Customer Reviews

Top of the list - By: Richard Moore, 12 Dec 2006
Packed with information but so well written that it is anything but dry.I've now read it several times & it is still a joy to do so.Far & away the best botanical book about trees I know of.

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Intended as a text book but captivating for anybody curious - By: , 08 Jan 2001
This book was clearly intended as a text book, but Dr Thomas has the gift of posing problems for the plant & then explaining how trees have solved that particular problem. Scientifically it is bang up to date & is well illustrated, but it also has that 'gosh, wow' factor that leaves onein little doubt why trees are the masters of the planet. The book ends rather abruptly without a nice summary conclusion, but I guess that this was because of limits of space allowed by the publisher. This is the best botanical book that I have ever read.