Trees in the Landscape
2nd Edition
Published on 12. March 1998
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-7195-5724-8 (ISBN)
Description
This work begins by tracing the influence of the 18th-century English landscape movement, in particular Humphry Repton's principles. It discusses such areas as the evaluation of trees, how to predict their future growth and shape, problems of drainage, and the compatibility of species.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
33 colour illustrations, 100 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 22 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 252 mm
Weight
900 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7195-5724-8 (9780719557248)
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Previous edition
Graham Stuart Thomas
Trees in the Landscape
Book
06/1983
Jonathan Cape
€35.48
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Persons
Graham Stuart Thomas is one of the sixty-three holders of the Victoria Medal of Honour. He has been awarded the Veitch Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society as well as their Gold Medal for his paintings and drawings, and the Dean of Hole Medal by the National Rose Society. In 1975 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his three decades of work restoring gardens for the National Trust.
Content
A short history of the landscape; the handling of the landscape; the art of screening and planting; practical points in regard to planting; a list of trees and shrubs; avenues; today's afterthoughts; the landscape of the garden; some parks and landscapes in the National Trust; trees through other eyes and minds.