. Bark Ashy Gray, Fluted, Thin, With Minute Scales. Wood White, Tinged Orange, Hard, Very Close Grained, Used For Knitting Needles, Spindles, Crochet Hooks, Skewers And Toothpicks. Leaves Opposite, Simple, Elliptical Ovate, Acuminate ...
Butternut Write Walnut Oil
Butternut; Write Walnut; Oil Nut (juglans Cinerea, Linn.). 50 To 75 Feet. Short-trunked, Spreading, Irregular Tree, With Round Dome. Bark Rough, Gray, Paler In Furrows That Are Broader Than The Ridges. Twigs Clammy, Pubescent With Chambered Pith. Buds Often One Above Another In Axils, Downy. Wood Light Brown, Soft, Coarse, ...
Cabbage Palmetto Cabbage Tree
Cabbage Palmetto; Cabbage Tree (sabal Palmetto, It' & S.). 20 To 40 Feet. Stout Trunk Crowned With Leaves That Form A Round Head. Bark Broken Into Irregular Plates By Shallow Fissures. Wood Light, Soft, Pale Brown, With Hard, Tough, Fibro-vascular Bundles; Rind Thick, Of Lighter, More Por Ous Texture Than ...
Canada Plum Red Plum
Canada Plum; Red Plum (prunus Nigra, Ait.). Eo To 50 Feet. Narrow-headed Tree With Stiff, Erect Branches, Ending In Zigzag Twigs, With Stiff, Thorny Side Shoots. Bark Pale, Gray-brown, Breaking And Curling Back Into Papery Plates, Exposing Inner Bark. Wood Dark Red-brown, Heavy, Hard, Close-grained, With Pale Sapwood. Leaves Obovate, ...
Canoe
Canoe Braces; Paper Birch (betula Papyrifera, Marsh). 60 To 80 Feet. Large Tree With Broad, Open Head Of Few, Erect Large Limbs, With Numerous Horizontal Branches Ending In Flexible Twigs. Bark Dull, Chalky White, Stripping Horizon Tally Into Thin, Curling Sheets, Cut By Slit-like Lenticels, And Curling At The Edges; ...
Carolina Hemlock
Carolina Hemlock (tsuga Carolinian, Engehn). 4l To 70 Feet. Compact, Pyramidal Tree, With Pendulous, Grace Ful Branches. Bark Red-brown, Thick, Checked Into Irregu Lar Plates By Deep Clefts; Branches Brown; Twigs Orange, Pubes Cent. Wood Pale Brown, Brittle, Coarse-grained, Weak; Used Locally For Fuel; Planted As A Park Tree. Leaves ...
Carolina Poplar
Carolina Poplar (populus Delloides, Marsh, Variety Caro Linensis). Handsome, Regularly Pyramidal Tree Of Remarkably Quick Growth And Luxuriant Foliage, Planted In Cities And Suburban Towns Of Eastern And Central States To Produce Im Mediate Effects. Leaves Triangular, Bright Green, Shining On Both Sides, Large, On Flexible Stems; The Varnished Surfaces ...
Catalpa Indian Bean
Catalpa; Indian Bean (catalpa Catalpa, Karst). Low Spreading Tree, N To 50 Feet High, With Broad, Irregular Head Of Coarse Twigs. Bark Light Brown, Reddish, Smooth. Wood Coarse-grained, Soft, Light Brown, Durable In Contact With The Ground. Buds All Lateral, Above Circular Leaf Scar, Minute, Globular; Inner Scales Grow To ...
Chestnut Oak Tanbark Oak
Chestnut Oak; Tanbark Oak; Rock Oak (quercus Prinus, Linn.). 50 To 100 Feet. Tree With Broad, Irregular Head Of Large Limbs Spreading From A Short Trunk. Bark Nearly Black, Furrowed Into Wide, Rounded, Scaly Ridges; Branches Smooth, With Lustrous, Purplish Bark. Wood Dark, Reddish Brown, Close-grained, Tough, Heavy, Durable In ...
