The Royal Horticultural Society Treasury of Trees

by Elliott, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780711227361
• ISBN10: 0711227365
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-03
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Summary

The latest in "Frances Lincoln's" series of "RHS Treasuries", this charming antology brings together a wealth of poetry and prose from a broad range of writes, from the Roman natural historian Pliny and the Chinese poet Po Chu-I, to Si Walter Scott and Robert Fortune, to twentieth-century poets such as Seamus Heney. The poems and extracts are illustrated with botanical prints from the remrkable collection of artworks at the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Libary, acknowledged as the world's finest horticultural library. It is an idealift book, to appeal to lovers of literature, gardening and nature. It will shocase some of the most beautiful artwork from the enormous range of material inhe RHS Lindley Library. It is a fourth volume in our successful series of "RH Treasuries".

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Sugar Maple	p. 9
Yew	p. 10
Goldcup Oak	p. 13
Plane	p. 14
Tulip Tree	p. 16
Elder	p. 19
Holly	p. 20
Hemlock	p. 23
Lime	p. 25
Breadfruit	p. 26
Douglas Fir	p. 29
Redwood	p. 32
Arborvitae	p. 35
Western Juniper	p. 36
Beech	p. 39
Pine	p. 40
Elm	p. 44
Black Poplar	p. 47
Fastigiate Cherry	p. 51
Orange	p. 52
Willow	p. 54
Black Walnut	p. 56
European Birch	p. 59
Hickory	p. 61
Ginkgo	p. 62
Swamp Cypress	p. 65
Palm	p. 67
Horse Chestnut	p. 68
White Pine	p. 71
Field Maple	p. 75
Black Spruce	p. 76
English Oak	p. 79
Cedar of Lebanon	p. 82
Ash	p. 85
Alder	p. 86
Larch	p. 89
European Beech	p. 90
Aspen	p. 93
Midland Hawthorn	p. 94
Lombardy Poplar	p. 97
Cabbage Tree	p. 98
Hazel	p. 101
Japanese Maple	p. 102
White Oak	p. 104
Bamboo	p. 109
Banyan	p. 110
Monkey Puzzle	p. 113
Chestnut	p. 114
Cherry	p. 117
Sugar Pine	p. 118
Holm Oak	p. 121
Mulberry	p. 124
Incence Cedar	p. 127
Bonsai	p. 128
Paper Birch	p. 130
Scots Pine	p. 133
Moosewood	p. 134
Olive	p. 137
Calabash	p. 138
Walnut	p. 141
Wellingtonia	p. 142
American Elm	p. 145
Eucalyptus	p. 146
Southern Live Oak	p. 149
Rowan	p. 150
Hawthorn	p. 143
Index of Plants, Authors and Artists	p. 154
List of Illustrations	p. 157
Acknowledgments	p. 160
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