The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 7 Volume Set
Published on 23. January 2014
Book
2598 pages
978-1-108-07014-0 (ISBN)
Description
Although without formal scientific training, Henry John Elwes (1846-1922) devoted his life to natural history. He had studied birds, butterflies and moths, but later turned his attention to collecting and growing plants. Embarking on his most ambitious project in 1903, he recruited the Irish dendrologist Augustine Henry (1857-1930) to collaborate with him on this well-illustrated work. Privately printed in seven volumes between 1906 and 1913, it covers the varieties, distribution, history and cultivation of tree species in the British Isles. The strictly botanical parts were written by Henry, while Elwes drew on his extensive knowledge of native and non-native species to give details of where remarkable examples could be found. Each volume contains photographic plates as well as drawings of leaves and buds to aid identification. The species covered in the volumes include beech, yew, cedar, hickory, fir, ash, birch, pine and oak. The work's index is incorporated in the last volume.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 Plates, color; 394 Plates, black and white
Weight
6230 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-07014-0 (9781108070140)
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Content
Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; Fagus; Common beech; Ailanthus; Sophora; Araucaria; Ginkgo; Liriodendron; Chinese tulip tree; Tulip tree; Picea; Servian spruce; Brewer's spruce; Ajan spruce; Hondo spruce; Menzies' spruce; Taxus; Common yew; Cryptomeria; Pyrus; True service; Wild service; Service tree of Fontainebleau; Swedish whitebeam; Bastard mountain ash; Whitebeam; Taxodium; Thuya; Giant thuya; Western arbor vitae; Japanese thuya; Chinese arbor vitae; Plates. Volume 2: Thujopsis; Aesculus; Common horse-chestnut; Red horse-chestnut; Indian horse-chestnut; Japanese horse-chestnut; Ohio buckeye; Sweet buckeye; Californian buckeye; Tsuga; Hooker's hemlock; Western hemlock; Hemlock spruce; Carolina hemlock; Himalayan hemlock; Siebold's hemlock; Juglans; Common walnut; Black walnut; Butternut; Texan walnut; Manchurian walnut; Cordate walnut; Narrow-fruited walnut; Siebold's walnut; Common oak; Sessile oak; Pubescent oak; Larix; Common larch; Russian larch; Siberian larch; Kurile larch; Japanese larch; Sikkim larch; Chinese larch; Tamarack; Western larch; Lyall's larch; Herzegovinian pine; Gymnocladus chinensis; Gymnocladus canadensis; Cedrela sinensis; Pterocarya; Pterocarya caucasia; Pterocarya rhoifolia; Pterocarya stenoptera; Cladastris; Yellow-wood; Cladastris amurensis; Cladastris sinensis; Plates. Volume 3: Cedrus; Cedrus libani; Cedrus brevifolia; Cedrus atlantica; Cedrus deodara; Libocedrus; Libocedrus tetragona; Libocedrus chilensis; Libocedrus doniana; Libocedrus bidwilli; Libocedrus macrolepis; Libocedrus decurrens; Cunninghamia; Cunninghamia sinensis; Liquidambar; Liquidambar styraciflua; Liquidambar orientalis; Liquidambar formosana; Nyssa; Nyssa sylvatica; Nyssa aquatica; Nyssa sinensis; Sassafras; Sassafras tzumu; Sassafras officinale; Corylus; Corylus colurna; Carpinus; Carpinus orientalis; Carpinus polyneura; Carpinus japonica; Carpinus vedoensis; Carpinus cordata; Carpinus laxiflora; Carpinus caroliniana; Carpinus betulus; Ostrya; Ostrya carpinifolia; Ostrya virginica; Ostrya japonica; Nothofagus; Nothofagus cliffortioides; Nothofagus menziesii; Nothofagus fusca; Nothofagus moorei; Nothofagus cunninghami; Nothofagus betuloides; Nothofagus obliqua; Nothofagus antarctica; Arbutus; Arbutus unedo; Arbutus hybrida; Arbutus andrachne; Arbutus menziesii; Sciadopitys; Sciadopitys verticillata; Pinus sylvestris; Carya; Carya olivaeformis; Carya amara; Carya alba; Carya porcina; Carya sulcata; Carya tomentosa; Platanus; Platanus orientalis; Platanus occidentalis; Acer; Acer pseudoplatanus; Acer campestre; Acer platanoides; Acer lobelii; Acer pictum; Acer opalus; Acer monspessulanum; Acer insigne; Acer volxemi; Acer trautvetteri; Acer rubrum; Acer dasycarpus; Acer saccharum; Acer macrophyllum; Acer negundo; Sequoia; Sequoia sempervirens; Sequoia gigantea; Plates. Volume 4: Abies species; Pseudotsuga; Castanea species; Fraxinus species; Zelkova; Celtis species; Alnus species; Betula species; Diospyros species; Plates. Volume 5: Pinus species; Cupressus species; Quercus species; Plates. Volume 6: Picea species; Juniperus species; Athrotaxis; Fitzroya; Saxegothaea; Torreya; Cephalotaxus; Keteleeria; Pseudolarix; Catalpa species; Paulownia; Robinia species; Gleditschia species; Laburnum; Castanopsis; Umbellularia; Prunus species; Pyrus species; Magnolia species; Hallesia; Morus; Eucalyptus species; Plates. Volume 7: Tilia species; Trachycarpus; Acanthopanax; Acacia; Laurelia; Ilex; Buxus; Crataegus; Salix species; Populus species; Ulmus species; Koelruteria; Plates; Postscript; Index.