Foreword by Robert Macfarlane Introduction Seeds Introduction Coconuts Architecture Size Dispersal Adaptations Distance Travelled Colour Fruits Seed Banks and the Seed Cathedral Millennium Seed Bank Heatherwick Studio''s Seed Cathedral Leaves Introduction Biomimicry Art Architecture Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven Shape Pattern Texture Defences Form Introduction Architecture Landscape Architecture Climatic Adaptations Tree Crown Mapping Oldest Living Species Bonsai Trees Root Systems Sentience and Mythology Spirituality Art Bark Introduction Adaptations Colour Medicines and Uses Texture Dyes Cork Resins, Gums and Latex Frankincense Architecture Tree Damage Wood Introduction Wayfarer''s Chapel Trunk Layers Use of Timber through the Ages Wood Density Colour Types of Timber Architecture The Mopane Tree Deforestation and Afforestation Design and Technology Flowers Introduction Figs Blossoms Pollination Methods Anatomy Origin of Different Flowering Tree Species Japan''s Cherry Blossom Forecast Flower-viewing in Japan Hanami Fashion Design and Technology Fruits Introduction Mutiny on the Bounty Size and Weight Most Popular Fruits by Production Apple Varieties Health Benefits Fruit-based Fashion Fruit Juices and Beverages Fruit and Alcohol Architecture Art Symbiosis Introduction Tree Symbionts Screw Pine of Madagascar Species Network Ferns Lichens and Mosses Threatened Tree Species Causes of Tree Extinction Decline in Tree Species Trees in Children''s Literature Design Trees and Us Introduction Urban Planning Timber Houses The World''s Forests Sacred Timber Buildings and Objects Tree-based Products Ecosystem Services The Global Tree Assessment Furniture Maple Tapping Chengdu City Further Reading Arboreta and Botanic Gardens About the Authors and Acknowledgments Credits Glossary Index.