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61. Botany by Thomas L. Rost, M.G. Barbour, R.M. Thornton, T.E. Weier, C.R. Stocking | |
Paperback: 416
Pages
(1985-04-17)
Isbn: 0471805130 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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62. Leonardo da Vinci on Plants and Gardens (History and Ethno- and Economic Botany Series, Vol 1) by William A. Emboden | |
Hardcover: 230
Pages
(1987-02-01)
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63. Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Man's Health (A Wiley-Interscience publication) by Walter H. Lewis, P. F. Elvin-Lewis | |
Paperback: 544
Pages
(1982-01)
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Plant Chemistry
Medical Botany is a Great Book.
The Best Book on Medicinal Plants |
64. A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay by Watkin Tench | |
Paperback: 46
Pages
(2010-07-24)
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65. Botanica North America: An Illustrated Guide to Native Plants: Their Botany, Their History, and the Way They Have Shaped Our World by Marjorie Harris | |
Hardcover: 688
Pages
(2003-11-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Did you know that the smell of sassafras blowing offshore convinced Columbus he was near land? Or that the American sycamore, which has the largest tree trunk in the eastern forest, can live for 500 to 600 years? Or that in the period before the American Revolution, patriots designated a sycamore tree in each colony as a "Liberty Tree" -- a meeting place for plotting against the British? These facts are just a few of thousands you'll find inBotanica North America, an encyclopedia of the wonderfully diverse North American native plants by noted Canadian garden writer Marjorie Harris. This charming compendium is filled with more than 420 entries that provide essential information on each plant's physical attributes, natural history, common uses, and ethnobotany. There are also fascinating, often surprising anecdotes about plants you won't find anywhere else. From the Eastern forest to the desert, this beautifully written volume roves across the continent exploring how climate and plant life have affected, aided, and inspired us, from the first Native Americans to North Americans living in the twenty-first century: "The lonely majesty of a wind-swept jack pine has inspired generations of poets and painters," Harris writes. "These trees endure in spite of terrible weather . . . a jack pine forest has a dense, closed canopy with an understory of cherry, blueberry, hazels, bracken, and sweet fern along with trailing arbutus." Comprehensive and engaging, Botanica North America is also filled with lush photographs of plants in their natural habitat and insightful quotes from a variety of gardening experts and amateurs, from naturalist Rachel Carson to famed conservationist John Muir. Here is a reference no gardener or environmentalist should be without. Customer Reviews (5)
A Delight in Every Way!
A Delight for the Natural Historian
A Fitting Tribute to Our Native Plants For this comprehensive volume, this prolific and admired Canadian author sought information and opinions from hundreds of experts throughout North America. The acknowledgments alone are over three, packed pages long, so we know that Harris consulted thousands of knowledgeable individuals, and she collected photographs from among the most talented artists on the continent. Throughout the book, Harris conveys a reverence for our natural world and the plants that inhabit it. She writes with an ecologist?s view, noting that ?If the point of this book is to honor native plants, it is also to honor their history, the secrets they have shared, the role they have played and must continue to play in the survival of our species. . . . We are the stewards of this land and if we do our best . . . to save as much of their habitat as possible, then we will be giving these plants the respect they deserve.? To organize such a daunting task, Harris divided North America into the following regions: the Eastern Forests (covering the Northeast and Southeast); Swamps and Wetlands; Florida; The Boreal Forest; The Prairie; The Desert; California; Montane; The Tall Trees; and The Tundra. The profile of each region begins with several pages of overview that introduce each area and capture its essence. Then Harris concentrates on the plants that are critical to the region and have been historically important to the human inhabitants. She organizes the plants by family, and each species she highlights is described through its botanical structure, ethnobotany, and natural history. One feature I especially appreciate is this book?s ?browsability.? I can pick it up just to admire the photos if I wish. Or I can thumb through, picking up captivating quotes by nature writers and early explorers, from William Bartram to Walt Whitman. Or I can browse the plant descriptions, learning fascinating tidbits of information. I have always wondered why the blooms of bluebells turn from pink to blue as they mature ? now I know. And I learned that Native Americans used the dogwood as an ?indicator plant,? timing their planting of corn to the blooming of the tree. I look forward to learning more about the secrets and history of our native plants as I continue to explore this extensively researched book. Botanica North America will not get stored on my bookshelf; rather it will stay at my fingertips, always ready to supply me with information or inspiration.
