Nelson, E.Charles / Walsh, Wendy F.

Trees of Ireland: Native and Naturalized.

Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1993. 20 cm x 29 cm. VII, 247 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition. Very Rare !

Includes for example the following essays: Sycamore / Holly / Birch / Spindle / Strawberry tree / Scottish laburnum / Beech / Sessile oak / Pedunculate oak / Ash / Buckthorn / Rowan / Wild pear / White willow / Wych Elm / Appendix II: Apples raised in Ireland or recorded as being widely cultivated in Ireland etc.

″This elegant volume celebrates, and documents, over thirty native and naturalized trees. Individual trees are depicted in pencil silhouette, and watercolours detail mature foliage, flowers, and fruit.

The accompanying text includes botanical information, background history, folklore, traditions, uses and propagation, also noting recorded and champion specimens. Introductory chapters recount the history and literature of trees in Ireland, their folklore and conservation.

Trees of Ireland will enhance and extend the perceptions of all who appreciate the formal richness of the natural world – the gardener, ecologist, artist and dendrophile, scholar and student alike.” (Publisher)

• Keywords: Botany – Rare · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Dendrologie · Dendrology · History of Irish Trees and Dendrology · Irish Flora · Irish History – Rare · Irish Natural History · Natural History · Plants · Trees
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781874675242
• Inventory Number: 72307AB

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