Chestnut
Chestnut (castanea Dentata, Borkh.). 60 To 100 Feet. Sym Metrical, Thick-topped Tree With Oblong Head Above Stocky Trunk, Covered With Gray-brown Bark, In Scaly Flat Ridges, Between Shallow Fissures. Wood Coarse-grained, Brown, Weak, But Durable In Contact With Soil. Used For Posts, Railroad Ties, And For Furniture And Inside Finish ...
Chickasaw
Chickasaw Prone (prunus Anguslifolia, Marsh). 15 Tc 25 Feet. The Wild Plum Of The South, From Delaware And Kentucky To The Gulf. Leaves Narrow, 1 To S Inches Long, Shiny, Trough-like, By A Fold Along The Midrib, Like A Peach Leaf. Fruit Round, Soft, Sweet, More Like A Cherry; Flavor ...
Chiefly
Chiefly Quick-growing, Water-loving Trees And Shrubs, With Slender, Supple Twigs, And Buds With A Single Protective Cap Or Scale Of Two Coats. Wood Light, Soft. Leaves Simple, Alter Nate, Narrow And Pointed, Deciduous. Flowers Dicecious, In Loose Catkins, Each Flower Subtended By A Bract Having An Entire Hairy Margin. Fruit ...
Chinquapin
Chinquapin (castanea Pumila, Mill.). Shrub To 50 Shrub To Medium-sized Tree, With Round Top Of Spreading, Slender Branches And Pubescent Twigs. Bark Reddish Brown, Broken Into Thin, Scaly Plates. Wood Coarse-grained, Brown, Hard, Strong, Durable, Used For Posts, Rails, And Ties. Leaves Oblong-oval, Acute, With Stiff, Sharp Teeth On Margin, ...
Choke Cherry
Choke Cherry (prunus Virginian, Linn.). Shrub To 35 Feet. Bush Or Tree With Crooked, Short Trunk, Often Leaning, And Short, Brown Branches. Bark Thin, Scaly, Dark Brown, Broken Into Irregular Plates, Strong-scented, Often Marked By Pale Excrescences. Wood Heavy, Close-grained, Hard, But Not Strong. Worthless. Leaves Oval, Abruptly Pointed At ...
Clammy Locust
Clammy Locust (robinia Viacosa, Vent.). 20 To 40 Feet. Slender, Bushy Tree, Often A Shrub, With Twigs Dark, Reddish Brown, And Covered With Glandular Hairs That Exude A Sticky Substance. Bark Dark Reddish Brown, Smooth, Thin. Wood Heavy, Hard, Close-grained, Brown, With Yellow Sapwood Leaves 7 To 12 Inches Long, ...
Cock 9pur Thorn Hawthorn
Cock-9pur Thorn; Hawthorn (cratcegua Linn.). 15 To 25 Feet. Small Tree, With Rigid, Stout, Spread Ing Branches And Twigs With Straight, Unbranched Thorns, 3 To 4 Inches Long, Or On Older Limbs 6 To 8 Inches Long, And Set With Slim, Lateral Spines. Bark Gray Or Brown, Scaly. Wood Brownish ...
Cottonwood
Cottonwood (populus Deltoidea, Marsh). 60 To 100 Feet. A Tall, Stately Tree, With Wide, Irregular, Open Head, Of Massive Limbs, That Droop At Extremities In Many Angular Twigs, Set In Winter With Large, Flat, Wax-sealed Buds. Bark Thick, Ashy Gray, Deeply Furrowed Into Rounded, Scaly Ridges. Wood Dark Brown, Weak, ...
Cuban Pine Swamp Pine
Cuban Pine; Swamp Pine (pinus Caribea, Morelet). 80 To 120 Feet. Tall, Tapering Trunk And Dense, Round Head Of Heavy Limbs. Bark Brown, Scaly, Showing Orange In The Fur Rows Between Broad Plates. Wood Heavy, Very Hard, Resin Ous, Coarse, Dark Orange With Pale, Thick Sapwood. Yields Turpentine. Uses Of ...
