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Title: Trees of the Northern United States
Their Study, Description and Determination

Author: Austin C. Apgar

Release Date: August 18, 2009 [EBook #29724]

Language: English

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TREES
OF THE
NORTHERN UNITED STATES

THEIR STUDY, DESCRIPTION AND
DETERMINATION

FOR THE
USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS

BY
AUSTIN C. APGAR

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE NEW JERSEY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

"Trees are God's Architecture."--_Anonymous._
"A Student who has learned to observe and describe so simple a
matter as the form of a leaf has gained a power which will be
of lifetime value, whatever may be his sphere of professional
employment."--_Wm. North Rice._

NEW YORK-:-CINCINNATI-:-CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

Copyright, 1892, by the
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.

W. P. 3.

PREFACE.

This book has been prepared with the idea that teachers generally would
be glad to introduce into their classes work dealing with the real
objects of nature, provided the work chosen were of a character that
would admit of its being studied at all seasons and in all localities,
and that the subject were one of general interest, and one that could be
taught successfully by those who have had no regular scientific
instruction.

The trees of our forests, lawns, yards, orchards, streets, borders, and
parks give us just such a department. Though many consider a large part
of the vegetable kingdom of little importance, and unworthy of any
serious study, there are few who do not admire, and fewer still who do
not desire to know, our trees, the monarchs of all living things.

The difficulty in tree study by the aid of the usual botanies lies
mainly in the fact that in using them the first essential parts to be
examined are the blossoms and their organs. These remain on the trees a
very short time, are often entirely unnoticed on account of their small
size