Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Illustrations x
5. Foreword xi
6. Part One. Beginnings
7. 1. The Importance of Being Sargent 3
8. 2. The Shadow of Asa Gray 22
9. 3. Sargent on His Own 50
10. Part Two. The Arboretum and Beyond
11. 4. In the Nation's Forests 77
12. 5. Changing of the Guard 121
13. 6. One Success and One Failure 143
14. 7. The Arboretum Grows Up 171
15. Part Three. The Treasure Hunt
16. 8. Journeys to the East 197
17. 9. Our Man in I-ch’ang 223
18. 10. Wilson in Japan, Rock in Tibet 249
19. Part Four. Last Glances
20. 11. Crataegus: A Thorny Problem 279
21. 12. Giving Out Advice 299
22. 13. Looking Backward and Forward 314
23. 14. Epilogue 344
24. Notes. Index 349
25. Notes 351
26. Index 371