IX: Linden
The tree that haunted Nabokov.
Trees
IV: Palm
A fast and furious overview of French colonialism.
II: Oak
The clumsy poisoning of the Treaty Oak.
I: Redbud
All the ways calendars fail to keep track of time.
VII: Larch
Where does "larch" come from?
IV: Beech
The strange life of the beech scale insect.
II: Hornbeam
My true feelings about bonsai.
IX: Alder
A tree that gets its nutrients differently.
VII: Birch
The misuse of John Birch's life and legacy.
II: Plantanus
The infinity of five took a long time to find...
IX: Ash
The magical healing properties of ash trees.
II: Elm
How a circle of elms saved a tea house ... and Sweden.