The Romance Of Our Trees Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Romance of Our Trees (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest Henry Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Romance of Our Trees In the following pages an effort is made to tell of the intimate association of trees and mankind from the earliest times. Simplicity combined with accuracy has been the aim, and technical language has been avoided. The opening chapters treat of trees in general and serve to illustrate the mutual dependence of the animal and vegetable kingdoms. The records of geology bear witness to the continuous and progressive change in character of the tree types, of the complete disappearance of many, and of the persistence of a few from Coal-measure times down to the present. The protective influence of religion of many creeds is emphasized by the history of the Ginkgo and of the Cedar of Lebanon. The immense value of the Yew-tree to the warriors of the Middle Ages and influence of war-like migrations and wars of invasion in the distribution of fruit trees is told. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.