Overcup Oak Swamp Post
Overcup Oak; Swamp Post Oak (quercus Lyrata, Walt.). 70 To 100 Feet. Symmetrical, But Narrow, Round-headed Tree, With Small, Drooping Branches. Bark Reddish Gray, Furrowed And Shedding In Thick Scaly Plates. Branches Ashen; Twigs Brownish Yellow, Pubescent. Wood Brown, Strong, Tough, Durable, Used For Lumber: Called "white Oak." Leaves Ovate ...
Pale Leaf Hickory Ii
Pale-leaf Hickory (ii Icoria Villosa, Ashe). 19 To 2.! Feet; Rarely, 40 To 50 Feet. Small Tree With Short Trunk And Oblong Head Of Small Branches. Bark Gray Or Brown, With Deep Furrows And Broad, Scaly Ridges. Twigs, Pale, Pubescent, Becoming Purplish, Then Dark Brown On Branches. Wood Brown, Hard, ...
Papaw
Papaw (asimina Triloba, Dunal). N To 30 Feet Slender, Spreading Tree Or Shrub, With Grooved Branches. And Sap With Heavy, Disagreeable Odor. Bark Thin, Brown Blotched With Gray, Cut By A Network Of Shallow Grooves With Warty Outgrowths Between. Used For Fishnets. Wood Light, Coarse-grained, Soft, Worthless. Leaves Clustered Near ...
Parsley Haw
Parsley Haw (cratcegui Apiifolia, Michx.). 15 To N Feet. Irregular Tree, With Angular, Twisted Branches, Horizontally Spread. Thorns Stout, Straight, Brown, 1 To 11 Inch. S Long. Bark Brown, Checked, Scaly. Wood Hard, Brown, Satiny Lustre. Leaves Round Or Broadly Ovate, Sharply Cut-toothed, And Cleft To The Midrib, Almost, Into ...
Paulownia
Paulownia (paulownia Imperialis, Sieb. & Zucc.) Is A Member Of The Spurge Family Not So Far Away From The Catalpa, Botanically Speaking. In Lustiness Of Growth Each Excels. The Heart-shaped Leaves Are Often A Foot Across. The Hardi Ness Of The Tree Commends It. Even As Far North As Montreal ...
Peach Leaf Willow
Peach-leaf Willow (salix Amygdaloides, Anders). 30 To 40 Feet; Rarely 70 Feet. Slender-tree With Erect Or Leaning Trunk And Straight, Ascending Branches. Bark Reddish Brown, Fissured Into Scaly Plates; Branches Brown, Shading Into Orange In The Shining, Pale-dotted Twigs. Wood Light, Soft, Pale Blown, Weak, Used For Fuel. Leaves Broadly ...
Pear Haw
Pear Haw (crafregus Tomentosa, Linn.). 15 To 20 Feet. Low Tree With Wide, Flat Head. Thorns Scattered, Slender, Straight, 1 To 11 Inches Long. Leaves Ovate-oblong, Acuminate, Narrowed To The Plain, Wedge-shaped Base, Sharply Lobed, Saw Toothed, Thin, Gray-green, Downy Beneath; Petioles Stout, Winged, Spreading Into Prominent Veins. Autumn Colors, ...
Pecan
Pecan (hicoria Pecan, Britt). 100 To 140 Feet. Tall, Broad-crowned Tree, With Thick Trunk, Buttressed At Base. Bark Red-br.,wn, In Scaly Plates; Twigs Downy, With Orange Dots. Wood Light Brown, Heavy, Fine-grained, Hard, Not Strong, Used For Fuel. Leaves 12 To 20 Inches Long, Of 9 To 17 Leaflets, Each ...
Pepperidge Sour Or Black
Tupelo, Pepperidge; Sour Or Black Gum (nyssa Syl Atica, Marsh). 50 To 100 Feet. Medium-sized Tree, Of Ir Regular, Variable Shape; Limbs Short, Tortuous, Rigid, Densely Twiggy. Bark Rough, Dark Gray, Broken Into Many-sided Plates; Twigs Green To Orange, Often Downy. Wood Heavy, Tough, Cross-grained, Hard To Work, Used For ...
Persimmon
Persimmon (diospyros Virginian, Linn.). A Slender, Tall Tree With Handsome Round Head, Rarely Over 50 Feet High; Twigs Angular, Often Hollow. Bark Broken Into Thick, Scaly Plates, Dark Gray Or Brown; Twigs Reddish, Pubescent, Becom Ing Gray. Wood Very Hard, Dark Brown, With Pale Sapwood, Fine-grained, Tough, Like Hickory; Not ...
Pig Nut White Hickory
Pig Nut; White Hickory (hicoria Glabra, Britt). 50 To 100 Feet. Stately, Round-headed Tree, With Narrow, Ir Regular Head Of Twisted, Drooping Branches. Twigs Soon Smooth, Reddish, With Leaf-scars Oblong Or Half-circles. Buds Small, Reddish, With Leathery Scales. Bark Gray With Firm, Close Surface Checked By Small Fissures Into Plates. ...
