The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland

cover of The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, first volume (1906)

The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland is a work, written between 1906 and 1913 by Henry John Elwes and Augustine Henry.

It was privately published in Edinburgh, and consisted of 7 volumes and an index.

Some editions in libraries have separate volumes with plates, for instance in this edition in BHL.

BHL also has a different edition, where volume 1 and the index are missing, and all the plates are incorporated in the text of the other volumes.


Volume 1 (1906) (Plates 001 to 060 in separate volume)

(Plates to volume 1—Plates 001 to 060)

Volume 1 has the following chapters, each treating a genus:

Volume 2 (1907) (Plates 061 to 126 included)[1]

Volume 2 has the following chapters:

Volume 3 (1908) (Plates 127 to 206 included)

with the following chapters:


Volume 4 (1909)

    • Plates to volume 4 (1909) - Plates Frontispice, and 208 to 270
  • Volume 5 (1910) (external scan)
  • Volume 6 (1912); with Plates 340 to 371 included (external scan)
  • Volume 7 (1913); with Plates 372 to 412 included (external scan)
  • Index (1913) (external scan)



  1. ↑ ** Volume 2 (1907) (transcription project) (external scan) (without Plates)
    Plates to volume 2 (1907) - Plates 58A and 61 to 126 (and 366) (external scan)
  2. ↑ The generic description of Pinus is given in part....
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