Cucumber Tree Mountain Magnolia
Cucumber Tree; Mountain Magnolia (magnolia Acumi Nala, Linn.). 60 To 100 Feet. Spreading, Pyramidal Tree, Of Small Branches And Slim Twigs With Large Buds. Bark Thin, Brown, Covered With Thin Scales. Wood Weak, Close-grained, Yellow-brown, Used For Flooring And Fuel. Leaves Oblong, Pointed, Plain-margined, Silky When Opening, Thin, Smooth, Yellow-green, ...
Dahoon
Dahoon (rex Cassine, Linn.). Shrub To 35 Feet. Ever Green Shrub Or Tree With Persistent, Silky, White Down On The Last Three Years Of Growth. Branches At Length Smooth, Brown. Bark Gray, Roughened By Numerous Slits, The Lenticets. Wood Light, Soft, Close-grained, Pale Brown, With White Sap Wood. Leaves E ...
Dotted Haw
Dotted Haw (crategus Punctata, Jacq.). 20 To 30 Feet. Broad, Round-headed Tree, Or Flat-topped, With Stout, Hori Zontal Branches, And Twigs At First Coated With Pale Pubescence, Then Gray. Thorns Straight, Slim, 2 To 3 Inches Long, Orange Brown Or Gray. Bark Thin, Dark Red, Shed In Long, Plate-like Scales; ...
Downy Basswood Linden
Downy Basswood; Linden (tilia Pubescens, Ait.). 30 To 40 Feet. Small Tree With Slender Branches And Rusty-pubescent Twigs. Bark Scaly On Ridges Between Parallel Fissures. Red Dish Brown. Wood Light Brown, Close-grained, Soft. Leaves Ovate, Acuminate, Unsymmetrical At Base, 4 To 5 Inches Long, Hoary Tomentose When They Unfold, Becoming ...
Dwarf Juniper
Dwarf Juniper (juniperus Cammunis, Linn.). 5 To 30 Feet. Sprawling Shrub, Or, Rarely, A Small Tree, With Irregular, Lobed Trunk, And Open Head Of Uneven, Erect Branches, Ending In Slim, 3-angled Twigs. Bark Thin, Loose, Scaly, Brownish Red. Wood Hard, Close, Pale Brown, Durable. Leaves Set In Whorls Of 3 ...
Dwarf Shad Bush Swamp
Dwarf Shad Bush; Swamp Smut Pear (amelanchier Obovalia, Ashe). Shrub To 30 Feet. Bush Of Many Stems, Or Slender, Dense, Round-topped Tree, With Slim Twigs Covered With Dense, White Wool When Young. Bark Pale, Reddish Brown, Checked, With Small, Persistent Scales. Wood Like The Preceding Species. Leaves Oblong Or Elliptical, ...
Ear Leaved Magnolia Long Leaved Cucumber
Ear-leaved Magnolia; Long-leaved Cucumber Tree (magnolia Fraseri, Walt.). 80 To 40 Feet. Low, Broad Crowned Tree, With Slender, Of Ten Leaning Trunk, Or Many Small Stems Spreading From The Ground. Branches Angular, Stout, With Brittle Twigs, Tipped With Purple Buds, 11 To 4 Inches Long. Bark Thin, Brown, With Warty ...
Europea Beech
Europea:. Beech (fagus Sylvatica, Linn.). An Important Timber Tree Of Europe, Extensively Planted In The Eastern States, Where It Attains Great Size. Distinguished From The American Beech By The Dark Color Of Its Bark. The Purple Beech Is A Variety With Purple Foliage. Weeping And Cut-leaved Varieties Are Very Popular ...
European White Birch
European White Birch (betula Alba, Linn.). The Prin Cipal Fuel Tree In Many Parts Of Northern Europe. Not Seen In America Except In Horticultural Varieties, Which Are Daintier And Far More Beautiful Than Their Commonplace Parent. Cut-leaved White Birch Is Variety Laciniata, A Tall, Graceful, Pyramidal Tree, With Small, Shining, ...
Every
Every One Of Us Loves The Sight Of Green Things Growing. Natural That Trees, Which Are Greatest In All The Plant Kingdom, Should Inspire In Us The Highest Admiration. Their Terms Of Life So Far Outrun The Puny Human Span! They Stand So High, And Spread So Far Their Sheltering ...
Florida Sugar Maple
Florida Sugar Maple (ater Floridanum, Pax.). A To 60 Feet. Small, Erect-branched, Spreading Tree, With Slender, Smooth Twigs. Bark Smooth, Pale, Thin, Becoming Darker And Roughened On Old Trunks. Leaves E To 3 Inches In Length And Breadth, With 3 Large Triangular, Wavy-margined Lobes, And E Faint Ones At Base; ...
Flowering
Flowering Douwoon (cornus Florida, Linn.). 15 To 40 Feet. Small, Flat-topped, Bushy, Irregular Tree, With Angular, Spreading Twigs, Set With Conical, Flattened Flower Buds, En Closed In Four Leathery Protecting Scales. Bark Gray Or Brown, Checked By Deep Furrows Into Small, Irregular Plates, Like Alligator Skin. Wood Fine-grained, Hard, Heavy, ...
Fringe Tree
Fringe Tree (chionanthus Virginica, Linn.). A Slender, Narrow-headed Tree, 20 To 80 Feet High, Or Less. Bark Reddish, Scaly; Branches Gray Or Brown. Wood Light Brown, Close, Heavy, Hard. Buds Small, Brown, Ovate; Inner Scales Becoming Leaf-like. Leaves Opposite, Simple, 4 To 8 Inches Long, 1 To 4 Inches Broad, ...
Ginkgo Maide111air Tree
Ginkgo; Maide1.11air Tree (salisburia Adiantifolia). To 50 Feet. A Tall, Tapering, Pyramidal Tree, With Central Trunk And Short Side Branches, Much Planted As An Ornamental And Street Tree In Eastern Cities, Notably Washington, D. C. The Leaves, Clustered On Very Short Side Twigs, Have The Shape Of The Maidenhair Fern's, ...
Golden Osier
Golden Osier (salix Alba, Linn., Variety Vitellina). 40 To 60 Feet. Venerable-looking, Stout-trunked Tree With Wide, Rounded Head Of Vigorous Branches, The Slim Terminal Twigs Orange Or Golden. Bark Rough, Gray, Sometimes Shaggy. Wood Soft, Light, Weak, Brown, Used For Fuel. Leaves Ellip Tical, Serrate, 2 To 4 Inches Long, ...
Gray Pine Jack Pine
Gray Pine; Jack Pine; Scrub Pine (pima Divarieata, Mont De Cours). 40 To 70 Feet. Tall Tree With Open, Sym Metrical Head, Or Crouching, Sprawling Habit; Branches Long, Spreading, Made Ragged By The Clumps Of Old Cones, And Shed Ding, Rusty Foliage. Bark Rough, Thin, Reddish. Wood Light, Orange Or ...
Great Rhododendron Rose Bay
Great Rhododendron; Rose Bay (rhododendron Maxi Mum, Linn.). Shrub To 35 Feet. Evergreen Shrub Or Small Tree With Broad Head Of Twisted Limbs. Buds Large, Scaly, Terminal Contain Flower Clusters; Axillary, Small, Contain Leafy Shoots. Sap Considered Poisonous. Bark Reddish Brown, Scaly; Limbs Gray, At First Rusty Hairy. Wood Hard, ...
Green Ash
Green Ash (fraxinua Lanceolata, Borkh.). 50 To 60 Feet. Round-headed Tree, With Slender, Spreading Branches; Twigs Gray. Bark Gray, Regularly Furrowed; Branches Smooth. Wood Heavy, Hard, Strong, Brown, Coarse-grained, Used As White Ash, But Inferior. Leaves Smooth, Green On Both Sides. Lustrous Above, Of 5 To 9 Leaflets, Each Narrowly ...
Green Haw
Green Haw (cratnus Viridis, Linn.). N To 35 Feet. Round-headed Tree With Tall, Often Fluted Trunk, And Spreading Branches, Ending In Smooth, Slim, Gray Or Red-brown Twigs. Thorns Slender, Sharp, Pale, Less Than 1 Inch Long; Oftener Wanting. Bark Checked Into Plates, Thin, Scaly, Orange. Brown, Or Ashy Gray. Wood ...
