Maples for Gardens A Color Encyclopedia

ISBN: 0-88192-472-5

I bought this book for 28 US dollars and I have been really enjoying it. It has a ton of information in it, bent to the Europeans. It has only missed a few very rare maples that are mostly only in Canada and the US. It cleared up my question as the difference between Beni shigitiasu compared to Aka shigitasu, that being two different trees.

So it gets my four star rating, a must have for anybody that considers them selfs to be gardeners.♦

 

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how are the pictures?

 

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Re: Pictures in de book
OK a 10 would be one of the books put out by the Sierra Club. This book in my view would rate an over all score of 7, as some of the pictures are not very crisp, yet some are bright and sharp. Many of the pictures in the book are not very large as well. The size of the photos could be considered a deficit or a benefit, that being a matter of personal preference. The fact that they are a bit small allows for more information relating to the picture. Let me just say, it is more of an academic book by nature and less of a coffee table book.

 

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I haven't ever thought the pictures were poor, I've certainly seen worse - and seen it often. Note that the book is titled MAPLES FOR GARDENS, the title of this thread should be corrected.

Multiple large format, illustrated maple monographs have appeared in English comparatively recently, in addition to this one there was MAPLES OF THE WORLD some years back, a third edition of JAPANESE MAPLES came out awhile ago, and there was also that one from France? Belgium? in the last few years. If these things continue to proliferate they're going to start casting as much shade as the trees themselves.

 

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LOL
Very true Ron. The problem with so many opinions when they differ is that one never knows where to find the truth :)

 

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big book for me!is one guide for to have maples interesting in every season! in winter bark in autum coulor in summer good maples variegated ,spring not have word! is important for size of mapels too ,my book have signature of autours.....
P.S. for Ron is France ...

 

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I really just wanted to see if my new avatar looked good and if it would show up, so how do you like it. I'll try and get make one a bit more well defined later.

 

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Illustrated Guide to Maples was in French but I had the impression Hardy de Beaulieu is Belgian. Not sure why. Anyway it is translated to English and is a very fine book with many more revealing pictures than the other literature. However, A. palmatum is not covered, he points you to Vertrees.

Maples for Gardens is the "companion volume" to Maples of the World, and I have always found it extremely useful. I suspect the reason some of the photography is uneven is that many pictures come from the Esveld site, the compilation of which must have been an arduous process that began when digital photography was less developed than today.

Richard I'm surprised you didn't already have Maples for Gardens!

-E

 

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No I didn't have it until now, I am just another poor person living in a very classes society with little means. The USA is mostly made up of people just like me, that's why they can have such a big army, it's called poverty.

 

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Poor person?Richard poor person in Europe are another person :not have Pc,not have maple collection,not have a work, not have food,not have house,not have telephone,not have a car,not have BOOKS,not go to school,etc.,USA system is good,but is terrible when speak of poor, in USA if person not have a villa like Dallas series or Ferrari or are broker or one young girl friend or live in Florida is a poor person ,in Italy (that is Europe state to 2002)person are happy with a little ,the system capital is slow ,my house not have more elettrical engine,i open bottle of wine with my hands ,the maples are little price (when i read the price of maple in american site i think that if i live in USA my collections are poor because on maple in pot 1 gallon have price x 2 that in E.U.)for end: is the systen that tink that we are poor but i and my family think that are RICH .... ..is important the person (and your family [voice of "Padrino"])not your bank account !Ciao e pensa +
alex Italy UE

 

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about your avatar whic maple are?for the moment i prefer your truck!!

 

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Lol

 

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Americans without the bigger homes are not poor, they are broke. Or is it the other way around? Actually, the American with all the toys; speed boats, new cars, new houses, professional landscaped yards, etc. are broke or are in debt!

It is the commericalism that is on TV, magazines, bill boards, etc. that make people think they are poor, and it is the credit card companies trying to get someone's business that makes the well off or average American, broke and in debt. Don't let the new cars and houses fool you. Some people have such lack of self esteem and fall into the trap of keeping up with the Joneses and the ability to not say "No!" that makes them broke.

ON the other hand, it is the gambler, alcoholic, drug user, womanizer, or bad girl that makes a family poor! And the children suffer the most!

John Gray said it best in his book title, "How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have."

 

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Na it's the high cost of medical care, cause in part by the stress and anxieties born out of a capitalistic system run amuck.You can also add into the mix a medical care system that does not deal with mental illness unless you are so not mentally ill that you can afford to pay for it.Let us not forget that 1 in 37 adults living in the United States, are currently or at one time incarcerated, the highest incarceration level in the world. Our prison population has quadrupled since 1980. I don't think it's so simple as one would like to believe, and I know we are going to get in trouble for this conversation.

 

I just wanted to add that Richard closed this thread of his own volition, without any prompting on my part. I agree, though, that the thread was tending to wander a bit away from plants.