TREES AND SHRUBS 



HARDY IN THE BRITISH ISLES 



By W. J. BEAN 



ASSISTANT CURATOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEVV 



With over 250 Line Drawings and 64 Half-tone Illustrations. 



2 Vols. 48J. net. 



" Here is a book which stands out by itself as the work 

 of a master of the subject. No one 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. 



LONDON: JOHN MURRAY 