Pin Oak
Pin Oak (quercus Palustris, Linn.) 50 To 120 Feet High. Graceful, Pyramidal Tree, Becoming Irregular, With Slender, Horizontal Branches, And Abundant Spur-like Twigs, — The "pins" In This Oak's Name. Buds Small, Pointed. Bark Gray Brown, Scaly; Twigs Red, Fuzzy. Wood Hard, Tough, Heavy, Brown, Coarse-grained. Leaves 4 To 5 ...
Pitch Pine
Pitch Pine (pinus Rigida, Mill.). 50 To 75 Feet. Irreg Ular, Loose-headed Tree, With Short Trunk And Gnarled Limbs. Bark Thick, Dark Purplish Red, With Wide, Scaly Plates Between Deep, Irregular Fissures; Limbs Rough, Twigs Green, Becoming Orange. Wood Brittle, Soft, Pale Red, Coarse-grained, Used For Charcoal And Fuel, Rarely ...
Planer Tree Water Elm
Planer Tree; Water Elm (planera Aquatica, Gmelin). So To 40 Feet. Little Tree With Crooked Branches Forming A Round, Low Dome Above The Short Trunk. Bark Scaly, Thin, Gray, Shedding In Flakes, Showing The Red Lining. Wood Brown, Close-grained, Soft, Light, Of No Use. Leaves About E Inches Long, Alternate, ...
Pond Pine Marsh Pine
Pond Pine; Marsh Pine (pinus Serotina, Michx.). 40 To 90 Feet. Open-headed, Water-loving Tree, With Stout, Gnarled Branches, Orange When Young, Becoming Dark Brown. Trunk With Red-brown Bark, Thin, Scaly, With Fissures Wide Apart. Wood Heavy, Resinous, Soft, Dark Orange, Yielding Some Tur Pentine And Lumber In North Carolina. Leaves ...
Popular Native And Exotic
Popular Native And Exotic Kinds A Simple Key For The Tree Lover; Free From And Especially Designed For Use Out-of-doors: Blooming Before The Leaves. ...
Post Oax Iron Oak
Post Oax; Iron Oak (quercus Minor, Sarg.). Shrub To 60 Feet. Dense, Round-topped Head Of Stout, Stiff Branches With Fuzzy Twigs. Bark Cleft Into Thick, Scaly, Wide Ridges. Wood Brown, Heavy, Hard, Durable In Soil, Used For Posts, Ties, And General Building. Leaves 4 To 5 Inches Long, Clustered. Stiff, ...
Prairie Crab Apple
Prairie Crab Apple (malta. Lansis, Britt.). N To 30 Feet. Vigorous Tree With Round, Open Head Of Stout, Pubescent Branches. Lateral Twigs Usually Bear Spine-pointed Spurs. Bark Thin, Brown, With Long, Narrow, Persistent Scales. Wood Heavy, Hard, Brown, Used For Tool-handles, Levers, And For Fuel. Leaves Oblong, Pointed, Often Lobed ...
Prickly Ash Hercules Club
Prickly Ash; Hercules' Club; Toothache Tree (fag Ara Clava-flerculis, Small). Shrub To 30 Feet. Round-headed Tree, With Bird-claw, Stout Spines Inch Or More In Length Arm Ing Twigs, Leaf-stalks And Older Limbs. Bark Gray, Roughened By Warty Tubercles On Which Spines Are Mounted. Sap Bitter, Burning. Bark Collected Locally For ...
Pumpkin Ash
Pumpkin Ash (fraainus Profunda, Bush) Is One Of The Largest And Most Beautiful Of Our Ash Trees, And Leads All The Others In The Size Of Its Leaves And Keys. The Velvety Pubes Cence Of Its Young Shoots And Leaf Linings Might Confuse It With The Red Ash, But That ...
Pussy Willow
Pussy Willow (salix Discolor, Mueh I). Shrub To 25 Feet. Open, Round-topped Tree, Or Many-stemmed Shrub, With As Tending Branches And Stout, Red Twigs, At First Coated With Pale Pubescence. Bark Reddish Brown, Checkedinto Irregular Plates With Scaly Surface. Wood Light, Soft, Close-grained, Brown. Leaves Oblong-lanceolate, Tapering At Both Ends, ...
Quaking Asp Aspen
Quaking Asp; Aspen (poplins Tremuloides, Michx.). 40 To 80 And 100 Feet. Slender, Round-topped Tree, With Stout, Angular Branches, And Slender Twigs Set With Small, Waxy Buds. Bark Rough, Dark, With Flat Ridges And Deep Furrows, Becoming Paler On Limbs, Which Are Subtended By Broad, Black, Rough Scars; Small Branches ...
Quick Growing
Quick-growing Trees With Angled Or Round Twigs, Set With Scaly Buds, Soft, Light Wood, And Bitter Bark. Leaves Decidu Ous, Simple, Alternate, Usually Broad, On Long Petioles. Flowers Dicecious, Both Kinds In Crowded, Pendulous Catkins; Each Flower Subtended By A Bract With Deeply Cut, Hairy Margin. Fruit Pendulous Racemes Of ...
