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acknowledgments My greatest obligation, as always, is to my husband, a sensitive reader of the many drafts of this work and a solver of the host of computer problems that I managed to generate while producing it. He has shared in this process day in and day out, been my enthusiastic companion on field trips near and far, and never wavered in his encouragement throughout. Other family members have also supported me with their love and unfailing interest in every aspect of the life and history of trees. Despite an enormously hectic schedule of her own, my sister Nancy has always found time to read drafts, make suggestions, and provide encouragement. My children have also taken a much-appreciated interest in this work, as have my parents and my brother. I thank them all here and, I hope, in all ways. During the four years it took to write this book, I have been graced by the wisdom, expertise, shared memories, enthusiasm for this work, and just plain helpfulness of an extraordinary number of people. It is with a deep sense of indebtedness and appreciation that I thank some of them here. Because this work began as my master’s thesis at the University of Pennsylvania , I want to first thank several faculty members who read this work in that earlier form and provided very useful comments: John Dixon Hunt, Roger Abrahams, Paul W. Meyer, Ann F. Rhoads, Ben Le Page, and most especially my thesis advisor, Peter Conn. Yael Zerubavel, now at Rutgers but formerly at Penn, was reader and midwife both. I owe her special thanks. Timothy Block always found time to answer my botanical ques- tions, Janet Theophano made it possible for me to study as widely across the university as I did, and Linda Chance was helpful with Japanese sources. I am also grateful to Blair Birmelin; Delight W. Dodyk of Drew University; Sheila Cowing; Doris Friedensohn; Kirk Johnson from the Denver Museum of Natural History; Roland M. Jefferson of the U.S. National Arboretum, retired; and Joan Infarinato for their careful reading of various chapters. I can never adequately thank all of the reference librarians and, in the smaller libraries, general librarians—those most helpful of all people on earth—who answered my myriad questions, tracked down sources, suggested local people to contact, and somehow found time to locate and send all the materials I requested. The list includes: Patricia Rayfield, Marcia Bass, Ken Trotter, and the rest of the fine reference staff at Ludington Library, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; David Azzolina, at the University of Pennsylvania Library; Heidi Hill, Olana Library; Matthew Tiews, Yale University Map Collection; Milton Gustafson, National Archives; Martha Smart, Connecticut Historical Society; Linda Oestry, Missouri Botanical Garden; Joan Markam, Morris Arboretum; Jane Alling, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Cheryl Oakes, Forest History Society; Miriam Touba, New-York Historical Society; Carol David, Arnold Arboretum; Brian A. Sullivan, Harvard University Archives; Virginia Smith, Massachusetts Historical Society; Tom Graham, Alice Lloyd College; David Smith, Knott County Historical Society; Marjorie Neipert, Wilton Public Library, Iowa; Sylvia M. Coast, Franklin Public Library, Pennsylvania; Karen Furlong, Mansfield/Richland County Public Library, Ohio; Anne Rumsey, New York Botanical Garden; and Daryl Morrison, University of the Pacific. Others who have provided invaluable assistance are: Jane Waldbillig, who shared a piece of her family legacy, the story of Mary Francis Garvey Cooley; Ferris Olin; Herman Katz; Judith Jahnke; Brigitte Regier; Philip L. Forsline, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Geneva, New York; P. David Searles; Paul Downs; Meghan Campbell, University of Illinois; Judith Lefevre , Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.; Troy Stewart, City of Hartford; Jim Ryan, Olana State Historic Site; Walter F. Gabel, retired Delaware State Forester; David Peercy, Kentucky District Forester; Jim Phelps, University of Kentucky; Barbara Hill, town historian, Summerville , South Carolina; Collin Proctor, Wilton, Iowa; James E. Ivey, National Park Service, Southwest Region; Kathleen Nelson and John Louth, Inyo X I V A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S [54.89.70.161] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 23:16 GMT) National Forest; George H. Ware, Morton Arboretum; everyone I met and spoke with in Colorado, especially Lucy Price, Butch Blockowitz, Mark Brown, Mike Jackson, Ron Gosnell, Phillip J. Hoefer, Damon Lange, and Carrie Krickbaum, Colorado State Forest Service; Gary K. Lancaster, Colorado Cooperative Extension Service; Susan Bartell Ford, U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region; David Mooter, Nebraska Forest Service; Joe Lohnes, Greeley City Forester, and...