On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 08:57:39 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote:

Whilst browsing for some tree info I came across the following, which
might be of interest.

"Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles" is a very useful
source of information. The International Dendrology Society has made the
text of the four volumes from the 70s and the 1988 supplement freely
available at:

http://www.beanstreesandshrubs.org

An update book, "New Trees: Recent Introductions to Cultivation", was
published in 2009, but is not available online (more info at
http://www.kew.org/publications/newtrees_presspack.pdf for those
interested and who have a spare £99!).


Thanks for this Jeff, the online Bean's is a great resource and I've
bookmarked it. I actually have an old 3-volume Bean that my wife dug up
online a few years ago, but of course it's not very up to date.

It's very nice that on the site they not only give the name according to
Bean but also the modern "accepted name", although is seems for some what
is accepted varies weekly or is subject of some dispute...

When "New trees" came out I blanched at the price and decided to wait
until a used copy came available.

-E


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