een turning my camera
and my eyes upon the growths about me, asking questions, mentally
recording what I could see, and, while thankful for the rest and the
pleasure of the pursuit, always sorry not to go more fully into proper
and scientific tree knowledge. At times my lack in this respect has made
me ashamed to have written at all upon trees; but with full gratitude to
the botanical explorers whose labors have made such superficial
observations as mine possible, I venture to send forth these sketches,
without pretension as to the statement of any new facts or features.

[Illustration: Berries of the spice-bush]

If anything I have here set down shall induce among those who have
looked and read with me from nature's open book the desire to go more
deeply into the fascinating tree lore that always awaits and inevitably
rewards the effort, I shall cry heartily, "God-speed!"

Index

Illustrations are indicated by a prefixed asterisk (*). For botanical
names, see page 239.

Acorn, beginning of, 27.

Alligator tree, 221.

Amelanchier, 205.

American trees in Europe, 133.

Apple blossoms, 75, 80.

Apple, beauty of fruiting branch, 91

Apple, Chinese flowering, 90.

Apple, Crab, 80.

Apple trees, fruiting, 93; in blossom, *81.

Apples, 73.

Apples, Ben Davis, Bellefleur, Baldwin, Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, 93;
Rhode Island Greening, 76;
Winesap, fruit, *75.

Apple orchard in winter, *78.

Apples, Crab, fruit-cluster, *73.

Apples, propagation of, 88.

Arnold Arboretum, 57, 89.

Aspen, American, 121.

Aspen, Large-toothed, 121.

Aspen, Trembling (poplar), 121.

Bailey, Prof. L. H., quoted, 125.

Balm of Gilead, 118.

Beech, American, *177, 178.

Beech, birth of leaves, 179.

Bill-boards, 179.

Birch-bark for fuel, 190.

Birch, Paper, 190.

Birch, Sweet, 188, *185, *191.

Birch, White, 193.

Birch, Yellow, 189, *192.

Butternut, 164.

Buttonball, *215.

Buttonwood, 214.

Cathedral Woods (pines), 68.

Cedar, White, 71.

Cherry, Wild, 176.

Chestnut, American Sweet, 166, *165.

Chestnut burs, *157.

Chestnut grove in fall, 168.

Chestnut, Sweet, blossoms, *167.

Chinquapin, 169, *170.

Cocoanut, 182.

Common names, 146.

Cones of the pines, 64.

Cornus sericea, 200.

Cottonwood (poplar), 125.

Crab-apple, 80; Floribunda, 92;
Parkman's, 88;