GENERAL INTRODUCTION-Painting and drawingPART I TREES CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO PAINTINGI. "The painting of trees illustrated by a chronological series of pictures, with some descriptive notes"II. What to look for in trees:BalanceSingle treesTrees in massesIn groupsCompositionIII. "Balance of dark spaces with light, and of large masses with small"Weight of masses and delicacyTrees seen near and far offIV. Trees seen against the skyPatterns formed by sky aperturesV. The outline of a treeVI. Lines of the branchesCurvesStraight lines and elbowsVII. Variety in light and shadeVariety in colourSome causes of thisVIII. Influence of situationHow trees adapt themselves to it"Effect of age, wind, frost, and snow"MoonlightIX. Associations connected with treesPART II THE ANATOMY OF A TREEX. IntroductoryXI. Outline forms of treesA short comparison of some speciesXII. The likeness between twig and boughThe difference between shoot and twigThe arrangement of buds on the shoot:(1) opposite buds(2) buds arranged singly(3) buds crowded in groupsXIII. The effects produced on the branch anatomy of a tree by(1) "opposite buds, the constant failure of buds"(2) (a) buds arranged singly in two rows(2) (b) in three or more rows(3) (c) buds clustered in groupsTwigs arrested in growthAdditional budsDifferent branch systems of young and old treesXIV. How a tree is built upPART III THE DETAILS OF TREESXV. IntroductoryXVI. LeavesHow they are set on the twigs:(a) right-angled pairs(b) arranged singly in two rows(c) in more than two rows(d) leaves clusteredThe position of old and young leavesLeaf-stalks and how leaves are set on the twigsDurtion of leavesXVII. Leaves (continued)Forms of young leavesTexture of leavesTheir colourLeaf patternsThe marginThe veinsThe planes of a leafXVIII. FlowersThe way flowers are arranged :(1) " Indefinite "(2) " Definite " inflorescence"" Raceme" " catkin," " capitum," " corymb," " umbel," " cyme "XIX. Flowers (continued)"Shapes of flowers: " complete," " incomplete," " male," " female," " bisexual," " unisexual ""Trees that are " monoecious," " dioecious," " trioecious," " polygamous"The construction of flowersXX. FruitsWinged fruits"Cones: " drupe," " pome," " nut," " berry "Construction of fruitsXXI. Lesser details:StipulesBractsBudsScalesSpinesSeedlingsThe bardAPPENDIX-The Distribution of Trees in EuropeBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX TO DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHORto the Pictures reproduced in this Volumeto Letterpress