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STUDIES OF TREES IN WINTER

Quercus platanoides]

STUDIES of TREES IN WINTER

A Description of the Deciduous Trees of Northeastern America

ANNIE OAKES HUNTINGTON

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY CHARLES S. SARGENT, LL.D.

DIRECTOR OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM AND AUTHOR OF THE “SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA”

ILLUSTRATED WITH COLORED PLATES BY MARY S. MORSE, AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR

BOSTON KNIGHT AND MILLET 1902

Copyright, 1901 BY KNIGHT AND MILLET

FIRST IMPRESSION, DECEMBER, 1901 SECOND IMPRESSION, JANUARY, 1902

My Two Friends

MY MOTHER, ELIZABETH QUINCY HUNTINGTON AND JEANNETTE WARREN PAYSON

IN TOKEN OF GRATITUDE AND LOVE

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION xv

CHAPTER

I. THE STUDY OF TREES IN WINTER 3

Trunk and branches. Stems and twigs. Leaf-scars. Bundle-scars. Buds.

II. THE HORSECHESTNUT 15

The Horsechestnut. The Ohio Buckeye.

III. THE MAPLES 21

Sugar or Rock Maple. Red or Swamp Maple. White or Silver Maple. Striped Maple or Moosewood. Ash-leaved Maple or Box Elder. Norway Maple. Sycamore Maple.

IV. THE ASHES 35