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"Tying together human migration with the spread of the cultivation of trees, the author has written a fascinating and informative book that tells the story of tree cultivation from ancient to modern times. The dispersion and variation of the more important trees is, in a sense, the story of the rise of civilization, for civilized societies have almost always cultivated trees for ornamentation and shade." "The subject of trees touches many aspects of human activity. It is a subject that is of concern not only to the professional horticulturist, arborist, and dendrologist but also to historians, geographers, and anthropologists."--Jacket.