Red Ash
Red Ash (fraxinua Pennsylvanica, Marsh). A Small, Spreading Tree, 40 To 60 Feet High, With Irregular, Compact Head Of Twiggy Branches. Bark Reddish, Closely Furrowed, Scaly; Young Twigs Pubescent. Buds Small, Dark Brown, Nodes Close Together. Leaves 10 To 12 Inches Long, Of 7 To 9 Leaflets, Lanceolate, Coarsely Serrate, ...
Red Birch River Birch
Red Birch; River Birch (betula Nigra, Linn.). 60 To 90 Feet. Handsome, Round-headed Tree, Becoming Irregular And Picturesque When Aged. Limbs Slender, Often Twisted, Drooping Below. Bark Furrowed, Brownish Red, With Irreg Ular Plates Coated With Silky Reddish Outer Bark, Like That Which Covers The Smooth Limbs; Twigs Coated With ...
Red Haw
Red Haw (cratagus Holmesiana, Ashe). N To 30 Feet. Tall Tree With Open, Irregular Head, Or Compact, With Stout Branches. Thorns Few, To 2 Inches Long, Thick, Mostly Straight, Brown. Bark Pale Gray Or Nearly White, Scaly. Leaves Ovate, Serrate, Irregular Lobed Above Middle, Nearly Smooth, Yellow-green, 11 To 2 ...
Red Haw_2
Red Haw (crakegus Coccinoides, Ashe). 10 To E5 Feet. Handsome, Thrifty Tree, With Round Dome Of Stout Branches. Thorns 14 To E Inches Long, Stout, Straight, Reddish Purple. Bark Dark Brown, Scaly; Twigs Red, Smooth. Leaves Broadly Ovate, Doubly Serrate, Acutely Lobed Above The Middle, 4 To 3 Inches Long, ...
Red Haw_3
Red Haw (crataegus Malls, Scheele). 25 To 40 Feet. As Ad-headed Tree With Stout Branches And Twigs. Bark Then, Gray To Brown, In Scaly Plates; Twigs Hairy, Becoming Smooth And Gray. Thorns Stout, Brown, I To T Inches, Shining. Leaves Thick, Firm, Rough, Dark Yellow-green, S To 4 Inches Long, ...
Red Juniper Red Cedar
Red Juniper; Red Cedar; Savin (juniperus Virginian°, Linn.). Shrub To 100 Feet. Narrow, Compact, Pyramidal Becoming Loose And Irregular When Old. Bark Thin, Red, Stringy, Deeply Corrugated And Buttressed At Base. Wood Close-grained, Weak, Red, Fragrant, Brittle, Used For Pencils, Moth-proof Chests And Cupboards, Railroad Ties, And Posts. Leaves Opposite, ...
Red Oak
Red Oak (quercus Rubra, Linn.). 50 To 150 Feet. Large, • Spreading, Round-domed Tree, With Stout Branches And Slender Twigs. Bark Reddish Brown, Tinged With Gray, Furrowed Deeply Between Broad, Broken Ridges; Twigs Red, Smooth, After Leaves Fall. Wood Reddish Brown, Coarse-grained, Heavy, Hard, Strong, With Large Rings And Medullary ...
Red Or Scarlet Maple
Red Or Scarlet Maple; Swamp Maple (acct Tu. Brunt, Linn.). 50 To 120 Feet. Spreading, Symmetrical Tree, With Head Of Slender, Erect Branches. Bark Dark Gray, Flaky, Between Fissures, Into Large Scales; Limbs Pale. Wood Hard, Close-grained, Pale Reddish, Used For Gunstocks, Tool-handles, Oars, Furniture, And Woodenware. Excellent Fuel. Leaves ...
Red Pine Norway
Red Pine; Norway Pare (pinus Resinosa, Ait.). 75 To 140 Feet. Tall, Straight Tree, With Broad, Pyramidal Head Often Branched To The Ground. Bark Reddish, With Shallow Fissures And Broad Ridges. Wood Red, Light, Hard, Close Grained, Used In Building Houses, Bridges, And Ships. Leaves 2 In Each Dose Sheath, ...
Red Spruce
Red Spruce (picea Rubens, Sarg.). 70 To 100 Feet. Pyra Midal Or Conical Tree, With Long-persistent Lower Branches. Bark Thin, Scaly, Reddish Brown; Branches Scaly; Twigs Stout, Downy, And Green, Becoming Smooth And Bright Red The Second Year. Wood Light, Soft, Close-grained, Pale Red, Used For Lumber And Paper Pulp. ...
