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y IAScSHs NeiestrAceB. HhamnaceB. ana bnpin.
Hacsm Of these seventeen genera and twen-
4 u.nihe species are given and q few varieties
are dealt with in detail Forty-ssven full.pags
plAtes present the illustrations, ono. and often
y ewo.ib being used for each kind.
zist The descriptive text Ia very full. and rem
I59ersd IN such simple. precise. and non-techni-
Ii eAl iAnkuass that any intelligent person can
understand II perfectly. Tho ReoRra phicsl
EAnkS OF the Individual tree. ana also the con-
fgoiffons under which It is found In n wild state.
Are recorded. a. are tho various uses to which
the trees or parts OF them may be put In de-
feermining tho species. the lrst name used for
Il e by A.fecognfzed botanist ID the one adopted.
ana shis has given rise to some rad cal changes
L IN tie Nomenclature OF some OF our trees
Bat the authority for the adopted name Ia
Fg1seh In all cases. as well as the synonymes and
ehs authorities Tor them. Apart from the tsree
dssctfptire matter. great deal OF general. use
/ 5ul, tspd Interesting Information about tho
Il VDpecies In quen,icn Is given. and In all ex-
Aplanatory or comparative way many other
ppectop. often exotic, are introduced.
\ The illustrations are drawn from nature
NJ tSithsexc- cding care and precision by Mr..
~ p T. kaxon. our foremost botanical artist
Hhsy fepsesens flowers, foliage. fruit, parts OF
Ne branch. and an analysis OF the flowers and
|EAfuit And that the excellence and truthful
|yoees Of Tho engraving might be in keeping
H Nithths drawings, It mas been executed by Fill
h hert ana Eux ne Plcnrt in pari, 4. under tho su.
spervlsion ol Pioi Sargent.
III Noone could 10 more competent tban Prof.
UarRent 70 undertake such u work as this. His
q knowledge OF the subject is unrivalled, A pro.
|A}pnnh ebo;anist, lifelong enthusiast In tho
E9Dishce VI trees. professor OF arboriculturo ut
b harvard University. and director OF tho Ar.
a Elnoidl Arboretuu. his special labors in prepar-
b ann he eport OIL the forests of North America
Il Tor the tenth census. and the Jesup collection
\ % American woods now on exhibition In the
0useup OF Natural History In this town. have
I iltsed him eminently to make Of this important
book lasting monument
\ 81 .ihS prose volume Is dedicated to the nom.
&eH 0tcDf. George Engelmann. an eminent
zI6ta1l6s. 0f st. Louis. and an authority on oaks,
ptneN. JUMPERS, yuccas. and cac,uses. and in
Shonors OF whom several plants have been
+ neneA notably Picea Engelmanni. the most
S3Fp0riRnt timber treo OF tho central Rocky
Mountain region. and one OF tho handsomest
6prucps cultivated in our Gardens.
~ la the order Cyrllncea or the Cyrilia family
eef plants. two genera. namely. Cv,.iRa and
Olljt1Tia. are included. and each OF these is
\ Seprhsented by u single species. to Wit Cvrilla
4 sEacegsttOra. commonly known as iron wood or
& 1eAthtr wool, and CiiJyomia 7nOnoplviiu, also
q called titior iron wood. The Cvriiia. we rend.
S1s asshrub or small tree which inhabits the
s Sffch. shady bottom iauds and borders OF the
.Hohallow ponds in the Pine bolts of the South
& eern States and IN the West Indies. but 1t Is q
Stree OF little Importance. either in m economic
E ~ ornamental way. The CliJtonia. too. is a
sohrpb or small tree found in the swamps OF
Hthe ,cnast region OF the South. from South
a &OArolina to Florida and Texas, and 1t IL one OF
{ The most beautiful Towering shrubs OF the
Forest. In February or March it is covered
! with upright racemes OF white. fragrant flow.
}sers made conspicuous by their back ground
Tot dark Green lustrous foliage" In cultivR-
8 tion it has been found to be hardy as far north
|. Rs Philadelphia
In the order Celastrace0. commonly known
Is the stah-tree family. three genera. namely,
& k1gboavntts Gun, indd. and Schaeteria are given.
& HarA ths author adopts the oarly and classical
4 sorthography uud writes Evonymus. as do the
! Imodera. bota9sts Of Continental Europe. And
4 not Io6nynSuR, ~ 1t has .been spelr by Asa
&F2ray, Serene Watson and CHAPMAN OF Amer,
& Ia. and Bautham and Hooker OF England or
.sEvohyti as which Ia. an important and vidalv
&Aistfibuted genus. botnnists recognize about
: forty species. In North America two of these.
snsmelD E. airop,upureus, the Wahoo. and =
f fAmericanus or strawberry bush, occur in tbe
sAtHntic and ono. E. occidentalis. on the Pacific.
Tho genus lis widely distributed through
I, Ehe qnorshern hemisphere, extending south OF
I Shs glhhtor 10 the islands OF tho Indian Archi
,pela,o mud Australia, the largest numbs oc.
Touring In the tropical regions of southern
\ Asia, In Chlna. and Japan" 1t also abounds In
Ahe Orient and In central and southern Europe
Several species are valuable rs ornamental
harden shrubs E a'atts iorms n d. 4nse comelv
bush. h. iatifolius has snowy fruit in late
j summer and E. EuopGus and Z. a,ropurpureus
In ths fall. T. Japonic,s is a fayorite evergreen
4 shr ID in the South. and f. radicans, an ever
{ green climbing form is used for covering low
wallis or in garden rockwork Because E. afro.
pmDun.s is the only American species that
grows to tho size OF a tree, it is tho only one
/ figured in Mr.. Sarcents pages. Gyminda |
10 q genus separated from Myginda bv |
Prof, Salgent and contains only ono species. |
1 q. grise6achii which Is a shrub or small treo
found In the islands OF south Florida. also in |