Book Review: Dwarf and Unusual Conifers Coming of Age

As a botanist, I like books that help me to learn about plants from around the world, especially those related to our native species. This often means books about cultivated exotic plants that can be grown here in Eastern North America. From this we ascertain that in other northern countries where the climate is similar to ours, the families, genera and species are often closely related or at least similar in growth form to ours. This is especially true of conifers, where our native species are very similar to those in Europe and eastern Asia.