TREES

We volunteers have been talking a lot about trees the last few months--family trees, that is. But that started us thinking about the books in the collection on the subject of those things with trunks, branches, twigs and leaves. So we did a search and came up with several volumes that we are recommending to you for "leafing" through.

First, there's Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them; A Popular Study of Their Habits and Their Peculiarities. This book was written by Harriet Louise Keeler in 1900 and is a good one to reference if you want to identify a new tree sprouting in your back yard that doesn't look familiar.

There are two other books we recommend to you, if you're looking for a good reference on trees: Handbook of the Trees of the Northern States and Canada East of the Rocky Mountains, by Romeyn Beck, published in Lowville NY in 1907; and, A Guide to the Trees by American botanist Alice Lounsberry, published in 1900.   Lounsberry's book is especially enjoyable to look through because of the detailed illustrations by Mrs. Ellis Rowan.

So you are invited to stop by the Bullis Room and spend some time with these books (and others) on trees.  Hope to see you soon.