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.
The peregrinations of the nurserymen, explorers, and philanthropists responsible for these exquisite florilegiums, not to mention the garden plants we now take for granted, have been superbly documented in A Reunion of Trees.
--Linda Yang, New York Times Book Review
Spongberg has written a grand adventure story about the migration of woody plants around the world...This tale of the traveling trees is a treasure for both specialist and amateur.
--Ruth Johnstone Wales, Christian Science Monitor
Charming [and] handsomely illustrated...attractive...well-researched, and written with warmth and verve.
--Ray Murphy, Boston Globe
Spongberg gives us a lively account of trees and shrubs and the colorful characters who escorted them from distant, frequently dangerous, places to the gardens of Europe and North America...[This] book brings a panoramic perspective to these explorations in one copiously illustrated and authoritative volume.
--Christopher Reed, Horticulture