The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-108-06936-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

Although without formal scientific training, Henry John Elwes (1846–1922) 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 (1857–1930) 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 photographic plates as well as drawings of leaves and buds to aid identification. The species covered in Volume 5 (1910) include pine, cypress and oak.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elwes, Henry John

Henry, Augustine

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Pinus species; Cupressus species; Quercus species; Plates.