Trees: A Woodland Notebook / Containing Observations on Certain British and Exotic Trees

The author presents a collection of observational essays on British and introduced trees, combining practical notes on identification, growth habits, and suitability to British climates with reflections on timber production and landscape use. He distinguishes silviculture from arboriculture, argues for planned forest management to augment timber supplies, and assesses which exotic species have adapted well. Individual chapters profile major genera—oaks, beeches, chestnuts, ashes, lindens, elms, maples, planes, horse-chestnuts, poplars, birches and willows—offering cultivation advice, economic considerations, and aesthetic remarks, supplemented by photographic illustrations and practical guidance for planters and foresters.