Manual of the Trees of North America Exclusive of Mexico

This is a Dover reprint of Sargent's manual of the trees of N-America. Charles Sprague Sargent as the author of a book on North American woods and as the owner of the prestigious Arnold Arboretum was very qualified to give a short overview of what, at the time, was known of North American trees. Per tree this manual gives a brief description of leaves, flowers, fruit, winter buds, bark, wood and distribution of the tree. In some cases the etymology of the botanic name. Each entry has a modest l