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Download or read book Arboriculture written by Richard J. Campana and published by East Lansing : Michigan State University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this premier history of how the long-standing love of trees on this continent evolved into the profession of arboriculture, Campana (emeritus; botany, forest pathology, and forest resources, U. of Maine) discusses its historical roots in American parks, horticultural societies, and gardens; and such topics as the introduction of woody plants; Arbor Day; tree expert companies; tree pruning, transplanting, and surgery; and his specialty, Dutch elm disease. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR