A. C. Apgar

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PART I. THE ESSENTIAL ORGANS, AND THE TERMS NEEDED FOR THEIR DESCRIPTION. Chapter I. Roots.

PART II. PLAN AND MODELS FOR TREE DESCRIPTION

PART III. KEY, CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES.

GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS AND INDEX TO PART I.

INDEX TO PART III.

THEIR STUDY, DESCRIPTION AND
DETERMINATION

FOR THE
USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS

BY

AUSTIN C. APGAR

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE NEW JERSEY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

"Trees are God's Architecture."—Anonymous.

"A Student who has learned to observe and describe so simple a matter as the form of a leaf has gained a power which will be of lifetime value, whatever may be his sphere of professional employment."—Wm. North Rice.