Rare And Endemic Trees Of Puerto Rico And The Virgin Islands PDF Download

Excerpt from Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands About 500 species of trees, from the giants of the luxuriant rain forests to the shrubby trees of dry areas and windswept mountain summits, are na tive to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, both United States and British (fig. In addition, several hundred tree species from other tropical lands around the world have been introduced into the islands because of showy owers, handsome foliage, dense shade, valuable timber, delicious fruits, or other values. 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."