Chapter Iii Lists 67 Trees; the (following) Lists From the Jesup

Collection list 66 trees, including the 'tied place' trees. The tree missing from the Jesup Collection is No. 18: Western Hemlock, or Black Hemlock.

Damaged or missing punctuation has been repaired.

Page 18: 'sumac' and 'sumach'. Both spellings correct. Also 'sumak', shoomak. From Arabic 'summ[=a]q'.

Page 19: 'charactistic' corrected to 'characteristic' ... "and give the characteristic pleasing "grain" of wood."

Page 23: inconsistent spelling--tracheae, tracheae. The two spellings occur in the book; also trachaeids, tracheids. All have been retained. The author's bibliography is extensive.

Page 124 etc.: The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany and Allegany, ~Wikipedia).

Page 143: 'distinguised' corrected to 'distinguished' ... "Not distinguished from white oak in the market."

Page 180: diameter, '1"-6", even 5';' corrected to 'diameter, 1'6"-3'6", even 5';' (Wikipedia)

Page 182: 'scambucifolia' corrected to 'sambucifolia' ... "Fraxinus nigra Marshall. Fraxinus sambucifolia."

Page 186: 'cleavabilty' corrected to 'cleavability' ... "refers to the cleavability of the wood;"

Page 268: Fig. 118 text: Basswood, 1st and 2d, 1" x 8" and up by x 00". and: White pine, rough uppers, 1" x 8" and up x 00'. This is as printed; the transcriber has no idea what was meant by '00"' and '00'', or what it should have been.

Page 292: 'miscroscopic' corrected to 'microscopic' ... "Of microscopic features, the following only have been referred to:"

Page 304: 'Agaricus mellens' corrected to 'Agaricus melleus'.

The (archaic) U.S. American spellings, 'drouth' (='drought'), 'thoroly', 'tho', 'altho', 'tire' (='tyre'), etc., are correct.