Redbud
Redbud; Jur N.s Tree (ceris Canadensis, Linn.). 25 To 50 Feet. Dainty ..ree With Broad, Flat Head Of Smooth, Thorn Less, Angular Branches. Bark Red-brown, Furrowed Closely And Deeply, And Into Scaly Plates. Wood Red-brown, Hard, Close-grained, Weak, With Thin Sapwood. Leaves Broadly Heart-shaped Or Ovate, Short-pointed, With Plain Margin, ...
Rock Elm Cork Elm
Rock Elm; Cork Elm (minus Thomasi, Sarg.). 80 To 100 Feet. Tall-trunked, Rugged, Stiff-looking Tree With Narrow, Round Head. Bark Shaggy On Large Limbs And Trunk, Which Is Gray Tinged With Red, And Irregularly Cleft Into Broad, Flat, Smly Ridges. Twigs Stiff, Pubescent, With Warty Leaf-scars And Lenticels, At Length ...
Royal Palm
Royal Palm (roysignea Regia, Cook). 80 To 100 Feet. Tall Trunk, Tapering Both Ways From The Middle, Abruptly Enlarged At Base, And Crowned With An Abundant Mass Of Foliage. Bark Smooth, Pale Gray, Tinged With Orange, Marked With Dark Blotches; Greenish Toward The Top. Wood Pale Brown, Spongy Inside The ...
Rusty Nannyberry V
Rusty Nannyberry (v. Rufktulum, Raf.) Is Easily Dis Tinguished By The Rusty Hairs On Its Winter Buds, Petioles, And The Veins On The Lower Side Of The Leaf. It Is Quite As Handsome (though Not Yet As Well Known) As The Smooth Species Just Described. It Has White Flowers And ...
Sand Bar Willow
Sand-bar Willow (salix Fluviatilis, Nutt). 20 To 30 Feet. Slender Tree Or Much-branched Shrub, Covering Sandy Shoals And Mud Flats. Bark Dark Brown, Irregularly Cut Into Scaly Plates. Wood Soft, Pale Brown, With Thin, Light-colored Sap Wood. Leaves Very Narrowly Lanceolate, Coarsely Toothed, Silky At First, Smooth, Bright Green, Paler ...
Sand Pine Spruce
Sand Pine; Spruce Price (pious Clausa, Sarg.). 15 To 20 Feet; Rarely To 80 Feet. Flat-topped, Bushy Tree Clothed To The Ground With Slender Branches. Bark Red, Scaly, On Branches Ashy Gray. Wood Pale Orange, Light, Brittle, Soft, Used For Masts Of Boats. Leaves Dark Green, 2 To 81' Inches ...
Sassafras
Sassafras (sassafras Sassafras, Karst). 30 To 50 Feet; Rarely 100 Feet. Narrow, Flat, Or Loose, Open, Irregular Head, Of Short, Stout Branches. Roots Fleshy, Aromatic, Sending Up Suckers. Bark Used To Make Tea. Bark Reddish Brown, Fissured In Broad Plates, Scaly, Spicy, Aromatic. Wood Brownish-yellow, Soft, Weak, Brittle, Durable In ...
Scarlet Haw
Scarlet Haw (cratxgus Pruinosa, K. Koch). 15 To 20 Feet. Small Tree With Irregular, Spreading Head Of Horizontal Limbs. Thorns Numerous, Stout, Straight, 1 To 11 Inches Long. Bark Thin, Gray, Scaly. Wood Brown, Hard, Heavy, Used For Fuel. Leaves Ovate, Lobed And Serrate, Except Toward Base; Dark Blue-green, Smooth, ...
Scarlet Oak
Scarlet Oak (quercus Coceinea, Muench.). 70 To 160 Feet. Slender, Symmetrical Tree, With Graceful, Curving Branches Above Tapering Trunk, Forming Round Head. Bark Brown, Or Gray, Rough, Scaly, Shallowly Fissured; Inner Layers Red; Twigs Green, Scurfy, Becoming Smooth Red. Wood Reddish Brown, Coarse, Heavy, Of Rapid Growth, Used For Lumber, ...
Scarlet
Scarlet Raw (cratccgus Coccinea, Linn.). 10 To 40 Feet. Shrubby, Round-headed Tree, With Short Trunk And Stout Branches. Thorns Stout, Short, Brown, Shiny. Bark Dark Red-brown, Scaly; Branches Gray, Twigs Slender, With Pale Hairs. Leaves Elliptical Or Obovate, Tapering At Both Ends, Saw-toothed On Acutely Lobed Sides, 4 To 3 ...
Service Berry Shad Burr
Service Berry; Shad Burr; June Berry (amelanchier Canadensis, T & G.). 15 To 40 Feet. Slender, Round-topped Or Pyramidal Tree With Twigs At First Silky. Bark Purplish, Or Red-brown, Furrowed Into Squarish Plates. Wood Heavy, Very Hard, Close, Dark, Used For Tool-handles And Fuel. Leaves Oval Or Oblong, Serrate, Tapering, ...
