"The study of twigs seems esoteric. But this impression is dangerously wrong. Counting back through bud scars, tallyin…"

"The skin is impossibly wet, a cloud condensed into animate matter."

"We can find our way back to thoughtful management for the long-term well-being of both humans and forests. But findin…"

"Human artifacts are not stains imposed on nature. Such a view drives a wedge between humanity and the rest of the com…"

"Our sensitivity to the tone, hue, and intensity of light is bound up with our evolutionary heritage. Even the diversi…"

"Storms in the forest have a more primal character than storms playing over tamed urban land. A vigorous cloudburst is…"

"The old "red in tooth and claw" view of the natural economy has to be updated. We need a new metaphor for the forest,…"

"The rose colours of madder have justly been considered as supplying a desideratum, and as the most valuable acquisiti…"

"Green...contrasts more agreeably with all colours than any other individual colour. It has accordingly been adopted w…"

"The general powers of green, as a colour, associate it with the ideas of vigour and freshness; and it is hence symbol…"