Author: Guillaume M. De RougemontPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A Field Guide to the Crops of Britain and Europe
Author: Guillaume M. De RougemontPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A Field Guide to the Crops of Britain and Europe
Author: G. M. de RougemontA Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Author: Roger Tory PetersonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618166756
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
With 364 range maps and 96 color plates portraying 548 species, this is the classic field guide to European birds. Covering 698 species, the descriptive text includes information on geographical races, vagrants, and introduced species. Confusing species such as waders, raptors, and warblers have additional notes on how to distinguish them.
British Field Crops
Author: Dr. Sally FrancisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780955046629
Category : Crops
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a field guide to crops, it also contains comprehensive information on their history and uses. It covers the established 'broad-acre' crops like wheat and barley, new 'alternative' crops like miscanthus and borage and finally also 'forgotten' crops like rivet wheat and bristle-pointed oats.
The New Oxford Book of Food Plants
Author: John VaughanPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191609498
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
The Oxford Book of Food Plants is a beautifully illustrated compendium of facts about the plants we grow in our gardens and use in our cooking. Gorgeous botanical illustrations are accompanied by accessible yet authoritative descriptions of each plant, along with fascinating historical details and nutritive values. This is a new edition of a classic book — fully updated with the latest nutritional research, as well as beautiful new plates and descriptions of many exotic edible plants that have only recently found their way into our markets and onto our kitchen tables — it is a must-have for anyone who loves good food, cooking, and gardening.
The Tree Book
Author: DKPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744076455
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The secret world of trees is revealed in this beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world. Trees occur naturally throughout the world and have been a part of human history almost as long as humans have existed. Used for shelter, tools, fuel, and food, they also help supply the atmosphere with oxygen and form astonishingly diverse ecosystems, as well as some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Now the intricate world of leafy woodlands and abundant rainforests is revealed in this extensive visual guide to trees, exploring their key scientific traits and their ecological importance, as well as their enduring significance in human history and culture. From ancient oaks and great redwoods to lush banyans and imposing kapoks, The Tree Book reveals the anatomy, behaviors, and beauty of these incredible plants and habitats in detail. Combining natural history and a scientific overview with a wider look at the history, uses, symbolism, and mythology of trees, this book is a new kind of guide to these fascinating organisms.
Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Science and technology
Author: Albert John WalfordPublisher: London : Library Association Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Guide to Cultivated Plants
Author: A. T. G. ElzebroekPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845933567
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This book is about understanding of the biolgy, morphology, ecology, agronomy and use of cultivated plants is essential for work in agriculture. This is a valuable book for students and teachers of agricultural science as well as farmers, horticulturists and all those who are interested in cultivated plants.
Wild Food
Author: Jane EastoePublisher: National Trust
ISBN: 1907892656
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Discover the wonders of wild food, from berries to mushrooms to fresh herbs - all of which are wonderful foods free on our doorstep. The author Jane Eastoe shows you how to find, identify and cook a range of wild food, including nuts, seeds, roots, fruit, flowers, seaweed, fungi and plant leaves. Elderberry flowers can be used for making cordial, nettles make delicious soup and sloe gin and horseradish sauce are just two great traditional recipes that can be made from the hedgerow larder. There are dangers in some wild plants and the author gives guidance on how to pick safely (for example cooking elderberries destroys the toxins present but the leaves, bark or roots of the elder should never be eaten). Mushrooms are notoriously difficult to get right so Jane Eastoe gives you the key dos and don'ts on mushroom picking. What to take on a culinary walk in the countryside? What foods are available in what season? What's the nutritional value of certain wild foods? All these questions and many more are answered by the author to ensure you make the most of every culinary walk through the countryside.
The European Garden Flora
Author: Stuart Max WaltersPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361712
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This is the third volume in a series of six and contains accounts of the first 48 families of dicotyledons, including many well known trees. The series is a manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental plants throughout the world, concentrating specifically on Europe.