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The North American Sylva; Or, A Description Of The Forest Trees Of The United States, Canada And Nova Scotia. Considered Particularly With Respect To

The North American Sylva; Or, A Description Of The Forest Trees Of The United States, Canada And Nova Scotia. Considered Particularly With Respect To

Nutttall, Thomas

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Botany & HorticultureEnvironmental StudiesLawns, Trees, & Shrubs

ISBN10: 935450597X
ISBN13: 9789354505973
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.75
Height: 0.71 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Forests have a hidden language. Every leaf tells a story. In Volume II of Thomas Nuttall's The North American Sylva, the great 19th century natural history tradition meets practical craft, tracing the character of north american forest trees and the ways their wood moved from wild stands into workshops and markets. Clear, exact, and readable. Part tree encyclopedia classic, part botanical reference volume, this dendrology illustrated handbook describes species across the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, then ranges westward through the Rocky Mountains to the Territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California. Its pages map the distinctive Oregon and California trees alongside familiar eastern hardwoods and northern conifers, giving readers a grounded sense of range and resource. Nuttall writes with the eye of a field botanist and the mind of a maker, attending to bark, leaf, habitat and seasonal habit while keeping timber uses and commerce in view. The result serves forestry and botany students as readily as it supports woodworkers tree identification, and it remains a vivid introduction to european forest tree species encountered in North America. For collectors of early American botany classics, the work stands in the lineage of the Michaux tree illustration plates: a bridge between scientific description and the art of seeing. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this classic has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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