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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania
Author: Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory and the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Botanical LaboratoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A botanic garden for the nation
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160869129
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This beautifully illustrated book presents the first comprehensive look at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. Through historical documents and coloful photos, A Botanic Garden for the Nation tells an important story about this special place. The story begins in 1796 with the support of George Washington, who believed a bBotanic Garden would be a significant addition to the capital. Along with other early leaders, including Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, Washington understood the value of plants for the health and economic well-being of the nation, a message that still resonates today. Through sumptuous photographs, A Botanic Garden for the Nation offers a tour of the Conservatory, starting with the formal Garden Court, with its foundations and special flower collections, and continuing through every plant environment, including the lush Jungle, colorful Orchid House, and spare World Deserts. The engaging text explores ecosystems and reveals details aobut interesting plants and plant collections.
Contributions - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Author: Brooklyn Botanic GardenPublisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
This series consists of papers originally published in botanical or other periodicals, re-issued as "separates" without change of paging, and numbered consecutively.
Science and Colonial Expansion
Author: Lucile H. BrockwayPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300091434
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This widely acclaimed book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerful nation. Lucile Brockway examines how the British botanic garden network developed and transferred economically important plants to different parts of the world to promote the prosperity of the Empire. In this classic work, available once again after many years out of print, Brockway examines in detail three cases in which British scientists transferred important crop plants--cinchona (a source of quinine), rubber and sisal--to new continents. Weaving together botanical, historical, economic, political, and ethnographic findings, the author illuminates the remarkable social role of botany and the entwined relation between science and politics in an imperial era.
A Rare Botanical Legacy
Author: Rick BennettPublisher: Heyday
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
With an essay by David Rains Wallace to lead off this is beautiful album of magical botanical illustrations
History of the United States Botanic Garden, 1816-1991
Author: Karen SolitPublisher:
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden
Author: Contributions from the Laboratory of Plant Genetics
Author: Bussey InstitutionPlant Conservation Science and Practice
Author: Stephen BlackmorePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107148146
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book focuses on global efforts to protect plant diversity and the role that botanic gardens play in conserving plant species.