Botanica... Beautiful but not the most comprehensive
Native plants in their glory The book offers photos and the stories of more than 420 plants?trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants?that grew in North America before Europeans arrived. The plants were selected because they are or were in some way valuable or important to people, whether native peoples or European settlers. At more than 650 pages, the book is extensive (it would have taken several volumes to encompass all the important plants). Still, there are some surprising omissions, for example, hickory, bitternut and pecan are included in the juglandaceae, but the ubiquitous black walnut isn?t. Organized geographically, the book ranges from the eastern forests to Florida, from the boreal forest to the prairies, the southern deserts to California and the Pacific Northwest. The northern tundra is included, as well as a chapter on the ?three sisters?, the agricultural plants aboriginal peoples cultivated, corn, squash and beans. Lush photographs accompany many of the entries, which provide essential information on each plant?s attributes and historical uses. Harris includes stories and quotations from early European plant enthusiasts who often courted hardship and danger to learn as much as they could about the new plants they were encountering. Many compelling stories come from these early observers and amateur botanists. Unfortunately, the publisher chose only to index plant names (common and botanical), and not the names of people. For example, I was hoping to find reference to Catharine Parr Traill, the sister of Susanna Moody (of Roughing it in the Bush fame), and the author of Canadian Wild Flowers (1868). As early as the mid-nineteenth century, Parr Traill regretted the almost wholesale destruction of the Canadian wilderness and its plants due to the onslaught of farmers clearing the land for crops and loggers harvesting timbers to ship to eager markets in Europe. Parr Traill is, in fact, quotedseveral times, but you won?t find her name in the index. Notesfor each chapter do detail sources, but an alphabetical index would have made these names so much easier to find. Botanica North America isn?t a book you can read from cover to cover quickly?instead it?s one to keep on the coffee table or at the bedside table to savor and dip into over many weeks. Harris brings to our attention the enormous variability and richness of the North American landscape. One can?t help but come away with a sense of regret over how much was destroyed, both deliberately and by accident (and still is being ruined today as suburban sprawl continues to eat up the landscape). Fortunately, awareness of native plants is on the upswing, and this book certainly marks a welcome contribution to the current revival of interest in these magnificent and under appreciated plants. Bravo, Marjorie Harris! ... Read more |
66. Far From Botany Bay by Rosa Jordan | |
Paperback: 372
Pages
(2008-09-15)
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67. Chinese Herbs: Their Botany, Chemistry, and Pharmacodynamics by John D. Keys | |
Paperback: 346
Pages
(1991-03)
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A nice collection of tidbits The book is good for a fastoverview of the about 300 plants, minerals and animal parts covered, butthe information is far too sketchy to be of any practical importance. As anexample, a typical entry on the use is "Used as stomachic andcarminative, Dose, 10-15 gm.". TCM herbalists are possibly happyabout the Chinese characters with each entry, but as the author has gone togreat lengths to translate TCM terms into western ones it's doubtful if TCMpeople find any value in the work. The index of western ailments /Chinese herbs could perhaps point you into a new direction if you're stuckin your therapeutics.But otherwise the book is just a nice collection oftidbits for the herbalist. ... Read more |
68. Botany for All Ages: Discovering Nature Through Activities for Children and Adults by Jorie Hunken | |
Paperback: 184
Pages
(1993-12)
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69. The Meaning of Trees: Botany, History, Healing, Lore by Fred Hageneder | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(2005-08-18)
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This book is a great compliment to the tree oracle cards
Awsome photo work.
The Meaning of Trees: Botany, History, Healing, Lore
wonderful book
The lore and lure of our magnificent trees |
70. Gray's Manual of Botany by Merritt Lyndon Fernald | |
Hardcover: 1567
Pages
(1954-06)
list price: US$44.50 Isbn: 0442222505 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
71. Parallel Botany by Leo Lionni | |
Paperback: 181
Pages
(1978-06)
list price: US$5.95 Isbn: 0394733029 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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A disquieting look at what creative science could achieve There are layers and layers of complexity to this spoof, for Mr. Lionni draws the reader into more than the facts and lore of his creations by also intertwining issues about philosophy, language, and the scientific method. He presents multiple points of view bantered by experts in this subject matter, and this debate enlivens the discussion. He firmly roots the research by drawing upon imaginary but real-sounding folk tales and legends, made more real by invoking actual historical figures. Hence, imaginary notes from Magellan's historian or the Greek philosopher Heraclitus are dissected and scrutinized for clues and encounters with various specimens from the realm of parallel plants. Such luminaries as the Swiss biologist Max Spinder or the Greek botanist Professor Spyros Rodokanankis, and many more, espouse their various theories and findings, often disagreeing about their findings and the implications of their research. His methods remind one of both Borges and Lovecraft, two masters at creating real-sounding imaginary worlds supported by tier upon tier of crafted scholarship and science. This book is unique and arguably the last, and the only, word on the subject of parallel botany. Some consider it hilarious, others a mere spoof, but certainly it is more than that, for Mr. Lionni expended considerable effort and time to document this imaginary segment of the plant kingdom. The fact that a major publisher issued the book in hardback suggests someone thought highly of this idea. I take away a sense of astonishment at the amount of detail invoked to underscore the verisimilitude of the premise, and see this book as a wry jab at the reductionistic tendencies of a scientific method that seems at times to value cataloging over understanding our world. (I also once had a vision many years ago that may have come from whatever source Mr. Lionni tapped for Parallel Botany, a vision of an asylum that housed crazed and dangerous plants that I rendered in an oil painting a friend of mine smuggled into the art gallery in the Saturn Bar down in New Orleans.)
A disquieting look at what creative science could achieve There are layers and layers of complexity to this spoof, for Mr. Lionni draws the reader into more than the facts and lore of his creations by also intertwining issues about philosophy, language, and the scientific method. He presents multiple points of view bantered by experts in this subject matter, and this debate enlivens the discussion. He firmly roots the research by drawing upon imaginary but real-sounding folk tales and legends, made more real by invoking actual historical figures. Hence, imaginary notes from Magellan's historian or the Greek philosopher Heraclitus are dissected and scrutinized for clues and encounters with various specimens from the realm of parallel plants. Such luminaries as the Swiss biologist Max Spinder or the Greek botanist Professor Spyros Rodokanankis, and many more, espouse their various theories and findings, often disagreeing about their findings and the implications of their research. His methods remind one of both Borges and Lovecraft, two masters at creating real-sounding imaginary worlds supported by tier upon tier of crafted scholarship and science. This book is unique and arguably the last, and the only, word on the subject of parallel botany. Some consider it hilarious, others a mere spoof, but certainly it is more than that, for Mr. Lionni expended considerable effort and time to document this imaginary segment of the plant kingdom. The fact that a major publisher issued the book in hardback suggests someone thought highly of this idea. I take away a sense of astonishment at the amount of detail invoked to underscore the verisimilitude of the premise, and see this book as a wry jab at the reductionistictendencies of a scientific method that seems at times to value cataloging over understanding our world. (I also once had a vision many years ago that may have come from whatever source Mr. Lionni tapped for Parallel Botany, a vision of an asylum that housed crazed and dangerous plants that I rendered in an oil painting a friend of mine smuggled into the art gallery in the Saturn Bar down in New Orleans.) ... Read more |
72. Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs: With References to World Botany by Oscar F. Clarke, Daniella Svehla, Greg Ballmer, Arlee Montalvo | |
Paperback: 495
Pages
(2007-03-28)
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Flora of Santa Ana River
Beautiful and informative
For beginners and others. Beautiful.
Brilliant and not limited to the Santa Ana River |
73. Practical Botany | |
Hardcover: 455
Pages
(1983-08)
list price: US$38.00 Isbn: 083595580X Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
74. Botany: Principles and Applications by Roy H. Saigo | |
Hardcover: 537
Pages
(1983-01)
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75. Plant Projects for Young Scientists (Botany) by Salvatore Tocci | |
Hardcover: 143
Pages
(2000-09)
list price: US$23.50 Isbn: 0531117049 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
76. Plants: An Introduction to Modern Botany by V.A. Greulach, J.Edison Adams | |
Hardcover: 600
Pages
(1976-02)
Isbn: 0471327697 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
77. Laboratory Topics in Botany by Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn, William A. Russin | |
Loose Leaf: 300
Pages
(2005-04-22)
-- used & new: US$56.25 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0716762056 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Great Price/Buy |
78. California Serpentines: Flora, Vegetation, Geology, Soils, and Management Problems (University of California Publications in Botany) by Arthur R. Kruckeberg | |
Paperback: 180
Pages
(1985-04-12)
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79. Botany in the Field: An Introduction to Plant Communities for the Amateur Naturalist by Jane Scott | |
Paperback:
Pages
(1984-05)
list price: US$8.95 Isbn: 0130802921 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
80. The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession by Andrea Wulf | |
Hardcover: 368
Pages
(2009-03-31)
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An Enjoyable & Pleasant Outing
Fascinating, well-written book
Fascinating History Told Well
The Brother Gardeners
Fascinating and Compelling History |
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