Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs (Rehder)

[Frances Reed]

Dear TAXACOM-L subscriber:

This is to announce that

"Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs" by Alfred Rehder

is now available again and back in print from the Blackburn Press.

Alfred Rehder was the curator of the Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum. He
was German born and a self-taught taxonomist, arriving at the Arboretum in
1898 and first employed to weed the shrub collection. His keen taxonomic
judgment was quickly recognized however. The Manual of Cultivated Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in North America Exclusive of the Subtropical and Warmer
Temperate Regions, best known as "Rehder's Manual", was first published in
1927. Here we have reprinted the second edition, published in 1940.

Alfred Rehder's book was designed to complement Sargent's Manual of the
Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) and Gray's Manual of Botany,
which documents the native vegetation of the same region. Rehder's goal of a
concise compilation of all the woody plants known to be cultivated in
eastern North America was achieved in the volume. For each of the 2,300
species of trees and shrubs covered in the book, Rehder included a concise
physical description, as well as time of flowering and fruiting, references
to published illustrations, region of native habitat, date of introduction
into cultivation, hardiness zone, and comments on horticultural merit or
special cultural requirements. He gave distinguishing features and pertinent
information for 2,465 varieties. Brief mention was included of another 1,265
species and 507 hybrids that were either less well known or rarely
cultivated. Its value to nurserymen, gardeners, arborists, botanical garden
curators, and anyone else needing to identify trees and shrubs became
readily apparent.

For more information point your browser to
http://www.blackburnpress.com/horfor.html

Information on "Manual of Cultivated Plants" by by L. H. Bailey, another new
reprint, can be found at the same URL.

Alternatively, information can also be found at:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1930665326/qid=998153440/sr=1-1/ref=s
c_b_1/104-7680325-9724723

Of course, we're also interested in hearing of other titles we might
consider returning to print. Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks very much.

Frances

Frances Reed
Publisher
The Blackburn Press
973-228-7077
973-228-7276 (fax)
freed at blackburnpress.com