05/06/2026
THE AMERICAN WOODS, EXHIBITED BY ACTUAL SPECIMENS WITH COPIOUS EXPLANATORY TEXT by Romelyn B. Hough, B.A.
The American Woods represents the life work of Romeyn Beck Hough (1857-1924). Completed in 14 volumes, each volume contains 25-26 cards each with three extremely thin wood specimens—transverse, radial and tangential—of trees (including catus, yucca, and palm trees) found from New York to the Pacific Slope.