Hemlock
Hemlock (tsuga Canadensis, Carr.). 60 To 100 Feet. Tapering, Pyramidal Tree, With Slender, Horizontal Branches, Drooping, And Ending In Feathery Spray. Bark Thin, Scaly, Cinnamon-red To Gray. Wood Light, Soft, Coarse-grained, Reddish Brown, Used In Bbilding, And For Railroad Ties. Bark Used In Tanning Leather, And Dyeing. Leaves To Inch ...
Hoary Alder Speckled Alder
Hoary Alder; Speckled Alder (alnus Incana, Willd.). Shrub To E0 Feet. Shrubby Tree Forming Copses In Wet Ground. Distinguished By White Spots That Blotch The Bark. Leaves Ovate, Strongly Veined With Straight Ribs, Dark Green, Lined With Hoary Bloom. Flowers In Catkins, Moncecious, Clustered Near Ends Of Twigs. Fruit Oval ...
Holly
Holly (hex Opaca, Ait.). 15 To 45 Feet. A Sturdy Tree With Narrow Pyramidal Head Of Short, Slender Limbs, And Stout, Twigs, Pubescent At First With Fine, Red Hairs. Bark Gray, Warty; On Branches Brown. Wood White, Close-grained, Tough, Light, Much Used And Valued In Turnery And Inlay Work, For ...
Honey Locust Three Thorned Acacia
Honey Locust; Three-thorned Acacia (gleditsia Triacanthos, Linn.). 70 To 140 Feet. Large, Handsome Tree With Rigid, Horizontal Branches, And Twigs With Three-pronged Thorns, Set Singly Or In Clusters Upon The Second-year Twigs. Bark Rough, Dark, Furrowed; Twigs Smooth, Brown. Wood Red Dish Brown, Hard, Durable, Heavy, Used For Hubs, Fencing, ...
Hop Tree Wafer Ash
Hop Tree; Wafer Ash (ptelea Trifoliata, Linn.). Shrub To 45 Feet. Slender Tree With Round Head Of Spreading Branches Ending In Downy Twigs. Bark With Warty Excrescences; Twigs With Prominent Leaf Scars. Wood Hard, Close-grained, Heavy, Yellow-brown. Leaves Compound, Of 3 Sessile, Ovate, Taper Ing, Serrate Leaflets, On A Long ...
Horse Chestnut
Horse Chestnut (zesculus Hippocastanurn, Linn.). A Favorite Avenue And Park Tree In Europe, That Grows Even More Vigorously In Our Eastern States Than Abroad. It Is Planted In All Temperate Countries, For Its Showy, Creamy Flowers, That Form Large, Terminal Spikes, Not Unlike Those Of Potted Hyacinths, At The Ends ...
Horse Sugar Sweet Leaf
Sweet Leaf, Horse Sugar (symplocos Tinctoria, L'her.). A Small, Open-headed Tree, 10 To 30 Feet High, With Short Trunk And Slim, Ascending Branches. Bark Ashy Gray With Reddish Tinge, Warty. Buds Ovate, With Triangular Scales. Leaves Leathery, Sweet-tasting, Dark Green And Lustrous Above; Paler And Pubescent Beneath, 5 To 6 ...
Indian Cherry Yellow Buckthorn
Indian Cherry; Yellow Buckthorn (rhamnus Cara Liniana, Walt.). El) To 55 Feet. Blender, Spreading Tree, Or Tall Shrub, With Thornless, Angular Twigs, Reddish, Becoming Gray. Bark Gray, Blotched With Black, Slightly Furrowed. Wood Hard, Close-grained, Brittle, Light Brown. Leaves Alter Nate, Elliptical, Acute, Faintly Serrate, 2 To 5 Inches Long, ...
Jersey Pine Scrub Pine
Jersey Pine; Scrub Pine (pinus Virginiana, Mill.). 30 To 40 Feet. Loose, Flat-topped, Broadly Pyramidal Tree, With Drooping Branches. Bark Reddish Brown, In Irregular, Scaly, Thin Plates. Wood Coarse-grained, Brittle, Pale Orange To White, Soft, Weak, But Durable In Soil; Used For Fuel, Rarely For Lumber, Pumps, Water Pipes, And ...
