This book will be most interesting to those who consider themselves as "metaphysical Christians", or into "New Thought" such as Unity and Religious Science. Fundamentalist Christians will probably find a whole lot to disagree with.

Many who are into "New Thought" are inclined to stay away from Bible studies, but I feel there is so much to learn and understand when one has a full grasp of what the Bible actually says. This book is a 47 day study, best started on Ash Wednesday and ending Easter Sunday.

Wilson, who was founding pastor of the Christ, Unity church in Los Angeles, draws on all four of the gospels along with an immense knowledge and understanding of Biblical times and lands. The 47 chapters take us from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday, day by day, a little at a time. Each chapter begins with the Biblical account, followed by the author's discussion on the significance to each of us that the words hold. The chapter ends with a short devotion appropriate to the study. There is a day by day study guide in the back of the book which gives the Biblical source for the lesson, questions for discussion, and a short prayer.

I've gone through this study twice, and have found that it keeps me in tune with the true meaning of this season.

The title pretty much says it all. Ernst Henry Wilson made several expeditions into China and collected a wealth of trees and shrubs. The Arnold Arboretum took care to have these all described and published in this three volume work, edited by the Arboretum's director C.S.Sargent.

Not illustrated. Many formal descriptions (Latin). A valuable source book for those working on Chinese trees and shrubs. This reprint is of a decent printing quality.

For background see Spongberg's 'A reunion of Trees'.