The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland

Name: The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

The Trees of Great Britain and IrelandAuthor(s): Henry John Elwes, Augustine Henry\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108069359, 978-1108069359\nSynopsis\nAlthough without formal scientific training, Henry John Elwes [tel] devoted his life to natural history. He had studied birds, butterflies and moths, but later turned his attention to collecting and growing plants. Embarking on his most ambitious project in 1903, he recruited the Irish dendrologist Augustine Henry [tel] to collaborate with him on this well-illustrated work. Privately printed in seven volumes between 1906 and 1913, it covers the varieties, distribution, history and cultivation of tree species in the British Isles. The strictly botanical parts were written by Henry, while Elwes drew on his extensive knowledge of native and non-native species to give details of where remarkable examples could be found. Each volume contains photog.