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Kentucky Coffee Tree (gymnocladus Dioicus, K. Koch). 75 To 100 Feet. A Narrow, Round-topped Tree, With Stout, Thornless Twigs. Buds Half-buried, Above Prominent, Pale, Broadly Heart-shaped Leaf Scars. Bark Gray, Deeply Furrowed Between Scaly Ridges; Often Reddish. Wood Light Brown, Soft, Heavy, Coarse, Durable, Used For Fencing. Leaves Twice Com ...
L Ombardy Poplar
L Ombardy Poplar (poputus Nigra, Linn., Variety Italica). 13 To 60 Feet. Tall, Narrowly Pyramidal Tree Of Short, Ascend Ing Branches From The Ground, Covering The Stout, Often Ir Regularly Lobed Trunk. Bark Rough, Dark Gray, Scaly, Swollen, With Excrescences. Wood Soft, Compact, Sometimes Used As Fuel. Leaves Shining, Ovate, ...
Large Leaved Cucumber Tree
Large-leaved Cucumber Tree (magnolia Macrophylla Michx.). 30 To 50 Feet. Broad, Round-beaded Tree With Slender Trunk, Branches Stout, Ending In Snowy-tomentose Buds 1 To 2 Inches Long. Bark Thin, Gray, With Minute Scales. Wood Pale Brown, Close-textured, Weak, Of No Use As Lumber. Leaves Simple, 16 To 30 Inches Long, ...
Large Toothed Poplar
Large-toothed Poplar (populus Grandidentata, Michx.). 50 To 75 Feet. Narrow, Round Crown Of Stout, Angular Branches On Slender Trunk. Bark Dark, Rough, Deeply Fissured Between Broad Ridges; Branches Gray-green, Twigs Pubescent At First. Buds Ovate, Waxy. Wood Pale Brown, Weak, Soft. Leaves Thick, Coarse, Roundish, With Irregular, Rounded Teeth On ...
Large
Large, Ornamental, Deciduous Trees, With Smooth Limbs From Which Whitish Bark Peels In Irregular Flakes. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Palmately Lobed. Flowers Moncecious In Pendant Heads. Fruits Swinging, Many-seeded Balls, Hanging All Winter. ...
Live Oak
Live Oak (quercua Virginiana, Mill.). 50 To 70 Feet; 50 To 150 Feet Across. Spreading, Round-topped, Short-trunked Tree, Of Numerous Small, Rigid, Angular Branches; Trunk Often Lobed And Buttressed. Bark Brownish Red, With Shallow Fis Sures, And Scaly Ridges; Limbs Shading To Pale Gray; Twigs Hoary Pubescent. Wood Very Heavy, ...
Loblolly Pine Old Field Pine
Loblolly Pine; Old-field Pine (pinua Flan, Linn.) 80 To 100 Feet. Tall, Deep-rooted Tree, Narrowly Pyramidal, Of Very Quick Growth. Bark Bright Reddish Brown, Scaly, With Broad Ridges. Branchlets Yellow-brown. Wood Soft, Weak, Very Resinous, Coarse-grained, Brown, Used In Building Ships, Docks, Cars, And Houses. Excellent Fuel. Leaves In 3's, ...
Locust Acacia Yellow Locust
Locust; Acacia; Yellow Locust (robinia Pseudacacia, Linn.). 40 To 80 Feet. Tall, Slender Tree With Narrow, Oblong Head Of Small, Brittle Branches. Bark Rough, Dark Gray, Deeply Furrowed, The Ridges Checked Into Squares. Wood Brown, Tinged With Yellow, Hard, Coarse-grained, Heavy, Dur Able In Soil. Buds Pointed, Small, Silky, All ...
Long Spine Haw
Long-spine Haw (crattegus Macracantha, Koehne). 10 To 15 Feet. Small Tree, Or Spreading Shrub. Thorns Numer Ous, Slender, Curved, 3 To 4 Inches Long, Very Sharp, Shiny. Leaves Rhomboidal To Ovate, Acute At Both Ends, Saw-toothed, Lobed, Dark Green, Leathery, Lustrous, With Stout, Red Petioles. Flowers In May, In Velvety, ...
