The silva of North America
Subtitle: a description of the trees which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico.
By: by Charles Sprague Sargent ... illustrated with figures and analyses drawn from nature by Charles Edward Faxon ...
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company
Published: 1902
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 740
Subjects: Faxon, Charles Edward, -- 1846-1918.; Trees -- North America.
Notes: The drawings by Mr. Faxon have been engraved ( v. 1-5 by Philibert and Eugene Picart) under the direction of A. Riocreux.

Books which have been specially devoted to the trees of North America ... An account of the literature on the subject: Pref. to v. 1, p.[v]-viii.

Cop.2 lacks v. 14.
Table of contents: title: I. Magnoliaceæ-Ilicineæ.-II. Cyrillaceæ-Sapindaceæ.-III. Anacardiaceæ-Leguminosæ.-IV. Rosaceæ-Saæifragaceæ.-V. Hamamelideæ-Sapotaceæ.-VI. Ebenaceæ-Polygonaceæ.-VII. Lauraceæ-Juglandaceæ.-VIII. Cupuliferæ (Quercus)-IX. Cupuliferæ-Salicaceæ.-X. Liliaceæ-Conferæ.-XI. Coniferæ (Pinus)-XII. Coniferæ (Abietineæafter Pinus).-XIII. Supplement: Rhamnaceæ-Rosaceæ.-XIV. Supplement: Cariacaceæ-Coniferæ. General index.