Excerpt from Minnesota Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Manual of the Native and Cultivated Woody Plants of the State The present book is the third of a series intended to render more familiar and usable the plants of the important or interesting groups found in the State. It is less technical than "Minnesota Algae", though more technical than "Minnesota Mushrooms", but it is hoped that the abundant illustrations will made the book as useful to the layman as to teachers and students of botany, to foresters and others. All of the native woody species known with certainty to occur within the State have been included, while a few hitherto reported have been omitted owing to the lack of specimens or other authentic evidence of their occurrence. In the desire to make the book as helpful as possible, a few herbaceous species which resemble shrubs closely have also been included. It has naturally been impossible to take into account all of the rare exotic trees and shrubs grown in the State. Sonic effort has been made to discover which of these occur in at least three places, and all such cultivated species have been described. The descriptions have been drawn largely, and in some groups wholly, from Minnesota material contained in the Herbarium of the University. In addition, fresh material has also been used in certain groups, particularly for the drawings. The latter have likewise been made chiefly from Minnesota specimens, though a few have necessarily been borrowed from Sargent's "Silva", Britton and Brown's "Illustrated Flora" and Bailey's "Cyclopaedia of Horticulture". The drawings have been made to scale and, except where indicated, they are natural size. A number of drawings were made by Professors Rosendahl and Butters, and a few by Miss Misz and Miss Jensen of the departmental staff. The majority of the drawings were made by-advanced students in botany under the supervision of the respective authors. The half tones have been made from photographs taken by-various members of the Botanical Survey from time to time. 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.