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Books on Praising and Raising Trees
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Natural History and Lore
America's Famous and Historic Trees: From George Washington's Tulip Poplar to Elvis Presley's Pin Oak.
- Jeffrey G. Meyer with Sharon Linnea.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
- Call number: E159/.M53 2001
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Aristocrats of the Trees.
- Ernest Henry Wilson.
- Boston: Stratford, 1930.
- Call number: SD383/.W748 1930
- Location: Science Library, Main Collection
City Trees: A Historical Geography From the Renaissance Through the Nineteenth Century.
- Henry W. Lawrence.
- Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.
- Call number: SB436/.L39 2006
- Location:
Enduring Roots: Encounters With Trees, History, and the American Landscape.
- Gayle Brandow Samuels.
- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1999.
- Call number: GR105/.S333 1999
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Fantastic Trees.
- Edwin A. Menninger.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 1995.
- Call number: QK475/.M547 1995
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait.
- Glenn Keator; illustrated by Susan Bazell.
- Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books, 1998.
- Call number: QK495.F14/K25 1998
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
The Man Who Planted Trees.
- Jean Giono; wood engravings by Michael McCurdy.
- Chelsea, Vt.: Chelsea Green, 1985.
- Call number: PQ2613.I57/H5813 1985
- Location: Science Library, Main Collection
Meetings With Remarkable Trees.
- Thomas Pakenham.
- New York: Random House, 1997.
- Call number: SD383/.P152 1997
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
A Natural History of North American Trees.
- Donald Culross Peattie; with an introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg; illustrated by Paul Landacre.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
- Call number: QK110/.P350 2007
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America.
- Donald Culross Peattie; with an introduction by Robert Finch; illustrated by Paul Landacre.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
- Call number: QK115/.P35 1991
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
A Natural History of Western Trees.
- Donald Culross Peattie; with an introduction by Robert Finch; illustrated by Paul Landacre.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
- Call number: QK133/.P43 1991
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
An Oak Spring Sylva: A Selection of the Rare Books on Trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library.
- Sandra Raphael.
- Upperville, Va.: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989.
- Call number: QK475/.O11 1989
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Remarkable Trees of the World.
- Thomas Pakenham.
- New York: Norton, 2002.
- Call number: SD383/.P367 2002
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
A Reunion of Trees: The Discovery of Exotic Plants and Their Introduction Into North American and European Landscapes.
- Stephen A. Spongberg.
- Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1990.
- Call number: SB435.65/.S66 1990
- Location: Science Library, Main Collection
The Romance of Our Trees.
- Ernest Henry Wilson.
- Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1920.
- Call number: QK477/.W748 1920
- Location: Science Library, Main Collection
The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter.
- Colin Tudge.
- New York: Crown Publishers, 2006.
- Call number: QK475/.T83 2006
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Trees: National Champions.
- Photographs by Barbara Bosworth; foreword by Roger Conover; essays by Douglas R. Nickel and John R. Stilgoe.
- Tucson, Ariz.: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2005.
- Call number: SD383.3.U6/B69 2005
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Trees: Their Natural History.
- Peter Thomas.
- New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Call number: QK475/.T58 2000
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Encyclopedias
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees.
- David More, John White.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 2002.
- Call number: QK475/.M67 2002
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
North American Landscape Trees.
- Arthur Lee Jacobson.
- Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 1996.
- Call number: SB435.5/.J17 1996
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Trees of the World.
- Bayard Hora.
- New York: Crescent Books; distributed by Crown Publishers, 1986.
- Call number: QK475/.O98 1986
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
The Trees of North America.
- Alan Mitchell; illustrated by David More.
- San Diego, Calif.: Thunder Bay Press, 2002. Rev. ed.
- Call number: QK110/.M68 2002
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Selecting and Landscaping with Ornamental Trees
Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.
- Michael A. Dirr.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 1997.
- Call number: SB435.5/.D599 1997
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.
- Michael A. Dirr.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 2002.