Shagbark Hickory Little Shellbark
Shagbark Hickory; Little Shellbark Hickory (ho Aria Ovata, Britt.). 75 To 120 Feet. Ruggedly Gnarled, Ob Long Head Of Short Branches, On Short, Straight Trunk, With Pale Bark That Sheds In Thin, Vertical Strips, Giving A Shaggy Ap Pearance. Wood Tough, Springy, Hard, Fit For Axe Handles, Wheels, Sled Runners, ...
Sheepberry Nannyberry
Sheepberry; Nannyberry (viburnum Lentago, Linn.). Bush To E5 Feet. Small, Round-headed Tree Of Many Slim, Drooping Branches. Bark Brown, Broken Into Thick, Scaly Plates. Leaves Ovate, Taper-pointed, Finely Saw-toothed. Rounded To Short, Winged, And Grooved Petiole; At First Bronze Green, Shining, Coated With Red Hairs, On Ribs; At Maturity Smooth, ...
Shellbark Bottom Shellbark
Shellbark; Bottom Shellbark (hicoria Laoiniosa, Sarg.) 100 To 120 Feet. Narrow-headed, Tall Tree, With Short, Small Branches And Orange Twigs, Set With Very Large Winter Buds, In Silky Scales. Bark Shaggy, Thick, Gray, Shedding In Thick Plates That Persist. Wood Not Distinguished From That Of The Little Shagbark. Leaves 1.5 ...
Shingle Oak Laurel Oak
Shingle Oak; Laurel Oak (quereus Imbricaria, Miehx ). 60 To 100 Feet. Tall, Pyramidal Tree, Becoming Round-head Ed And Picturesque, With Pendulous Branches And Slender, Ruddy Twigs. Bark Light Brown, Scaly, With Shallow Fissures And Wide Ridges. Wood Reddish Brown, Coarse-grained, Heavy, Used For Clapboards And Shingles. Leaves Oblong, Usually ...
Shining Willow
Shining Willow (falix Lucida, Muehl.). Shrub To 25 Feet. Broad, Round Headed Shrub Or Small Tree, With Stout, Smooth, Shining Twigs, Orange At First, Becoming Tinged With Red. Dark Brown With Reddish Tinge, Thin, Smooth. Leaves Lanceolate, Tapering, With Round Or Wedge-shaped Base, Serrate Edges, 3 To 5 Inches Long, ...
Shoetleaf Pine Yellow Pine
Shoetleaf Pine; Yellow Pine (pinus Echinata, Mill.). 80 To In Feet. Slender-trtinked Tree With Round Or Pyramidal Head. Bark Thick, Checked Into Cinnamon-red, Scaly Plates. Wood Orange Or Brown, With Pale Sapwood, Coarse, Heavy, Durable, Strong, Used For Lumber. Sap Yields Turpentine. Leaves Blue-green, 3 To 5 Inches Long, In ...
Silver Bell Tree Snowdrop
Silver Bell Tree; Snowdrop Tree (mohrodertdron,, Tetraptera, Britt.). Tree Or Shrub To 80 Feet High, With Erect Branches And Narrow Head. Bark Scaly, Brown, With Shallow Furrows And Broad Ridges, New Shoots Pubescent; Twigs Smooth. Wood Pale Brownish, Soft, Light, Close. Buds Hairy, Small, Reddish, Blunt. Leaves Ovate, Oblong, Acuminate ...
Silver Maple Soft Maple
Silver Maple; Soft Maple (ace?. Saccharinum, Linn.). 50 To 140 Feet. Large, Stout-trunked Tree With Long, Spreading Limbs, Drooping At Ends. Quick-growing, Easily Broken By Wind And Ice. Bark Roughly Scaly, Brownish Red, Furrowed; Twigs Red. Wood Hard, Close-grained, Brittle, Easy To Work, Used For Fuel And Flooring And Cheap ...
Slender
Slender, Pretty Trees Often Cultivated. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Deciduous, Flowers White, Numerous, In Racemes. Fruits Small, Berry-like, With 4- To 10-celled Core. ...
Slippery Elm Red
Slippery Elm; Red Etas (ulinua Fulva, Michx.). 60 To 70 I Feet. Fast-growing Tree, With Erect, Spreading Branches, Forming Broad, Open Head. Twigs Stout, Rusty, Downy, With Large, Rusty Buds. Bark Brown, Rough, Scaly, Tinged Red, Inner Layers Mucilaginous, Sweet. Wood Heavy, Hard, Cross-grained, Durable, Easy To Split, Used For ...
Small
Small Trees With Very Hard Wood And Scaly Bark. Leave..., Simple, Alternate, Ovate, Deciduous. Flowers Small, Monoe Cious, Both In Catkins. Fruits Conical, Hop-like, Of Many Nuts, Each One In An Inflated Sac. ...
Small_2
Small Tree, With Smooth, Gray Bark, Showing Swellings Lik•• Veins. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Oblong-lanceolate. Flowers, Both Sorts In Aments, Moncecious. Fruit, Paired Nutlets, Each With A 3-lobed Wing. (c. Carolinian) Hornbeam Hop Hornbeam; Ironwood (ostrya Virgtmana, Wilid). To To 30 Feet; Rarely 50 To 60 Feet. Slender Tree With Close, ...
