America's Famous and Historic Trees: From George Washington's Tulip Poplar to Elvis Presley's Pin Oak by Jeffrey G. Meyer with Sharon Linnea, $30.I am fascinated by old trees, like the ancient white oaks along the shore of Lake Champlain where we live. Sitting in their shade is magic, especially with a copy of Jeff Meyer's wonderful book. Meyer Mey·er , Annie Florance Nathan 1867-1951. American writer and a founder of Barnard College at Columbia University (1889). Her plays include The Dominant Sex (1911) and Black Souls (1932). tells the stories of 17 especially historic trees, explaining how their seeds were collected and giving instructions for home planting. A professional nurseryman, Jeff Meyer Jeffrey A. Meyer is an Associate Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, CT. Jeffrey Meyer began teaching at Quinnipiac Law School as an Associate Professor of Law in January 2006, following many years of legal practice experience. is the director of AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens Famous and Historic Trees project, which has collected seeds from hundreds of significant trees. From those seeds he has raised more than 75,000 saplings. Meyer's personal story, written as the introduction to his book, will inspire you to discover the historic trees in your neighborhood and, he hopes, to experience for yourself his "magnificent obsession obsession /ob·ses·sion/ (ob-sesh´un) a persistent unwanted idea or impulse that cannot be eliminated by reasoning.obses´sive ob·ses·sion n. 1. " with planting trees. |
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