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Bean Online

By Charles Snyers ... | December 24, 2014

This is not about oaks only.  But just in time for Christmas, a classic of dendrological literature, the text of the Eighth Edition of Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles and its Supplement, is now available online under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License,  thanks to the International Dendrology Society.

 

The press release can be seen here.

The website can be found at: http://www.beanstreesandshrubs.org/

 

Eighth Edition of Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles