Bark: An Intimate Look at the World's Trees

renda : Lipstick Palm Ficus benjamina : Weeping Fig Cinnamomum verum : Ceylon Cinnamon Musa basjoo : Japanese Banana Prunus serrula : Tibetan Cherry Betula albosinensis : Chinese Red Birch Betula utilis : Himalayan Birch Zelkova sinica : Chinese Zelkova Pinus bungeana : Lacebark Pine Stewartia pseudocamellia : Japanese Stewartia Lagerstroemia 'Natchez' : 'Natchez' Crape Myrtle Acer griseum : Paperbark Maple Acer davidii : Pere David's Maple Parrotia persica : Persian Ironwood Gleditsia caspica : Caspian Locust Africa Section : Adansonia digitata : African Baobab Dracaena cinnabari : Dragon's Blood Tree Boswellia elongata : Frankincense Tree Sterculia africana var. socotrana : Soqotri Star-chestnut Adenium socotranum : Soqotri Desert Rose Ensete ventricosum : Abyssinian Banana Ravenala madagascariensis : Traveler's Tree Borassus aethiopium : African Palmyra Palm Bismarckia nobilis : Bismarck Palm Adansonia rubrostipa : Fony Baobab Pachypodium geayi : Madagascar Palm Euphorbia plagiantha : Flank-flowered Spurge Commiphora marlothii : Paper-bark Corkwood Aloe dichotoma : Quiver Tree Cyphostemma juttae : Namibian Grape

appreciate trees as never before. Professional Gardener A jaw-dropping riot of colours and textures that puts even the most exuberant of modern painters to shame. A splendid book that would make a fine gift for any natural history enthusiast. Dales Life Bark will have you panting; it is the last word in garden porn. Printed on the glossiest paper, it's a large-format book showing ... well, bark, tree skin, with full-length tree portraits thrown in to lower the temperature a little. Pollet has spent years travelling the world with his camera and has produced what, at first glance, might be a book on abstract painting, such are the patterns, textures and vibrant colours. For once the word gorgeous truly applies, and if there's not much reading here it doesn't matter. Look at that Tasmanian snow gum! Look at that bull's-horn acacia! Phwoaar! Show me the nature-lover who could resist. Times Possibly the most beautiful book published last year. Page after page of utterly stunning photography. As a publisher I'm consumed with envy; as a tree lover, grateful beyond words. The Week Outrageously beautiful, stunningly revealing and wonderfully instructive. You'll never look at trees the same way again. -- David Wheeler In close up, small sections of bark suddenly seem like vast jewel-like landscapes. It is a work of art. Garden Answers This is a great coffee-table book that will appeal to a wide audience through its wonderful and captivating photographs. Garden Cedric Pollett has given us a picture book in which the pages open up to reveal a world that exists in trees all around us but we seldom stop to look at. It's time to discover the bark kisses on the 'Polpus alba' that seem to symbolise the self-confessed love affair that this young photographer and landscaper has been carrying on across the workd for more than a decade. There are years of inspiration for any designer here, though no one could ever truely capture such glory in print. Oh, hang on, I think maybe Cedric Pollet just did. Tree News Pollet's photographs will compel you to stroke the pages. Westonbirt magazine