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 ....
Contributors: Faxon, Charles Edward, 1846-1918, ill.
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company
Published: 1891
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 740
Subjects: Trees -- North America.; Forest plants -- North America.
Notes: The drawings by Mr. Faxon have been engraved (v. 1-5 by Philibert and Eugène Picart) under the direction of A. Riocreux.

Plates are preceded by guard sheets.

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.

Library has vols. 2-5, 7-9, 13
Table of contents: title: I. Magnoliceæ-Ilicineæ; title: II. Cyrillaceæ-Sapindaceæ; title: III. Anacardiaceæ-Leguminosæ; title: IV. Rosaceæ-Saxifragaceæ; title: V. Hamamelideæ-Sapotaceæ; title: VI. Ebenaceæ-Polygonaceæ; title: VII. Lauraceæ-Juglandaceæ; title: VIII. Cupuliferæ (Quercus); title: IX. Cupuliferæ-Salicaceæ; title: X. Liliaceæ-Coniferæ; title: XI. Coniferæ (Pinus); title: XII. Coniferæ (Abietineæ after Pinus); title: XIII. Supplement: Rhamnaceæ-Rosaceæ; title: XIV. Supplement: Caricaceæ-Coniferæ ; General index.