TREES AND SHRUBS 



HARDY IN THE BRITISH ISLES 

 BY W. J. BEAN 



Assistant Curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 



With over 250 Line T)rawings and 64 Half-tone Illustrations. 

 Second Edition. 2 Vols. 488. net. 



'* Here is a book which stands out by itself as the 

 work of a master of the subject. No on€ who cares for 

 trees and shrubs can possibly do without it ; for not 

 only does it describe concisely and accurately from 

 personal knowledge all the trees and shrubs which we 

 know, but also a great number of recent introductions, 

 about which we know little or nothing. 



" Mr. Bean, who for many years has been in charge 

 of the most complete and correctly named arboretum in 

 Europe, has managed to get into the space of two 

 octavo volumes a mass of knowledge and experience 

 which is unrivalled, and though one does not look for 

 literary polish in a work of reference like this, his writing 

 is fluent, precise, and free from the vague statements 

 that in so many horticultural works leave one in doubt 

 as to what the author means, or whether he really knows 

 what he is writing about. . . . 



** In the short space at my command it is impossible 

 to do justice to this book, which must remain for many 

 years to come by far the best of its scope and price on a 

 subject which will always be dear to every lover of Nature 

 and gardens." — Mr. H.J. Elwes, in Country Life. 



JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON, W.l 