Longleaf Pine Southern Pine
Longleaf Pine; Southern Pine (finns Pcdustrij, Mill.). 90 To 120 Feet. Tall, Slender Tree Forming Loose, Oblong Head Of Stout, Twisted Limbs. Bark Reddish Brown, With Orange Tinge, Deeply Furrowed Into Scaly Plates. Wood Heavy, Strong, Yellowish Brown, Durable, Very Hard, Tough, Best Of All Pine Lumber, Used For Heavy ...
Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia
Magnolia; Great Laurel Magnolia (magnolia Mick Sarg.). 50 To 80 Feet. Regular, Conical, Or Pyramidal, Ever Green Tree With Small, Spreading Branches And Pubescent, Hoary Twigs, Bearing Large, Rusty Winter Buds. Bark Thin, Scaly, Brown Or Gray. Wood White, Hard, Heavy, Close Grained, Turning Brown, Used For Fuel. Leaves Oblong ...
May Haw Apple Haw
May Haw; Apple Haw (cratvegus Rstivalis, T. & G.). • 20 To 30 Feet. Round-headed Tree, With Stout Trunk, Or Many Stems From Ground. Thorns Stout, Sharp, 14 Inches Long, Shining; Often Wanting. Bark Thin, Reddish Brown, Fissured Into Irregular Plates, Scaly. Wood Heavy, Weak, Close , Grained, Light Brown. ...
Mockernut Big Bud Hickory
Mockernut; Big Bud Hickory (llicoria Alba, Britt.). 50 To 80 Feet; Rarely 100 Feet. Tall Trunk With Round, Spreading, Or Narrow Head Of Stiff Upright, And Lower, Drooping Branches. Twigs With Thick, Pale, Hairy Coating; Brownish, With Showy Pale Lenticels, And Big Terminal Winter Buds, Ovate, 4 To I Inch ...
Mountain Ash
Mountain Ash (sorbus Americana, Marsh.). Shrub To 30 Feet. Low Shrub, Or Slender Tree, With Narrow, Open Round Head, Of Stout Branchlets. Bark Smooth Brown Or Gray, Shed Ding In Thin Scales; Twigs Fuzzy. Wood Pale Brown, Weak, Close-grained; Sapwood Of Many Layers; Pith Large In Twigs. Leaves Compound, Of ...
Mountain Holly
Mountain Holly (rex Montieola, Gray). Shrub To 40 Feet. Low Shrub With Spreading Stems, Or Narrowly Pyramidal Tree; Trunk Short. Bark And Wood Like Preceding Species. Leaves Deciduous, Thin, Ovate, Serrate, Acuminate At Apex, Acute At Base, Length 4 To 5 Inches, Width To Q Inches, Light Green Above, Pale ...
Mountain Laurel
Mountain Laurel (kalmia Latifolia, Linn.). Evergreen Shrub Or Tree, Becoming 30 Feet High, With Dense, Round Head And Crooked Branches. Bark Dark Brown With Tinge Of Red, Scaly; Branches Red Or Yellow, Smooth. Wood Reddish Brown, Heavy, Fine-grained. Buds Large, Scaly, Sub-terminal Ones Contain Flowers; Leaf Buds Small, Naked, Axillary. ...
Mountain Maple
Mountain Maple (ace?. Spicatum, Lam.). Shrub To 30 Feet. Shrubby Tree, With Several Small Upright Limbs, And Pale, At First Pubescent Twigs, And Thin, Reddish, Smooth Bark. Leaves 4 To 5 Inches Broad And Long, With Three Shallow Broad Lobes At Apex, And Sometimes A Faint Pair At Base; Margin ...
Narrow Leaved Crab Apple
Narrow-leaved Crab Apple (mains Angustifolia, Michx.) Shrub To N Feet. Like The Preceding Species, But More Deli Cate Throughout. Distinguished By Its Leaves, Which Are Narrow, Blunt At Both Ends, 11 To 3 Inches Long, Dark Green, Almost Leathery, Lustrous, With Dull, Often Fuzzy Lining. Dist.: New Jersey And Pennsylvania ...
