Keepers
of Trees: A Cultural History of North American Arboreta and Arborphilia
1700-2000
Table of Contents
Introduction
Natural History as Cultural History
Prologue
Precedents Abroad
(European, Middle Eastern, Central American, and Oriental Proto-Arboreta)
(1500 B.C - 1728 A.D.)
I
Precursors at Home
(Colonial Naturalists, Gentry Gardeners and Euro-American Nurserymen)
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(1731 - 1801)
Arborscapes: 1800
II
Private Enclaves/Public Plans
(Estate, Cemetery, College and National Treescapes)
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(1801 - 1850)
III
Scientific Preserves
(Collecting and Constructing Taxonomies of Trees)
(1857 - 1910)
Arborscapes: 1850
IV
Exotic Parkscapes
(Middle Landscapes For An Expanding Middle-Class)
(1859 - 1910)
V
Public Gardeners
(Private To Public Transitions: Institutional and Professional)
(1914 - 1950)
Arborscapes: 1900
VI
More Than Trees
(Educational Programming/Specialty Plantings)
(1970 - 1987)
Arborscapes: 1950
VII
Environmental Stewardship
(Earth Day, Endangered Species, Conservation Agendas)
VIII
Plant Collecting Anew
(The Native, The Wild, The Cultivated, The NAPCC)
(1962 - 1993)
IX
Master Planning the Future
(Natural Galleries, Architectural Models, Museum Environments)
(1985 - 2000)
Arborscapes: 2000
X
Diversity: Institutional, Biological and Global
(Arboreta as Multi-Mission Institutions)
(Historic Landscapes and Biosphere Imperatives)
Epilogue
(The Future With Trees?)
Appendices
| I. |
Research Cohort: An Institutional Profile Summary
(Affiliations; Governance, Educational Programs, Research Programs;
Plant Collections) |
| II. |
Research Cohort: A Visitor's Guide to North
American Arboretum Sites Open to the Public |
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III.. |
A Selected Listing of Important Ligneous Plant
Introductions To and From North America, 1700-2000. |
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IV.. |
Timeline of North American Arboreta History |
Reference Citations
Bibliography
Index
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