From the Book - 1st U.S. ed.
All the trees in the world
Trees without flowers: the conifers
Trees with flowers: magnolias and other primitives
From palms and screw pines to yuccas and bamboos
Thoroughly modern broadleaves
From oaks to mangoes: the glorious invention of rose-like eudicots
From handkerchief trees to teak: the daisy-like eudicots
Which trees live where, and why
The social life of trees: war or peace?
Illustrations: The Buddha receiving enlightenment under a peepul tree
Magnolias and other primitives
The flowering plant orders
Coastal redwoods rerooting themselves
The syconium (fruit) of a fig