North Carolina Shagbark
North Carolina Shagbark Carolince-septentri Onalis, Ashe). N To 80 Feet; Rarely 80 Feet. Slender Tree With Oblong, Narrow Head Of Gray Limbs Ending In Slim, Red Brown Twigs. Bark Shaggy, Light Gray, Thin, Peeling In Elastic, Tough Strips. Wood Reddish Brown, Tough, Hard, Strong, Used For Same Purposes As That ...
Norway Maple
Norway Maple (acer Platanoides). A Round-headed Dense Tree, Very Quick And Vigorous Of Growth In The United States, With Dark Green, Smooth Broad Leaves, 5-lobed, Re Motely Toothed, With Milky Sap, Scarcely Paler Beneath, 5 To 6 Inches Long And Broad, Turning Clear Yellow Before Falling. Flowers Yellow-green, In Flat ...
Nutmeg Hickory
Nutmeg Hickory (hicoria Myristicaformis, Britt.). 80 To 100 Feet. Tall, Straight Tree With Narrow, Open Head Of Stout Branches, Ending In Slender Twigs Coated With Shining Golden Scales. Bark Brown, Irregularly Broken Into Thin, Close Scales. Wood Light Brown, Very Strong, Tough, Hard, Used For Lumber And Fuel. Leaves 7 ...
Ogeeche Lime
Ogeeche Lime; Sous Tupelo (nyssa Ogeche, Marsh). .50 To 70 Feet. A Small, Twiggy Tupelo, With White Or Gray Hoary Twigs, Leaves Obovate, 4 To 6 Inches Long, And Clustered Red Fruits The Size Of Plums And Pecans. It Is A Strikingly Beautiful Tree In The Time Of Fruiting, And ...
Ohio Buckeye Fetid Buckeye
Ohio Buckeye; Fetid Buckeye (xecubur Glabra, Willd ). 20 To 70 Feet. Tall Tree With Small, Broad Top Of Spreading Branches. Bark Ill-smelling, Gray, Broken Into Plates; Twigs Brown, Pubescent At First, Marked By Orange-colored Lenticels; Buds Large, Opposite. Wood White, Shaded Into Brown Sap Wood, Close-grained, Light, Soft, Difficult ...
Or Conifers B A
A. Key To The Evergreens, Or Conifers. B. Fruit, A Cone. C. Foliage Needle-like, Conspicuous, Spirally Arranged. D. Leaves, Few In Sheathed Bundle. The Pines Dd. Leaves, Many In Unsheathed Tufts, De Ciduous. The Larches Ddd. Leaves, Solitary And Scattered. E. Leaves Flat, Blunt, Pale Beneath, 4-ranked On Twig. F. ...
Or Swamp Water
Water, Or Swamp As (f. Carolinian, Mill.) Grows To 43 Feet High In Swampy Lands Skirting The Coast From Virginia To Middle Florida, And West To The Sabine River In Texas. It Follows The Deep River Swamps Of The Mississippi North To Arkansas. The Leaves Are Small, And The Little ...
Or Sweet Buckeye Big
Yellow, Or Sweet Buckeye; Big Buckeye (resculus Octandra, Marsh). 50 To 80 Feet. Large, Handsome Tree With Pyramidal Head Of Small, Pendulous Limbs, And Orange-brown, Smooth Twigs, With Large, Blunt Winter Buds. Bark Brown, Dark, With Shallow Fissures And Scaly Plates. Wood Light, Soft, Creamy White, Close-grained, Difficult To Split, ...
Osage Orange
Osage Orange; Bow Wood (toxylon Pomiferum, Raf.). 10 To 60 Feet. Round-headed Tree With Short Trunk, Fleshy Roots, Stout Thorns, And Bitter, Milky Sap. Bark Dark, Scaly, Deeply Furrowed; Blanches Orange Brown; Twigs Fuzzy. Wood Orange Yellow, Hard, Heavy, Flexible, Strong, Durable In Soil, Used For Clubs And Bows By ...