Small_3
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 Fruits Drupe-like Pomes, With Hard Outlets Containing The Seeds. Wood Hard, Tough, Reddish, Close-grained. Uses: Ornamental Trees And Hedge Plants; Wood Used For Tool-handles And ...
Small_4
Small Trees Or Shrubs With Stout, Pithy Branchlets, And Viscid, Usually Milky, Juice. Leaves Alternate, Usually Pin Nately Compound. Flowers Minute, Greenish, Polygamo Dicecious. In Compound Panicles. Fruit A Small, Dry Drupe. ...
Small_5
Small Trees With Ill-smelling Wood, And Tough, Slender Branches. Leaves Simple, Opposite, Ovate, 2 To 4 Inches Long, With Margined Petioles. Flowers White, In Broad Termina Ymes. Fruit A Blue, Berry-like Drupe With Flat Stone. ...
Smooth Sumach
Smooth Sumach (rhus Glabra, Linn.). Growing In The Same Situations As The Staghorn Sumach, And Everywhere East Of The Rocky Mountains, This Well-known Shrub Is Distin Guished By Its Smooth Leaves, Which Instead Of Velvet, Wear A Whitish Bloom, Like That On Grapes And Plums. Clean-cut, Dainty, And Brilliantly Colored, ...
Spanish Bayonet
Spanish Bayonet (yucca Aloifolia, Linn.). 10 To 25 Feet. Low, Usually Erect Tree, With Short Trunk Breaking Into Several Branches Of Equal Size. Bark Dark, Thick, Corky. Wood Light, Fibrous, In Concentric Layers. Leaves With Base Widening Into A Crescent, And Bayonet-shaped Blade, Smooth, Dark Green, Saw-toothed On Margins, Sharp ...
Spanish Oak
Spanish Oak (quercus Digitata, Sudw.). 70 To 80 Feet. Hound-headed, Open Tree, With Stout Branches, Coated With Orange, Clammy Tomentum, Like The Young Leaves. Bark Brown, Cleft Into Broad, Scaly Ridges; Branches Ashy Or Brown. Wood Hard, Light Red, Coarse, Strong, Used Locally In Building And For Fuel. Leaves Oblong ...
Spruce Pine Cedar Pine
Spruce Pine; Cedar Pine (pinus Glabra, Walt.). 80 Tc Leo Feet. Tall Tree With Narrow Head Of Short, Irregular Branches. Bark Thin, Reddish, Scaly, With Broad Plates And Shallow Fissures. Wood Pale, Soft, Weak, Close-grained, Little Used, Except For Fuel. Leaves E In A Sheath, 1 To 3 Inches Long, ...
Staghorn Sumach Hairy Sumach
Staghorn Sumach; Hairy Sumach (rims Hirta, Sudw .), 45 To 35 Feet. Low, Flat-topped Tree With Stout, Erect, Fork Ing Branches. Bark Smooth, Brown, Thin, Separating Into Squarish Scales; Branches Smooth, Marked With Orange Colored Lenticels And Leaf Scars; Twigs Coated With Fine, Thick, Soft, Brown Hairs. Wood Brown, Coarse-grained, ...
Striped Maple Modsewood Amt
Striped Maple; Modsewood (amt Pennsylvanicum, Linn.). Shrub To 30 Or 46 Feet. Shade-loving, Dainty Tree Of Rocky Mountain Slopes. Bark Of Trunk Brown Or Green, With White Stripes On 411 Wood Below The Twigs — Cracks Showing The Inner Layers, And Forming A Delicate Network Of Furrows. Leaves 5 To ...
Sugar Maple Rock Or
Sugar Maple; Rock Or Hard Maple (acer .saccharum, Marsh). 60 To 120 Feet. Handsome, Compact, Symmetrical Tree With Many Upright Limbs, Forming An Oval Head, Which In Old Age Becomes More Spreading. Bark Gray, Deeply Fissured, Scaly; Limbs Pale; Twigs Reddish Brown. Wood Heavy, Hard, Strong, Red-brown, Tough, Close-grained, Used ...
Swamp Cottonwood Black Cottonwood
Swamp Cottonwood; Black Cottonwood I Populus Het Crophylla, Linn.). 50 To 90 Feet. Round-topr Ed Tree With Slender Branches And Stout Twigs. Buds Small, Resinous. Bark Red-brown, In Broad Ridges, With Loose Plates. Wood Brown, Light, Compact, "black Poplar" Used In The Interior Finish Of Houses And For Small Articles. ...
Swamp Holly Or Meadow
Swamp Holly Or Meadow Holly (ilex (zecmlilq Walt.). Shrub To 30 Ft. Straggling Shrub, Or Slender Tree, With Stou T Spreading Branches And Silvery White Twigs, Smooth, Slim, Often Pearly Gray. Bark Of Trunk Warty With Small Excres Cences, Thin, Light Brown. Wood Creamy White, Hard, Cicse Grained, Heavy. Leaves ...
