A popular book on trees should enable a reader to indentify any tree in his neighbourhood and in parks and gardens he may visit.

Preface.

The trees in this book include every species and large-growing cultivar to be seen in the countryside, parks and gardens of Europe north of the Mediterranean littoral.

How to use this book.

A tree may be defined as a woody, perennial plant which can attained a stature of 6m or more on a single stem.

Introduction to trees.