The Forest Trees of Britain
Volume 2
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
- Author: Charles Alexander Johns
- Date Published: February 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108069151
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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 2 (1849) covers such species as chestnut, birch, elm, willow, ivy, yew and cedar. An index to the whole work is also provided.
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- Date Published: February 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108069151
- length: 466 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 26 mm
- weight: 0.59kg
- contains: 130 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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