A Reunion of Trees

The Discovery of Exotic Plants and Their Introduction into North American and European Landscapes

Stephen Spongberg

Prologue by Sam Bass Warner, Jr.

    Stephen Spongberg's vividly written and lavishly illustrated "travel story" of trees and shrubs tells of intrepid explorers who journeyed to the far corners of the globe and brought back to Europe and North America a wealth of exotic plant species.

Stephen A. Spongberg is Horticultural Taxonomist at the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.

Sam B. Warner, Jr. teaches History at Harvard University.