"An engaging, informative, and visually stunning tour of the numerous native, introduced, and ornamental tree species found in Vancouver's Stanley Park, combining a wealth of botanical knowledge with a fascinating social history of the city's most celebrated landmark"-- Provided by publisher

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Cover Dedication Contents List of Maps Foreword Introduction Purposeful Wandering The Trees in My Life I Set Myself a Challenge How This Book Is Organized What Stanley Park's Legacy Trees Tell Us Part I: The Trees Were Always There

1. The Creation of Stanley Park "The Most Beautiful Park in the World" The City's First Item of Business
2. Beginnings A Tree Begins Life as a Sapling A Human Begins Life as a Baby
3. Native Trees I Feel Calm and Centred What's That Tree? Western Hemlock More Evergreens Deciduous or Angiosperm 4. Timber!
4. The First Primitive Crossing
5. Fire!
6. The Big Fir
7. Growing Together Similarities and Differences Crown Shyness Living and Dying
8. The Hollow Tree
9. Trail Trees
10. Siwash Rock
11. One of the Seven Sisters Part II: The First Trees Are Planted
12. Martha Smith's Lilac Bushes
13. An Oak at Brockton Oval
14. Around the Oppenheimer Bust
15. Gardens at the Pavilion
16. English Oaks for Shakespeare
17. Trees around Lost Lagoon
18. Trees along the Seawall
19. Growing Together A Thick Skin Comes with Age Wisdom Comes with Age Communities of People
20. Lumberman's Arch Avenue
21. Ornamental Cherry Trees
22. A Putting Green and a Sports Pavilion
23. Trees on the Promenade
24. Salmon Stream Valley
25. Totem Poles Were Once Trees
26. Shakespeare Garden Trees Part III: The Park Grows Up
27. Trees around Lord Stanley's Statue
28. The Grounds of Vancouver Park Board's Offices
29. Ted and Mary Greig Rhododendron Garden Map and Walking Order of Azaleas and Rhododendrons Trees Other Than Rhododendrons in the Rhododendron Garden 31. Second Beach and Ceperley Field and Meadow
30. The Holly and the Ivy and the Monkey Puzzle Trees
31. Two Trees at Chaythoos Epilogue: The Roots of the Matter A Rugged, Ragged, and Craggy History My Research Journey I Am Grateful Appendix List of the Legacy Trees Trees that are Merely a Memory and are No Longer Around Trees that are Special for Some Reason but without a Plaque Trees and Shrubs Growing in the Park and/or Mentioned Notes Sources and Recommended Reading Index