Shade and Ornamental Trees

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ISBN: 9780812216059 | 0812216059
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/1996

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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.

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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
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