The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century by Sarah Simblet, Gabriel Hemery

The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century

Sarah Simblet, Gabriel Hemery

400 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced

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In 1664, the horticulturist and diarist John Evelyn wrote Sylva, the first comprehensive study of British trees. It was also the world's earliest forestry book, and the first book ever published by the Royal Society. Evelyn's elegant prose has a l...

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