Excerpt from Silvical Characteristics of American Basswood (Tilia Americana L.) Langdon, North Dakota Average July temperatures range from 65 to 80 and average January temperatures vary from 0 to 30 over the botanical range. The mean annual precipitation varies from inches at Langdon, N. Dak., to inches at Andrews, N. C. June to August rainfall averages 10 to 14 inches over most of the botanical range of this timber species, but in some localities such precipitation may be as little as 8 inches or as much as 20 inches (fig). Total snowfall averages from 10 inches or less per year in extreme western North Carolina to well over 100 inches in certain localities in Michigan, New York, New England, and southern Ontario and Quebec. The frost-free period varies from 80 days (northern Wisconsin) to about 180 days along the southern geographic limits of the tree (fig). 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.