Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco, The Detailed maps and elegant line drawings of leaves, flowers, and fruit make it a useful field guide; extensive descriptions of the biology, lineage, and horticultural history of the trees make it esse
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| Title | : | Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco, The |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.80 (296 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1890771287 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2001-04-01 |
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Editorial : About the Author
Dr. Elizabeth McClintock's botanical career has spanned more than fifty years. Specializing in the classification, naming, and geographical distribution of plants, she is considered an expert in the field. She continues to work as a research associate in the Jepson Herbarium at the University of California, Berkeley.Richard G. Turner, Jr. is the editor of Pacific Horticulture, one of the country's top garden magazines. Throughout his distinguished career, he has been a garden designer, educator, writer, photographer, and botanical tour leader.
A little more than a hundred years ago, the San Francisco landscape was mostly sand dunes, meadows, marshes, and rocky outcroppings. Only a scattering of native trees, mostly windblown and stunted, grew naturally. Early city and park planners, bent on creating a magnificent city, transformed this sparse, fog-swept landscape by planting trees from around the world—trees selected especially for their beauty and adaptability to the city'’s climate.The Trees of Golden Gate Park is based on the writings of botanist Elizabeth McClintock, whose column on the trees of Golden Gate Park was a feature of Pacific Horticulture magazine for twenty-five years; it presents the reader with the stories of 170 different trees found in the park and throughout the city. Detailed maps and elegant line drawings of leaves, flowers, and fruit make it a useful field guide; extensive descriptions of the biology, lineage, and horticultural history of the trees make it essential armchair
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