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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
By John Grimshaw and Ross Bayton
New Trees is one of the most significant works on trees to be published in the last three decades. New Trees by John Grimshaw and Ross Bayton is the result of a project endorsed and supported by the International Dendrology Society. Prior to New Trees fantastic references such as W. J. Bean’s Trees and Shrubs in the British Isles ; Gerd Krussmann’s Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees and Shrubs, as well as The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs were a few of the “bibles” for finding out information on the lesser known trees and shrubs in cultivation.
New Trees represents 180 genera…
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
by Alan Weisman
Humans often look at the world from their point of view. When we learn about the history of the earth, we are often most interested in the beginning of humanity and assume that life on this planet won’t continue without us. But Alan Weisman challenges us to think differently in The World Without Us. Weisman proposes the idea that one day humanity suddenly disappears and describes in detail, using New York City as the point of reference, what will happen to all of our man-made buildings and paraphernalia once people are no longer there to maintain them. Of…
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Several years ago, Lucinda Fleeson packed up her comfortable life and English garden in Philadelphia and moved to Hawaii, the Extinction Capital of the World. Traditionally a reporter, Lucinda accepted a development position at the National Tropical Botanical Garden on the island of Kauai to work with Dr. Bill Klein (former Director of the Morris Arboretum).
Her position came with a no-frills cottage (at first barely habitable) but it was set on the edge of a rainforest amid mango trees and bamboo groves teeming with geckos and visited by wild pigs. The ocean, lush green mountains, and rocky coves were just…
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