- Call number: SB435.52.S86/D57 2002
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses.
- Michael A. Dirr.
- Champaign, Ill: Stipes Pub., 1998.
- Call number: SB435.5/.D57 1998
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Native Trees for North American Landscapes.
- Guy Sternberg with Jim Wilson.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 2004.
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants.
- William Cullina.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
- Call number: SB435.5/.C86 2002
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America: A Planting Design Manual for Environmental Designers.
- Gary L. Hightshoe.
- New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1988.
- Call number: SB435.5/.H54 1988
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Plants That Merit Attention.
- The Garden Club of America; Janet Meakin Poor, editor.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 1984 (1996).
- Call number: SB435/.P714 1996
- Vol. 1: Trees
- Vol. 2: Shrubs
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection, Reference
Shrubs: The New Glamour Plants.
- Robert Hyland. editor.
- Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1994.
- Call number: SB435/.S561 1994
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Taylor's Guide to Trees: The Definitive, Easy-to-Use Guide to 200 of the Garden's Most Important Plants.
- Susan A. Roth.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
- Call number: SB435/.R75 2001
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
The Year in Trees: Superb Woody Plants for Four-Season Gardens.
- Kim E. Tripp and J.C. Raulston.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 1995.
- Call number: SB435/.T836 1995
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Identification and Field Guides
A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Including the Midwest.
- George A. Petrides, National Audubon Society.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
- Call number: QK110/.P498 1998
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
A Field Guide to Western Trees: Western United States and Canada.
- George A. Petrides..
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
- Call number: QK133/.P495 1998
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
The Shrub Identification Book; the Visual Method for the Practical Identification of Shrubs, Including Woody Vines and Ground Covers.
- George W. D. Symonds.
- New York: M. Barrows, [1963].
- Call number: QK482/.S988 1963
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
The Tree Identification Book: A New Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Trees.
- George W.D. Symonds.
- New York: Quill, 1958.
- Call number: QK482/.S988 1958
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Close-Ups and Care
Pruning Trees, Shrubs, and Vines.
- Karan Davis Cutler.
- Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2003.
- Call number: SB435.76/.C988 2003
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Tree Anatomy.
- Alex L. Shigo.
- Durham, N.H.: Shigo and Trees, 1994.
- Call number: QK474.87/.S555 1994
- Location: Science Library, Oversize Collection
Tree Bark: A Color Guide.
- Hugues Vaucher.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 2003.
- Call number: QK648/.V391 2003
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
The Tree Care Primer.
- Christopher Roddick with Beth Hanson.
- Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2007.
- Call number: SB125/.RG86 2007
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Local Trees
Great Trees of Long Island.
- New York State. Dept. of Environmental Conservation, 1994.
- Call number: QK484.N7/G786 1994
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Great Trees of New York City: A Guide.
- Benjamin Swett
- New York: City of New York Parks and Recreation, 2000.
- Call number: SB435.52.N7/S975 2000
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Trees and Shrubs of Prospect Park.
- Louis Harman Peet.
- New York: American Printing House, 1902.
- Call number: SB483.B87/P375 1902
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
New York City Trees: A Field Guide for the Metropolitan Area.
- Edward Sibley Barnard.
- New York: Columbia University Press, 2002.
- Call number: SB435.52.N48/B37 2002
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Maples (For Example)
The Gardener's Guide to Growing Maples.
- James Harris.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 2000.
- Call number: SB413.M365/H37 2000
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
An Illustrated Guide to Maples.
- Antoine le Hardy de Beaulieu.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 2003.
- Call number: QK495.A17/L4 2003
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference
Japanese Maples: Momiji and Kaede.
- J.D. Vertrees.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 2001.
- Call number: SB413.J34/V55 2001
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Main Collection
Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia.
- C.J. van Gelderen, D.M. van Gelderen.
- Portland, Or.: Timber Press, 1999.
- Call number: SB413.M365/G45 1999
- Location: Gardener's Resource Center, Reference