Books on Praising and Raising Trees

( ratings indicate titles of particular merit)

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

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