"A volume for a lifetime" is how The New Yorker described the first of Donald Culross Peatie's two books about American trees published in the 1950s. In this on

A detailed handbook giving clear descriptions and full historical information about the trees that grow in North America--Résumé de l'éditeur.

-All of North America in one volume.

The most comprehensive and user-friendly field guide to the trees of eastern North America Covering 825 species, more than any comparable field guide, Trees of

Presents a handbook for the identification of over five hundred species of trees by illustration and text.