Akron Public Library

Pictures of 140 common trees, identifying their leaves, fruit, form, range, and uses.

This is a useful guide that describes and illustrates the most common and damaging pests of home, garden, field, and forest. Full color illustrations and up-to-date facts help you identify the pest, its life stages, and the damage it does-- as well as the best times and methods for control.

Provides charts, tables, and instructions for the amateur astronomer on how, where, and when to observe stars, constellations, and planets. Also discusses meteors, comets, eclipses, and other celestial objects.

After a short chapter on collecting fossils, this guide discusses typical animal and vegetative life in each of the eras of the past, and then discusses fossils in two groups: invertebrate and vertebrate. The final chapter covers plants.