A Reunion of Trees: The Discovery of Exotic Plants and Their Introduction into North American and European Landscapes
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. 11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches; 287 by 222 mm. xiv, 270 pages. Hardcover in fine condition, bound in tan and green cloth, with a small blind stamp of a tree on the front board. Jacket, in very good condition with mild rubbing and missing four chips of one inch or smaller, with a color photograph of an arboretum scene on the front panel and several black-and-white illustrations on the rear panel. An account of explorers and the trees and shrubs they brought to North America and Europe in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a particular focus on Arnold Arboretum in Boston, where the author is horticultural taxonomist. Endpapers show a map of the arboretum with a list of specimens. Eight-page bibliography and ten-page index. 24 color plates; 200 black-and-white photographs and drawings. Jacket enclosed in a clear, archival-quality, removable protective cover. Item #88
ISBN: 0674766938
Price: $15.00