Trees You Want to Know

Donald Culross Peattie

From the preface: “Every American wants to have at least a speaking acquaintance with the trees that make up our great national heritage, the unequalled forests of North America. The camper, the tramper, the woodsman, the gardener, the motorist, and the inquisitive school girl and boy, all wish to know the names, the uses, and the ranges of our native trees. There are more than 400 tree species in North America, north of Mexico, and in so small a book it is impossible to include all. Species from every section of the country have been selected so that this little book is as serviceable near San Francisco as near New York, in Alaska as in Georgia, and throughout Canada.”

Project Gutenberg has made the entire text of this informative little book available online, and you may access it here.

Donald Culross Peattie (1898–1964) was an American botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as “perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers” during his heyday.

Whitman Publishing Company

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