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Excerpt from The American Woods, Vol. 5: Exhibited by Actual Specimens and With Copious Explanatory Text, Representing Twenty-Five Species by Twenty-Five Sets of SectionsThe work is the outgrowth of one, of somewhat similar plan, proposed by my father some years since, but which he did not carry into effect. Its design is primarily and principally to show, in as compact and perfect a manner as possible, authentic specimens of our American wood...

Excerpt from The American Woods, Vol. 12: Exhibited by Actual Specimens and With Copious Explanatory Text, Representing Twenty-Five Species by Twenty-Five Sets of Sections The work is the outgrowth of one, of somewhat similar plan, proposed by my father some years since, but which he did not carry into effect. Its design is primarily and principally to show, in as compact and perfect a manner as possible, authentic specimens of our American w...

Excerpt from The American Woods, Vol. 1: Exhibited by Actual Specimens and With Copious Explanatory Text The necessity of more generally diffused information concerning the variety and importance of our forest trees is justification enough for the appearance of this work, especially at this day, when the demands of Forestry in this country are constantly more and more keenly felr. The work was undertaken at the suggestion of my father, whose ...

Excerpt from Handbook of the Trees of the Northern States and Canada: East of the Rocky Mountains It was not until after much experimenting, as to proper lighting, the elimina tion of shadow, etc., that satisfactory results were Obtained. The thought Of a measured background one ruled into square inches for convenience occurred as a most satisfactory way of indicating size, which I deemed of greatest importance, owing to the great range of si...

Excerpt from Leaf Key to the Trees, of the Northern States and Canada, and a Botanical GlossaryIn this Leaf Key we have aimed to include all of the generally accepted native and naturalized trees north of the latitude of the northern boundary of North Carolina and east of the Rocky Mountains. To form a key, however, that would fit all of the unusual or non-typical forms of leaves of each species would seem to be a hopeless task, but to make on...

Excerpt from The American Woods, Exhibited by Actual Specimens and With Copious Explanatory Text, Vol. 10: Representing Twenty-Five Species by Twenty-Five Sets of SectionsThe work is the outgrowth of one, of somewhat similar plan, proposed by my father some years since, but which he did not carry into effect. Its design is primarily and principally to show, in as compact and perfect a manner as possible, authentic specimens of our American woo...

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