BOOK NOTICE

1 Pages·1995·0.44 MB·English

by  John W Thieret

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JDHL,E.T. 1840.
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731,
pp.
EOKA,T. 1961. A.
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BOOK
NOTICE
New
Connor, England (ISBN
1994. Natives. 0-674-61350-3,
S. hbk.).
MA
Harvard University 79 Garden Cambridge, 02138-
Press,
Street,
274
9983. $39.95.
pp.
New
plants of England by describing the'lvide'range oru.scITrmgTlfen^e'ras't!
...
Chapter 3, "Trees in the Marketplace and in the Garden," considers uses and decorative
And New
value of trees. chapter 4, "The Yankee Forest," discusses ecology and more
uses.
white illustrations (mostly photographs but also reproductions of old illustrations related
wood
ing significance of in the history of the Republic" and "the use of the forest as more
than mere would
scenery." It be a fine addition to the list of "suggested readings" for any
general botany or biology course or course on economic botany. And good reading
for
it is
just about anybody interested in plants and peopie.^ohn W.
Thieret.