The Wisdom of Trees: A Miscellany

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A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of mans ingenuity in exploiting their resources: the perfect gift for anyone who cares about the natural world. Trees are marvels of nature still-standing giants of extraordinary longevity. In a beautifully written sequence of essays anecdotes and profiles of Britains best-loved species (from yew to scots pine) Max Adams explores both the amazing biology of trees and humanitys relationship with wood and forest across the centuries. Embellished with images from John Evelyns classic SYLVA (1664) THE WISDOM OF TREES is a gift book that will delight anyone who cares about the natural world and our interaction with it.