This volume from The Cultivated Gardener series extols the writers and painters who listen to trees, who interpret and embellish with pens or paints. Paintings by artists such as Van Gogh and Magritte complement the metaphors of such gifted writers as Gretel Ehrlich, who sees leaves as verbs conjugating the seasons; and D.H. Lawrence, who hears the promise of the future whispered from the blossoms of red fruit trees. An ideal gift for tree lovers, beautifully packaged in a vellum sleeve. 40 full-color illus.