Shade and Ornamental Trees
by Li, Hui-LinEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1996-10-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Summary
Even before the Hebrews passed on their legend of the tree of knowledge, humans were collecting seeds and striplings from trees for shade, to cultivate fruit, and to worship as deities of natural forces. InShade and Ornamental TreesHui-Lin Li traces this relationship across the continents and over time to relay an organic history of the world's civilizations.
Author Biography
Hui-Lin Li is Professor Emeritus of Botany and former Director of the Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 9 |
| The Cultivation of Trees by Mankind | p. 15 |
| The Weeping Willow and Lombardy Poplar | p. 37 |
| The Plane Trees | p. 56 |
| The Ginkgo | p. 85 |
| The Horse Chestnuts | p. 112 |
| The Lindens | p. 126 |
| The Maples | p. 140 |
| The Black Locust and Honey Locust | p. 159 |
| The Metasequoia | p. 175 |
| Conifers | p. 191 |
| Ornamental Flowering Trees | p. 212 |
| Other Important Genera of Shade Trees | p. 223 |
| Cultivated Shade Trees Originated in Europe and Western to Central Asia | p. 231 |
| Eastern Asia as a Center of Origin of Cultivated Trees | p. 237 |
| North America as a Center of Origin of Cultivated Trees | p. 252 |
| Bibliography | p. 259 |
| Index | p. 267 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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