Well written, very readable, and accessible to the general reader, while summarising some serious scientific issues... lavishly illustrated... the quality of the photographs is very good... a book that will be very useful for students of economic botany in particular and as an introduction to forestry, arboriculture and conservation.—J. R. Barnett, Annals of Botany, July 2010…aimed at the undergraduate level, although there is much in it for amateur naturalists, geographers and even something for gardeners… should be of interest to gardeners, as well as foresters and tree surgeons… covers this wide range of topics and approaches in an excellent easily readable way… a good introduction to forests and trees in the wild and tree and forest management…—John Goodier, Reference Reviews, July 2011

• Introduction to Woody Habit Section. World Distribution of Forests: Northern boreal and montane coniferous forests. Temperate rain and deciduous forests. Temperate mixed evergreen forests. Tropical and sub-tropical rain and dry forests. Tree Morphology, Anatomy and Histology. Tree Pathology: Cell wall polymers and infection. The effect of fungal bacterial and viral pathogens on important plantation and forest trees. Insect or other infestations of important plantation and forest trees. Forest Ecology and Management, Tree Surgery, Propagation and Conservation: General forest ecological processes. Silvicultural systems and management. Tree pruning and surgery. Tree propagation for forestry and aboriculture. Forest and woodland conservation.

Well written, very readable, and accessible to the general reader, while summarising some serious scientific issues... lavishly illustrated... the quality of the photographs is very good... a book that will be very useful for students of economic botany in particular and as an introduction to forestry, arboriculture and conservation.—J. R. Barnett, Annals of Botany, July 2010…aimed at the undergraduate level, although there is much in it for amateur naturalists, geographers and even something for gardeners… should be of interest to gardeners, as well as foresters and tree surgeons… covers this wide range of topics and approaches in an excellent easily readable way… a good introduction to forests and trees in the wild and tree and forest management…—John Goodier, Reference Reviews, July 2011

• Introduction to Woody Habit Section. World Distribution of Forests: Northern boreal and montane coniferous forests. Temperate rain and deciduous forests. Temperate mixed evergreen forests. Tropical and sub-tropical rain and dry forests. Tree Morphology, Anatomy and Histology. Tree Pathology: Cell wall polymers and infection. The effect of fungal bacterial and viral pathogens on important plantation and forest trees. Insect or other infestations of important plantation and forest trees. Forest Ecology and Management, Tree Surgery, Propagation and Conservation: General forest ecological processes. Silvicultural systems and management. Tree pruning and surgery. Tree propagation for forestry and aboriculture. Forest and woodland conservation.