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rosco's review against another edition
While reading, the paintings were nice and I enjoyed seeing species that I'm familiar with, but I felt like the book could've benefitted from more writing- e.g. details about each tree (where in Canada does each type grow?) and/or some kind of essay to accompany the book (since the book focuses on native trees, maybe something about the effect that introduced species have had on the trees listed in the book).
I didn't expect to have any lasting impression but it seems that I was wrong. My mind keeps wandering back to the trees. Since it's based on a book that's now over 60 years old, do all these trees still exist? What about 60 years from now? How many of these trees have I ever seen, and how many will I see before I die?
Though they're not directly related, I would highly recommend enjoying Native Trees of Canada alongside The Hylaeus Project by Lisa Schonberg and Aidan Koch.
I didn't expect to have any lasting impression but it seems that I was wrong. My mind keeps wandering back to the trees. Since it's based on a book that's now over 60 years old, do all these trees still exist? What about 60 years from now? How many of these trees have I ever seen, and how many will I see before I die?
Though they're not directly related, I would highly recommend enjoying Native Trees of Canada alongside The Hylaeus Project by Lisa Schonberg and Aidan Koch.
reidu's review against another edition
While reading, the paintings were nice and I enjoyed seeing species that I'm familiar with, but I felt like the book could've benefitted from more writing- e.g. details about each tree (where in Canada does each type grow?) and/or some kind of essay to accompany the book (since the book focuses on native trees, maybe something about the effect that introduced species have had on the trees listed in the book).
I didn't expect to have any lasting impression but it seems that I was wrong. My mind keeps wandering back to the trees. Since it's based on a book that's now over 60 years old, do all these trees still exist? What about 60 years from now? How many of these trees have I ever seen, and how many will I see before I die?
Though they're not directly related, I would highly recommend enjoying Native Trees of Canada alongside The Hylaeus Project by Lisa Schonberg and Aidan Koch.
I didn't expect to have any lasting impression but it seems that I was wrong. My mind keeps wandering back to the trees. Since it's based on a book that's now over 60 years old, do all these trees still exist? What about 60 years from now? How many of these trees have I ever seen, and how many will I see before I die?
Though they're not directly related, I would highly recommend enjoying Native Trees of Canada alongside The Hylaeus Project by Lisa Schonberg and Aidan Koch.
leaflibrary's review
2.0
Large, dynamic, simplistic paintings of common Canadian trees. More specifically, leaves - the shape, roughly, but not the color, texture, detail. This would not work as an actual nature guide. As a work of art, I also found it a little underwhelming. It's fun to flip through, but a lot of the paintings look the same and like they were done quickly and sloppily, as if done by a kid who was given a couple paints and told they had to fill up a pad of paper on a nature hike before they could go inside and play video games. I would have liked more information on the trees themselves, and maybe even comparison photos. I want to actually learn about native trees of Canada!
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