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The White or American Ash. Red or Downy Ash. Black Ash. European Ash.

V. THE WALNUTS AND HICKORIES 45

Butternut. Black Walnut. Shagbark or Shellbark Hickory. Mockernut or Whiteheart Hickory. Bitternut Hickory. Pignut Hickory.

VI. THE BIRCHES, HOP HORNBEAM, AND HORNBEAM 59

Canoe, Paper, or White Birch. American, Gray, or White Birch. Black or Sweet Birch. Yellow Birch. Red or River Birch. Dwarf Birch. European White Birch. Hop Hornbeam, Ironwood. Hornbeam, Blue Beech.

VII. THE BEECH, CHESTNUT, AND OAKS 77

American Beech. European Beech. Chestnut Oak. White Oak. Swamp White Oak. Mossy-cup, Overcup, or Bur Oak. Chestnut or Rock Chestnut Oak. Dwarf Chestnut Oak. Post or Rough Oak. Black Oak. Red Oak. Pin Oak. Scrub Oak.

VIII. THE ELMS AND THE HACKBERRY 101

American or White Elm. Slippery or Red Elm. Cork or Rock Elm. English Elm. Scotch, Dutch, or Wych Elm. Hackberry, Sugarberry, Nettle tree.

IX. THE BUTTONWOOD, THE TUPELO, AND THE MULBERRIES 117

Buttonwood, Sycamore, or Plane tree. Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sour Gum tree. Flowering Cornel, Flowering Dogwood. Red Mulberry. White Mulberry.

X. THE LOCUSTS, THE YELLOWWOOD, AND THE KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE 129

Common Locust. Honey Locust. Yellowwood. Kentucky Coffee tree. Laburnum. Judas tree.

XI. THE LINDENS, THE LIQUIDAMBER, AND THE SASSAFRAS 141

Linden, Basswood. European Linden. Liquidamber, Sweet Gum. Hamamelis. Sassafras.

XII. THE MAGNOLIA AND TULIP TREE, THE CATALPA, THE AILANTHUS, AND THE ARALIA 153

Swamp Magnolia, Sweet Bay. Umbrella tree. Cucumber tree. Tulip tree. Catalpa. Ailanthus, Tree of Heaven. Angelica tree, Hercules’ Club.

XIII. THE APPLE TREE, PEAR TREE, MOUNTAIN ASH, CHERRY TREE, AND THE SHAD BUSH 167

Common Apple tree. Common Pear tree. Mountain Ash, or Rowan tree. Wild Black Cherry. Choke Cherry. Pin Cherry. Peach tree. Shad Bush. Service Berry, June Berry.

XIV. THE WILLOWS AND POPLARS 177

White Willow. Weeping Willow. Black Willow. Aspen, American Aspen. Large-toothed Aspen. Balm of Gilead, Balsam Poplar. Cottonwood, Necklace, or Carolina Poplar. Lombardy Poplar. White Poplar.

XV. THE LARCH 187

American Larch. Tamarack or Hackmatack. European Larch.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Swamp White Oak. Quercus platanoides Frontispiece

Cross section of a tree. (Colored plate) 4

Horsechestnut. Æsculus hippocastanum 14