Swamp Magnolia Sweet Bay
Swamp Magnolia; Sweet Bay; Swamp Bay (magnolia Glauca, Linn.). From A Shrub To 75 Feet. Tall, Slender Tree In The Warmer Regions, A Many-stemmed Shrub In The North. Bark Brown, Smooth. Wood Soft, Pale Red Or Brown, Weak. Leaves Evergreen In The South, Deciduous In The North, 4 To 6 ...
Swamp White Oak
Swamp White Oak (quercus Plaianaides, Sudw.). 70 To 100 Feet. Shaggy, Picturesque, Rugged Tree, With Short, Hor Izontal Branches, Drooping Below, Ending In Tufts Of Twigs That Die And Persist. Bark Pale Grayish Brown, Peeling In Thin Flakes From Trunk And Limbs, Somewhat After The Manner Of The Sycamore. Wood ...
Sweet Birch Black Birch
Cherry Birch, Sweet Birch; Black Birch (betula Lenta, Linn.). 50 To So Feet. Symmetrical, Round-headed Tree, With Aromatic Leaves And Bark, Slender, Graceful Drooping Branches. Bark Brown, Furrowed, And Broken Into Irregular Plates, Coated With Remnants Of The Silky Epidermis, With Its Horizontal Slits, Like The Bark On The Smooth ...
Sweet
Sweet Gum; Gum Tree (liquidambar Slyracifiva, 75 To 140 Feet. Large Tree, With Oblong Or Pyramidal Head Of Short Branches. Bark Brown, Furrowed, Scaly On Old Trees; Gray, Warty On Young Trees, Twigs With Corky Ridges. Buds Small, Hairy-tipped. Leaves Cut Into 5 To 7 Pointed Stars, Margins Saw-toothed, 5 ...
Sycamore Buttonwood American Plane
Sycamore; Buttonwood; American Plane Tree (plat Anus Occidentatis, Linn.). 75 To 150 Feet. Large, Stately, But Unsymmetrical Tree, With Stout, Tall Trunk, And Loose, Broad Head. Bark Brown With Small Scales On The Trunk; On Branches Smooth, Whitish Blotched With Olive Green, Shedding In Irreg Ular Plates. Buds Solitary, Conical, ...
Sycamore Maple
Sycamore Maple (ater Pseudo-platanua). The Most Im Portant Hardwood Of Europe, Introduced Into America As A Shade Tree; Planted In Avenues In Eastern Cities; Thrifty But Short-lived. Distinguished By Its Thick, 5-lobed, Crenate Bordered Leaves, Of Large Size, And By The Very Long, Pendulous Racemes Of Flowers And Keys, That ...
Tamarack Larch
Tamarack; Larch (larix Americana, Michx.). 50 To 60 Feet. Slender, Regularly Pyramidal Tree, With Weak, Horizon Tal Branches. Bark Thin, Broken Into Reddish-brown Scales. Wood Heavy, Hard, Brown, Durable In Soil, Resinous, Used For Telegraph Poles, Ties, Ships' Timbers, And For Fuel. Leaves Nar Row, About I Inch Long, Keeled ...
The Alleghany Sloe
The Alleghany Sloe (prunus Alleghaniensis, Port) A Shrub Or Small Tree With Gnarled, Thorny Branches, That Spreads In Thickets On Mountain Slopes, Near Watercourses, On Both Sides Of The Allegheny Mountains, In Pennsylvania. Fruit Black, Small, Juicy, Sour, Fine-flavored When Made Into Jams, Jellies, And Preserves. The Black Sloe (prunus ...
The Cornel Family
The Cornel Family Is A Large Temperate Zone Group Compris Ing Fifteen Genera, A Few Of Which Are Tropical. Comparatively Few Species Are Arborescent. Two Genera In The United States Have Species Of Tree Habit. They Both Include Ornamental Trees With Showy Flowers And Fruit, And Foliage Of Exceptional Beauty. ...
The Cotton
The Cotton Gum (nyssa Aquatica, Marsh) Is A Huge Trunked, Tall Swamp Tree, Whose Superb Dome Is Covered In Early Spring With A Coating Of Cottony Down On The Young Growth. Later The Leaf Linings Only Remain White. The Purple Fruits Are Lost Among The Scarlet Leaves. ...
The English Hawthorn C
The English Hawthorn (c. Oxyacantha, Linn.). Grows Wild In Europe And Asia. We Plant It Extensively In The United States. Its Leaf Is Deeply Cleft, Often Like The Parsley Haw. Many Varieties Of The Parent Species Are Grown :or Their Showy Flowers, Some White, Some Pink, And For The Hand ...
The Hercules Club
The Hercules' Club (aralia Spinosa, Linn.). Shrub To 15 Feet. Spreading, Aromatic, Spiny Bush, With Many Stout Stems From The Roots, Or Tree With Club-like, Spreading Branches, Growing Very Fast. Bark Brown, Cleft Into Rounded, Broken Ridges. Spines Curved Or Straight, Scattered Over Bark Of Stalks And Twigs, Even Petioles ...
