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Fantastic Trees Hardcover – January 1, 1995

3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
A humorous but factual survey of unusual trees with strange habits such as changing sex, producing flowers and fruit underground, telling time, making noises, and creating their own rain, first published in 1967, and illustrated with numerous b&w photos. This updated edition contains a new foreword and a nomenclature update. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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  1. Print length
    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Timber Pr
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1995
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0881923249
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0881923247
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Timber Pr (January 1, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0881923249
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0881923247
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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  • Sherman A.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Dr. M. addresses trees from a different angle. My 1967 edition is the 34th in my ‘tree library’.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2022
    Some day the full-color edition might drop down to an affordable price and I’ll buy it. A similar thing like this evolution happened for Trees of Arkansas by Dr. Dwight Moore and the full-color edition is selling for about the same price as the first three black & white editions. His attention to detail is remarkable.
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  • P. van Rijckevorsel
    3.0 out of 5 stars A "gawker's handbook" on trees
    Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2000
    This is a reprint of a 1967 original, but actually it looks even older, both in the kind of illustrations (smallish black & white photographs of a quality that varies from fair to excellent) and in the style it is written. I imagine this will be prevent it from being very popular among today's spoiled readers.
    Having said that, there is a wealth of information here measured out in easy-to-digest bits. It is good that this book continues to be in print: it will reward the reader who takes the trouble of digging out what he needs.
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  • Patrice Vecchione
    5.0 out of 5 stars thank you!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2011
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    Perfect in every way. Thank you so much for getting this hard to find book to me. It adds much to my life.
    2 people found this helpful
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  • TWG
    2.0 out of 5 stars quaint
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2003
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    As PvR writes, this book is dated. By more than the 40 some years since publication; it has the flavor of a book from the early 1900's; the protestant missionary - tourist in a hundred exotic gardens whose names are mispelled; unsystematic; creationist. The funny tree the "natives" called tumbo, properly named for the German who "discovered" it and such wonders described in bubbles of enthusiasm for god's menagerie.
    And yet a quaint book for your bathroom, for a quick contemplative chuckle at peculiarities of nature and at our silly selves. Very like a whale!
    3 people found this helpful
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  • scibookguy
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very good read
    Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2009
    I must have read a different book. For those literate enough to read epiphanies of various, exotic tree species around the world, as in how they factor in culture and folklore, the products obtained from their fruit, wood and bark and their general geography, one can't do better than reading Menninger's work. Although I have a B.S. in biology and I firmly believe in evolution as well, I wasn't offended by the biblical references found in his writing. In fact it imbues the book with a wellspring of natural theology which I find touching. A great book to read on a quiet evening.
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    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2017
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