The Glory of Autumn Trees _Frontispiece_
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Three Pignuts, Three Shagbarks, and Two Pecans; Flowering Twig of
the Shagbark Hickory 16
Black Walnut and Butternut; Twig of Butternut 17
Buds and Flowers of the Beech Tree 32
Catkins of a Hornbeam and a Birch; Catkins and Acorn Flowers of an
Oak 33
Leaves, Acorns, and Twigs of the Bur Oak 48
The Horizontal Limbs of the Pin Oak Form a Regular Pyramidal Head 49
Cone Fruits of a Birch, a Pine, a Magnolia, and a Fir 64
Clusters of the Winged Seeds of Hornbeam and White Ash 65
The Flowering Dogwood Covers Its Bare Branches with Blossoms in May 76
Flowering Dogwood, in Flower and Fruit, the Winter Flower Buds, and
Alligator Skin Bark 77
We Recognise Birches by their Silky, Tattered Bark 84
The Beech Trunk Is Clothed in Smooth, Pale Grey Bark 85
The Loose, Stripping Bark Gives Its Name to the Shagbark Hickory 86
Bark of Hackberry, Black Birch and Hornbeam 87
Warty, Ridged Bark of the Sweet Gum, the Swinging Seed Balls, and
Winged Seeds 90
Bark and Seed Balls of the Sycamore 91
The Lombardy Poplar 92
The Live Oak of the South 93
Fruiting Branch of a Cockspur Thorn 96
Clustered Thorns on Trunk of Honey Locust Tree; Flowers and Foliage
of the Black Locust 97
Cones of Hemlock and Norway Spruce 112
Pine Twig with Cones, and Clustered Staminate Flowers 113
Thousands of Little Balsam Firs Supply the Market with Christmas
Trees 114
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Outdoor Study 115
The Spiny-leaved, Red-berried Holly 126
What Would Christmas Be Without Holly Branches and Wreaths for
Decoration! 127
“The Grizzly Giant,” a Sequoia Over Three Hundred Feet High 128
Scaly-leaved Evergreens 129
The Opening Buds of the Shagbark Hickory 144
Catkins and Leaves of the Trembling Aspen 145
Flower Buds, Blossoms, Seeds, and Leaf of the American Elm 148
Elm Tree in Bloom 149
Buds and Flowers of the Red Maple 156
Seeds of the Red Maple 157
The Sugar Maple 176
Leaves of the Black Willow; Pussy Willow Twigs 177
Leaves and Flowers of the Ear-leaved Cucumber Tree 192
The Orange-yellow Flower Cups and Squared Leaves of the Tulip Tree 193
Flowers, Fruit, and the Three Different Leaf Patterns of the
Sassafras Tree 194
Waxy Flowers of the Evergreen Magnolia 195
Fruits, Leaves, and Flowers of the Basswood Tree 206
The Chestnut Tree 207
An Old Apple Orchard 224
Nothing Tastes as Good as Ripe Apples Picked Right off the Tree! 225
Flowers and Fruit of the Wild Black Cherry 240
The Delicate, White Flower Clusters of the Serviceberry Tree 241