The Tree Hunters. NEW.

Thomas Pakenham.

The interesting history of how hundreds of new specimen trees from all over the temperate world found their way into British and Irish collections. From the eighteenth century onward intrepid plant hunters searched for new species of tree for enthusiastic collectors. They gathered live plant material and seed and sent it home to Britain. From there may of these new species were exported to New Zealand nurserymen. Illustrations.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2024.

ISBN 9781474611909

Hardback with dust jacket. 376 pages.

NEW. Fine condition.