[Illustration: Frontispiece.

"Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your Teacher."

--WORDSWORTH.]




STUDIES OF TREES

BY
J.J. LEVISON, M.F.
Lecturer on Ornamental and Shade Trees, Yale University Forest School;
Forester to the Department of Parks, Brooklyn, N.Y.

FIRST EDITION
FIRST THOUSAND

1914




PREFACE


In presenting this volume, the author is aware that there are several
excellent books, dealing with one phase or another of tree life, already