The History of the Fagaceae at Caerhays Castle

Béatrice Chassé

Published May 2017 in International Oaks No. 28: 151–166

Introduction

In September 2015, I was contacted by Charles Williams, who had prepared a review of the history of the oaks at Caerhays and thought, justly so, that it would be an interesting subject for this Journal. As I looked through the historical references I thought that indeed it would be exciting to visit Caerhays, and we agreed on the first week of June 2016.

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