Oaks of Pacific Slope (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Oaks of Pacific Slope It included descriptions of eleven western species. No illustrations accompanied either of these papers. "Forest Trees of California" appeared 1882, published by Dr. A. Kellogg, one of the seven founders of the California Academy of Sciences. It includes seven species of oak, lovingly described by the doctor in appreciative but non-scientific language, interspersed with poetical quotations. For many years afterward, Dr. Kellogg devoted odd hours to accurate drawings of oak branchlets - the foliage, flowers, and fruit - which were utilized by a later author. "West American Oaks, " appearing 1889, is a folio volume in two parts, by Prof. E. L. Greene, then of the University of California. The first part is a memorial tribute to the labor and worth of Dr. Kellogg, the illustrations being those cited above as the painstaking work of the doctor. The species, seventeen in number, include Quercus Morehus, of Kellogg, and a new and tenable species described under the name of Q. Engelmanni. Dr. Kellogg's drawings of species outside of California were made from specimens collected in Arizona and New Mexico by the writer, as noted by the pencil of Dr. Kellogg and the pen of Professor Greene. The second part presented several proposed new species, illustrated by drawings by Geo. Hanson. "Forest Trees of North America, " being vol. 9 of the Tenth Census of the United States, appeared 1884, by Prof. C. S. Sargent, director of Arnold Arboretum. This large folio volume contains extended discussions off trees from many points of view, describing forty-eight oaks, sixteen of them inhabiting West America. No illustrations. "Arborescent Flora of the United States" is the title of a classified list or bulletin from the Agricultural Department at Washington, issued 1897, by George B. Sudworth, dendrologist of the Division of Forestry. The publication of this painstaking list gave Mr. Sudworth the opportunity to apply the new rules of priority in the presentation of names, whereby he becomes the author of scores of new designations of well-known trees, including Sequoia Washingtoniana, for our Giant Sequoia. This volume was followed, 1898, by a Check List of United States Forest Trees, their Names and Ranges, including seventeen species of oak from West America. 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.