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Re: TREE BOOK?

In article <9412260817486068@nfe.com>, rob.king@nfe.com (Rob King) wrote:

> J>>Can anyone give me any ideas for a "TREE" book?
>  >>We have moved to a new house and have several trees that aren't
>  >>familar to us. My husband said that he wanted a "TREE" book, like
>  >>a BIRD book...
> 
> A little late for Christmas this year... but the best all-around tree
> guide has to be "Trees of North America" by Golden Press.  Color
> illustrations are hard to beat.  An excellent value at $4 <6 years ago>
> 
> For more detailed work, the Peterson Field Guide Series "Guide to Trees
> and Shrubs" would be a good choice... perhaps a little too technically
> involved for the novice who wants to key a species mostly from pictures,
> tho.  Peterson's is not full-color, either.
> 
> Rob.
> 
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The best 'World' book is Hugh Johnson's Encylopedia of Trees. Yes this is
the same Hugh Johnson who writes on wine. My copy is published by Gallery
Books.

A delightful book is A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central
North America by Donald Culross Peattie originally published in 1948 and
republished by Houghton Mifflin. The social and economic history of trees.
I understand that there is alsoone for western North America.
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