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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHere is an informative and breathtaking guide to Central Park's magnificent collection of trees and their glorious landscapes from Edward Sibley Barnard, a leading naturalist and author, working closely with Neil Calvanese, the park's former chief arborist who dedicated more than 30 years to the park's magnificent plantings. They have written a guide that is lovingly produced and easy to use. Anyone who loves Central Park and all who visit it will benefit from this timely new book. -- Sara Cedar Miller, author of Central Park, An American Masterpiece: A Comprehensive History of the Nation's First Urban Park If this book were only a compendium of informative and beautifully illustrated entries on trees and their botanical characteristics and history, it would rank as a splendid achievement. Edward Sibley Barnard and Neil Calvanese have done this and then gone further. By making it possible to tour the Central Park landscape section by section with their words and Ken Chaya's excellent maps depicting the location of each species, Barnard and Calvanese have equipped the reader to receive an unparalleled plant-identification lesson and park experience at the same time. -- Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, founder, Central Park Conservancy More than 900 color photographs and maps grace this Central Park guidebook, which looks at the vast landscape section by section. Booklist A lushly illustrated reference book that will help you sound smarter than your children think you are. -- Sam Roberts The New York Times A book that will turn even the most hardened urbanite into a nature lover. -- Billy Heller New York Post A summer visit on Shabbat or any time to Central Park will be enriched by reading Central Park Trees and Landscapes. -- Sandee Brawarsky The Jewish Week A detailed but delightfully accessible Baedeker for both exploring the elegant vistas and identifying the species of trees. The New York Times
Table of ContentsPreface, by Neil Calvanese Preface, by Edward Sibley Barnard The Landscapes An Island Shaped by Cataclysm, Ice, and Men 1782: A Countryside Denuded 1836: The Grid Foreshadowed 1870: The Greensward Plan Realized A Succession of Grand Landscapes Ball Fields and Pond (Map) Playground and Ball Fields The Pond Mall and Meadow (Map) The Mall Sheep Meadow The Dene Lake and Ramble (Map) The Lake Bethesda Terrace Strawberry Fields The Ramble Conservatory Water The Glade and Cedar Hill Great Lawn (Map) The Great Lawn Arthur Ross Pinetum Reservoir (Map) The Reservoir Meadows (Map) North Meadow East Meadow Wildflower Meadow Woods and Meer (Map) North Woods Great Hill Pool and Loch Harlem Meer Conservatory Garden The Tree Guide Using the Tree Guide Conifers Group 1: Scales, Evergreen Group 2: Needles Single, Flat Group 3: Needles in Tufts of 12 to 40 Group 4: Needles in Bundles Group 5: Needles Stiff, 4-Sided Broadleaf Trees Group 6: Leaves Fan-Shaped, Parallel Veins Group 7: Leaves Opposite, Lobed Group 8: Leaves Opposite, Smooth Group 9: Leaves Opposite, Toothed Group 10: Leaves Palmately Compound Group 11: Leaves Opposite, Compound Group 12: Leaves Alternate, Compound Group 13: Leaves Alternate, Lobed Group 14: Leaves Alternate, Toothed Group 15: Leaves Alternate, Smooth Afterword Notes and Sources Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Foldout Map of Central Park
