The Forest Trees of Britain 2 Volume Set
Published on 20. February 2014
Book
918 pages
978-1-108-06913-7 (ISBN)
Description
A keen collector and sketcher of plant specimens from an early age, the author, educator and clergyman Charles Alexander Johns (1811-74) gained recognition for his popular books on British plants, trees, birds and countryside walks. Flowers of the Field (1851), one of several works originally published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, is also reissued in this series. First published by the Society between 1847 and 1849, this two-volume botanical guide for amateur enthusiasts focuses on the trees found in British woodland. Johns describes each species, noting also pests and diseases, uses for the wood, and associated myths and legends. The work is noteworthy for its meticulous engravings of leaves, seeds and blossom, and of the trees in natural settings. Volume 1 (1847), covering such species as oak, ash, beech and poplar, includes an introduction to the botanical terms used. Volume 2 (1849) covers such species as chestnut, birch, elm, willow and cedar.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
21 Plates, black and white; 188 Line drawings, unspecified
Weight
1160 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06913-7 (9781108069137)
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Content
Volume 1: Introduction; The oak; The ilex; The sycamore; The common or field maple; The ash; The box; The hawthorn; The blackthorn; The cherry; The bird-cherry; The mountain ash; The white-beam; Wild service-tree; The pear; The apple; The beech; The poplar; The white poplar; The grey poplar; The black poplar; The trembling poplar; Foreign poplars. Volume 2: The chestnut; The horse chestnut; The holly; The birch; The alder; The elm; The wych elm; The hornbeam; The hazel; The walnut; The lime-tree; The barberry; The tamarisk; The strawberry-tree; The spindle-tree; The dogwood; The oriental plane; The occidental plane; The buckthorn; The privet; The acacia; The willow; The elder; The woodbine; Wayfaring-tree; The ivy; The yew; The fir tree; The Scotch fir; The cluster pine; The stone pine; The spruce fir; The silver fir; The larch; The cedar of Lebanon; The deodar; The araucaria; The juniper; Index.