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Title	Author	# of Pages
Trees for Architecture and the Landscape	Robert L. Zion	284

Contents

List of Tree Portraits    (p. 6)
Acknowledgments    (p. 8)
The Purpose of this Book and How to use it    (p. 9)

    Part I. Tree Portraits    (p. 11)
Full-page photographs of deciduous trees in winter and summer, juxtaposed    (p. 12-83)
Color Illustrations    (p. 85-88)
Full-page photographs of evergreen trees    (p. 90-108)

    Part II. Some practical considerations    (p. 109)
1. Trees--the facts of life    (p. 110)
2. Protection of Existing Trees    (p. 114)
3. On buying trees    (p. 121)
4. On planting trees    (p. 125)
5. Street trees    (p. 139)
6. Rooftop planning, espalier, and other special effects    (p. 145)
7. Designing with trees--an approach    (p. 154)

    Part III. Design Data for Tree Portraits    (p. 159)
Brief factual outlines of design attributes of each tree shown in the tree Portraits section Map showing zones of hardiness    (p. 160-161)

    Part IV. State Tree Lists    (p. 207)
Lists of trees organized by states and classified by various design attributes

Bibliography    (p. 277)
Photographers    (p. 278)
Index    (p. 279)