From the earliest times, man has sought to interpret and find a meaning in his surroundings – not least the gifts of nature. Early interpretations have survived in the form of myths and mythology, explaining e.g. the presence or characteristics of some plant species as the gift or creation...
After a few years, some of the planted trees were found to have poor stem form and unusual growth. In addition, the terminal buds were often pale in colour, brown rather than black and hence were more characteristic of the narrow-leaved ash, Fraxinus angustifolia. The ash plants that had ...