Occasional Papers Of The California Academy Of Sciences Classic Reprint

Author : California Academy Of Sciences
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428498986
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (989 download)

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Download or read book Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences (Classic Reprint) written by California Academy Of Sciences and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences The pressing need of a popular manual of the trees of California is the reason for this little book. The aim has been to prepare a work, which, while giving all the information necessary for the identification of the differ ent trees of our valleys and mountains, will yet be so brief and concise that the entire matter can be put into a book that can be carried into the field. Fuller informa tion concerning any tree, for instance, the value or char acter of its wood, structural details of its flowers and fruits, notes concerning variations, and accounts specify ing all the points of distribution, can readily be obtained from other books, which are to be found in the public libraries throughout the state. Years ago Dr. Albert Kellogg, one of the founders of the California Academy of Sciences, must have had a similar plan, for he left a great number of carefully executed drawings illustrating the different Californian trees and shrubs. It seems especially fitting that these illustrations should at last be used for the purpose for which they were designed, and as far as possible this has been done. Without the valuable assistance of Mr. Joseph A. Street, who not only photographed all these drawings but also made photographs of the actual speci mens when there were no drawings, this book would be of much less value. I feel especially grateful to Mr. Street, as his work was a labor of love - love for his art as well as for the trees. In general these illustrations are about one-half the actual size. 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.