The Palm
The Palm Famrly Is A Large Group Of Tropical Flowering Plants, Related To Lilies On One Side And Grasses On The Other. Like Both Of These, Palms Have But One Cotyledon (seed Leaf) In The Embryo, And The Stem Is Composed Of A Hardened Outer Layer Within Which Is A ...
The Walnuts And The
The Walnuts And The Hickories Resrsous, Aromatic Trees With Hard Wood. Leaves Decidu Ous, Alternate, Pinnately Compound. Flowers Moncecious: Staminate Lateral, In Catkins; Pistillate Terminal, In Spikes, Or Solitary. Fruit, A Bony Nut Enclosed In A Spongy Husk. ...
The Yuccas The
The Yuccas The Traveler Who Is A Close Observer Of Trees Will Be Aston Ished To Find The Lily Family Well Represented In Our Southern Silva. Now, A Lily Is Formed By The Rule Of Three, As Shown In The Flower And In The Seed Pod. It Has Parallel-veined Leaves ...
Times
Times Of High Ornamental And Timber Value. Leaves Com Pound (except In Cercis), Alternate, Deciduous. Flowers Sweet Pea-like, Or Regular. Fruit, A Pod. The Family Leguminosm, To Which Our Pod-bearing Trees Belong, Is One Of Vast Size And Economic Importance, And Of World-wide Distribution. There Are Nearly 450 Genera And ...
Trees
Trees With Smooth Bark Marked With Conspicuous Horizon Tal 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. ...
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Trees With Bitter, Astringent Sap, Containing Hydrocyanic Acid. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Generally Serrate. Flowers In Clusters, Perfect, White, With Parts Distinct. Fruit A Fleshy,. (-seeded Drupe, With Smooth Skin And Stone. ...
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Trees Of Small Size, Or Shrubs. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Petioled. Flowers Minute, Axillary, Dicecious Or Polygamous. Fruit, A Berry-like Drupe. ...
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Trees Valuable For Timber And Ornament. Leaves Simple (except Negundo), Opposite, Palmately Veined And Lobed, Deciduous. Flowers Inconspicuous, Racemed Or In Corymbs. Fruits Paired, Winged Samaras. ...
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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. ...
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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 Cynics; Borne On Narrow Leaf-like Blades. Fruit A Dry, 1- To -secded, Globular Nut. ...
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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. Sonnwoon (oxydendrum Arboreum). Slender-stemmed Tree, With Oblong, Round-topped Head. Bark Smooth, Reddish Gray, Scaly. Wood Reddish Brown, Heavy, Fine-grained, Hard. Buds Axillary, Small, Partly ...
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Trees With Soft, Coarse-grained, Durable Wood. Leaves Large, Simple, Heart-shaped, Opposite Or Whorled. Flowers Large, White, Showy, Perfect, In Panicles. Fruit Long, Cylin Drical Pods Full Of Compressed, Winged, And Tufted Seeds. ...
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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. ...
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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. Sieb. And Zucc., Has Been Introduced Into American Gardens. The Trees Begin To Bear When Very Young. The Nuts Are Not Sweet Like Our Native ...
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Trees Of Great Lumber And Horticultural Value. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Entire Or Lobed. Flowers Moncecious, In Conspicuous; Staminate, In Pendulous Catkins; Pistillate, Sol Itary Or Few In A Cluster. Fruit, A Dry Nut In A Scaly Cup (an Acorn). ...
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Trees Of Horticultural And Lumber Value. Leaves Alternate Serrate, Unequal At Base, With Ribs And Short Petioles. Flowers Greenish, Inconspicuous, Perfect. Fruit A Dry Nutlet With Thin Encircling Wing, Bearing Two Hooks At Apex. Genus Celtis, Linn. Valuable Shade Trees. Leaves Simple, 3-nerved, Serrate. Flowers Polygamo-moncecious, Axillary, Small. Fruit Sweet, ...
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Trees Of Small Or Medium Size, With Milky Sap. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Deciduous, Variable. Flowers Minute, In Axillary Spikes Or Heads, Dicecious Or Moncecious. Fruit Com Pound, Of Many Small, Fleshy Drupes. Red Mutmernav (morns Rubra, Linn.). 60 To 70 Feet. Round-headed, Dense Tree With Milky Sap. Trunk Short; Branches ...
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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 1- To 2-celled Follicles Or Keys Imbricated Upon A Central Spike. ...
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Trees With Slender Twigs And Fibrous Roots. Leaves Simple, Opposite, Deciduous. Flowers With Parts In Four's, Perfect Or Unisexual. Fruits Woody 2-valved, I To Capsules. ...
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Trees Which Are Parents Of Cultivated Apples. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Deciduous. Flowers Showy, Perfect, Fra Grant, In Terminal Cymes. Fruit Fleshy, Enclosing Papery 5 Oelled Core. ...