Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Forest Trees of the United States Which Usually Attain a Height of Sixteen Feet or More: With Notes and Brief Descriptions of the More Important Species Sir: The following list is a catalogue of the native and naturalized forest-trees of the United States which attain a height of 16 feet and upward. Descriptive notes of many Species are appended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.