The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees: Timbers and Forests of the World

by Herbert L. Edlin

extremely rare,very good condition

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Herbert Edlin was an English forester. Born in 1913, he attended Manchester Grammar School, then studied forestry at Edinburgh and Oxford Universities. After managing rubber plantations in Malaysia, he spent five years in the New Forest of Hampshire, planning timber harvesting, raising young trees, and replanting cleared land. After 1945 he edited technical publications for the Forestry Commission, compiled guides to forest parks in Scotland and Wales, and made first-hand studies of woodland crafts. Widely travelled, he was the author of twenty-seven books on outdoor subjects.

Reviews

[Eve · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book covered board subject about tree and forest.

Here is the TOC:
I. The World of Trees & Timbers
- guarding the forest
- the living tree
- tree in time and space
- the forest ecosystem
- animal life and forest tree
- the warmth of wood indoors
- craftwork in wood
- trees - the universal provider

II. A Guide to conifers
- maidenhair, yew and nutmeg
- cypresses
- junipers and thujas
- redwood
- firs
- hemlocks
- pines
- etc

III. A guide to broadleaves
- poplars
- willows
- walnuts
- etc

IV. Tropical & southern hemisphere
- tropical timber trees
- tropical flower and fruits
- etc

This book might be full of new information, but it's not what I needed. I want to see where each tree grows, preferably with map (it's mentioned in the book but in broad stroke).
There are only 3 maps in the book, it showed where the tropical, temperate and coniferous forests are. And about a third of the book is an introduction, which consists of long winding passages. I prefer that bit information that pertains to a specific tree to be put right next to it. Maybe a nice table would do the trick as a summary.

My verdict: good book but bad organization.

[Suzy Espersen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not only a very beautiful book, but also very informative.