The Silva of North America: a description of the trees which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico by Charles Sprague Sargent ... illustrated with figures and analyses drawn from nature by Charles Edward Faxon. Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891-1902. 14 v, 740 plates , 37 x 29 cm.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1918.
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
11 linear feet (1 archival box, 11 boxed sets of botanical illustrations, and 42 bound volumes)General note
Contents: I. Magnoliceæ-Ilicineæ.--II. Cyrillaceæ-Sapindaceæ.--III. Anacardiaceæ-Leguminosæ.--IV. Rosaceæ-Saxifragaceæ.--V. Hamamelideæ-Sapotaceæ.--VI. Ebenaceæ-Polygonaceæ.--VII. Lauraceæ-Juglandaceæ.--VIII. Cupuliferæ (Quercus)--IX. Cupuliferæ-Salicaceæ.--X. Liliaceæ-Coniferæ.--XI. Coniferæ (Pinus)--XII. Coniferæ (Abietineæ after Pinus)--XIII. Supplement: Rhamnaceæ-Rosaceæ.--XIV. Supplement: Caricaceæ-Coniferæ. General index.
General note
The Silva of North America , Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Creator
- From the Collection: Faxon, Charles Edward, 1846-1918 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Arnold Arboretum Archives Repository
The Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library is a specialized collection devoted to the study of temperate woody plants. We collect works on botany, horticulture, floras, urban forestry and taxonomy. The library contains more than 25,000 volumes and 40,000 photographs, and includes an archive that both documents the Arboretum's history and is a repository for 19th, 20th, and 21st century horticultural and botanical collections.