The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland

This well-illustrated seven-volume work (1906–13) covers the varieties, distribution, history and cultivation of tree species in the British Isles.

Henry John Elwes (Author), Augustine Henry (Author)

9781108069342, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 January 2014

358 pages, 89 b/w illus. 1 colour illus.
29.7 x 21 x 1.9 cm, 0.86 kg

Although without formal scientific training, Henry John Elwes (1846–1922) devoted his life to natural history. He had studied birds, butterflies and moths, but later turned his attention to collecting and growing plants. Embarking on his most ambitious project in 1903, he recruited the Irish dendrologist Augustine Henry (1857–1930) to collaborate with him on this well-illustrated work. Privately printed in seven volumes between 1906 and 1913, it covers the varieties, distribution, history and cultivation of tree species in the British Isles. The strictly botanical parts were written by Henry, while Elwes drew on his extensive knowledge of native and non-native species to give details of where remarkable examples could be found. Each volume contains photographic plates as well as drawings of leaves and buds to aid identification. The species covered in Volume 3 (1908) include cedar, hornbeam, southern beech, hickory, maple and redwood.

Cedrus
Cedrus libani
Cedrus brevifolia
Cedrus atlantica
Cedrus deodara
Libocedrus
Libocedrus tetragona
Libocedrus chilensis
Libocedrus doniana
Libocedrus bidwilli
Libocedrus macrolepis
Libocedrus decurrens
Cunninghamia
Cunninghamia sinensis
Liquidambar
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar orientalis
Liquidambar formosana
Nyssa
Nyssa sylvatica
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa sinensis
Sassafras
Sassafras tzumu
Sassafras officinale
Corylus
Corylus colurna
Carpinus
Carpinus orientalis
Carpinus polyneura
Carpinus japonica
Carpinus vedoensis
Carpinus cordata
Carpinus laxiflora
Carpinus caroliniana
Carpinus betulus
Ostrya
Ostrya carpinifolia
Ostrya virginica
Ostrya japonica
Nothofagus
Nothofagus cliffortioides
Nothofagus menziesii
Nothofagus fusca
Nothofagus moorei
Nothofagus cunninghami
Nothofagus betuloides
Nothofagus obliqua
Nothofagus antarctica
Arbutus
Arbutus unedo
Arbutus hybrida
Arbutus andrachne
Arbutus menziesii
Sciadopitys
Sciadopitys verticillata
Pinus sylvestris
Carya
Carya olivaeformis
Carya amara
Carya alba
Carya porcina
Carya sulcata
Carya tomentosa
Platanus
Platanus orientalis
Platanus occidentalis
Acer
Acer pseudoplatanus
Acer campestre
Acer platanoides
Acer lobelii
Acer pictum
Acer opalus
Acer monspessulanum
Acer insigne
Acer volxemi
Acer trautvetteri
Acer rubrum
Acer dasycarpus
Acer saccharum
Acer macrophyllum
Acer negundo
Sequoia
Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoia gigantea
Plates.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]