"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree..." Joyce Kilmer's famous poem venerating trees illustrates the world's past and present reverence of trees. Around the world, most all civilizations revere trees; In the past, the Native Americans built totem poles out of trees to aid in their religious ceremonies. Even today, most of the Christian world worships before a tree during the religious holiday of Christmas.

This booklet offers an historical glimpse of the reason behind mankind's fascination and even worship of trees .