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How to Know the Trees 3
AUTUMN STUDIES
The Nut Trees:
The Shagbark Hickories 9
The Disappointing Hickories 12
The Black Walnut 16
The Butternut 18
The English Walnut 19
The Chestnut and Chinquapin 22
The Beech 26
The Witch Hazel 29
The Oak Family 33
The White Oak Group:
The White Oak 37
The Bur or Mossy-cup Oak 39
The Live Oak 41
The Post Oak 44
The Swamp White Oak 45
The Chestnut Oak 46
The Black Oak Group:
The Black Oak 47
The Red Oak 50
The Scarlet Oak 51
The Pin Oak 52
The Willow Oak 54
Trees with Winged Seeds 55
Tree Seeds that have Parachutes 62
The Autumn Berries in the Woods 64
The Changing Colour of the Autumn Woods 74
WINTER STUDIES
Trees We Know by Their Bark 83
Trees We Know by Their Shapes 93
Trees We Know by Their Thorns 98
The Needle-leaved Evergreens 101
The Five-leaved Soft Pines 108
The White Pine 109
The Great Sugar Pine 112
The Nut Pines 114
The Hard Pines 118
The Southern Pitch Pines 119
The Longleaf Pine 119
The Shortleaf Pine 121
The Cuban Pine 123
The Loblolly Pine 124
The Northern Pitch Pines 125
The Cedars, White and Red 127
Two Conifers Not Evergreen 131
The Larches 131
The Bald Cypress 134
The Hollies 136
The Burning Bush 139
SPRING STUDIES
The Awakening of the Trees 143
Trees that Bloom in Early Spring 146
The American Elm and Its Kin 150
The Maple Family 154
The Willow Family 163
Why Trees Need Leaves 169
Leaves of All Shapes and Sizes 173
SUMMER STUDIES
Trees with the Largest Flowers 183
Trees Most Showy in Bloom 189
Trees that Bloom in Midsummer 192
The Early Berries in the Woods 197
The Sassafras 200
The Ash Family 203
The Horse-chestnut and the Buckeyes 208
The Buckeyes 211
The Locusts and Other Pod-bearers 214
Wild Apple Trees and Their Kin 221
The Cherries 226
The Plums 229
The Serviceberries 232
Valuable Sap of Trees 233
The Uses of Trees 237
Identification Keys to Tree Groups and Families 251
Index 261