Shade and ornamental trees

"Tying together human migration with the spread of the cultivation of trees, the author has written a fascinating and informative book that tells the story of tree cultivation from ancient to modern times. The dispersion and variation of the more important trees is, in a sense, the story of the rise of civilization, for civilized societies have almost always cultivated trees for ornamentation and shade."--BOOK JACKET. "The subject of trees touches many aspects of human activity. It is a subject that is of concern not only to the professional horticulturist, arborist, and dendrologist but also to historians, geographers, and anthropologists."--BOOK JACKET.