C. S. SARGENT, _Professor of Arboriculture in Harvard University_: "Of
such popular books the latest and by far the most interesting is by Miss
Harriet L. Keeler.... Miss Keeler's descriptions are clear, compact,
and well arranged, and the technical matter is supplemented by much
interesting and reliable information concerning the economical uses, the
history and the origin of the trees which she describes. Outline
drawings of the flowers and of the fruits of many of the species, and
beautifully reproduced full-page photographic plates of the leaves or of
branches of the principal trees, facilitate their determination."
"The value of a book of this character is not only enhanced by its
numerous illustrations, but positively dependent upon them; those in the
present volume being of unusual interest; and the book ... is one which
should add new interest to the coming Summer for many to whom nature is
practically a sealed book, as well as heighten the pleasure of others to
whom she has long been dear."--_N. Y. Times Saturday Review_.
"The plan of the book must be heartily commended. No admirer of trees
should be without it, and if you go away into the country for even a
short stay, and care to know--as you should care--anything about our
native trees you will find this volume an invaluable guide. One could
bring home from a walk a collection of leaves and then, with the aid of
the illustrations in this book, identify them all. Then you will know
those trees the next time you encounter them, and they will take on a
new interest and meaning to your eyes."--_Brooklyn Eagle_.
"The book is altogether an admirable specimen of book-making, alike to
eye and touch. The illustrations, over 300 in number, include almost
every tree mentioned, and are rarely beautiful. Especially satisfactory
are the plates of the varying foliage and cones of the conifers."--_N.
Y. Commercial Advertiser_.