One of earliest, photographic works on trees is this rare, privately published work by Henry William Clinton-Baker.\u00a0 This included photographs of the more than 150 conifers in his family\u2019s pinetum at Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire, England, just north of London.<\/p>\n
The original three volumes were published between 1909-1913 with life-size photographs.\u00a0 Each showed a branch with foliage and cones designed to provide identification help for conifers planted in Britain.\u00a0 Despite limited distribution, these books proved to be very useful, and a fourth volume of additional trees followed in 1936.<\/p>\n
The sepia toned, close-up images are of high quality.\u00a0 Each entry includes the age of the tree and its height and girth.\u00a0 A century later, these are still a valuable measure of the growth rates for different species.<\/p>\n
Reviewed by: Brian Thompson on February 24, 2025<\/p>\n
Excerpted from the Spring 2025 issue of the Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of earliest, photographic works on trees is this rare, privately published work by Henry William Clinton-Baker.\u00a0 This included photographs of the more than 150 conifers in his family\u2019s pinetum at Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire, England, just north of London. The original three volumes were published between 1909-1913 with life-size photographs.\u00a0 Each showed a branch with foliage and cones designed to provide identification help for conifers planted in Britain.\u00a0 Despite limited distribution, these books proved to be very useful, and a…<\/p>\n