Author: Roy HayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Reader's Digest Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants and Flowers
Author: Roy HayThe moral of flowers [poems by R. Hey].
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Author: Rebecca HeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Each chapter with a brief narrative introduction preceding the poem. Most chapters are accompanied by a hand-colored steel engraving.
Reader's Digest New Encyclopedia of Garden Plants & Flowers
Author: Publisher: Gardners Books
ISBN: 9780276421914
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
This book describes 900 genera and over 8000 plants. In addition it introduces a revolutionary way of identifying plants from their appearance alone. Packed with the most up to date information to ensure you get the best from what you grow
Reader's Digest Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants and Flowers
Author: Sélection du Reader's digestPublisher:
ISBN: 9780340162729
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants
Author: Derek FellPublisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Reference to over 1,000 cold-hardy plants. Included annuals, perennials, woody plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables that can survive servre winters, especially where the ground freezes.
Demons in Eden
Author: Jonathan SilvertownPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226757773
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox. Natural selection favors above all the individual that leaves the most offspring—a superorganism of sorts that Jonathan Silvertown here calls the "Darwinian demon." But if such a demon existed, this highly successful organism would populate the entire world with its own kind, beating out other species and eventually extinguishing biodiversity as we know it. Why then, if evolution favors this demon, is the world filled with so many different life forms? What keeps this Darwinian demon in check? If humankind is now the greatest threat to biodiversity on the planet, have we become the Darwinian demon? Demons in Eden considers these questions using the latest scientific discoveries from the plant world. Readers join Silvertown as he explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary novelties—and exotic plant life—have earned it the sobriquet "the Galapagos of botany." Along the way, Silvertown looks closely at the evolution of plant diversity in these locales and explains why such variety persists in light of ecological patterns and evolutionary processes. In novel and useful ways, he also investigates the current state of plant diversity on the planet to show the ever-challenging threats posed by invasive species and humans. Bringing the secret life of plants into more colorful and vivid focus than ever before, Demons in Eden is an empathic and impassioned exploration of modern plant ecology that unlocks evolutionary mysteries of the natural world.
Encyclopedia of Landscape Design
Author: DKPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465470786
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Be inspired to imagine the garden of your dreams with this guide that will help you plan, build, and plant your perfect outdoor space. Whether you're aiming for a total redesign or targeting a specific area, Encyclopedia of Landscape Design offers fresh and achievable ideas for every gardener: grasp the fundamentals of landscape and garden design, find a style that's right for you, and create the structures and planting plans to bring your ideas to life. Produced by a team of award-winning horticultural experts, Encyclopedia of Landscape Design offers extensive design inspiration backed up with solid practical content, including step-by-step landscape structures and planting techniques.
The Reader's Digest Gardeners' Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
Author: Reader's Digest (Australia)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780864381927
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
First Australian edition of a book previously published by the Royal Horticultural Society in Britain in 1989. This edition has been adapted to suit the particular interests of Australian and New Zealand gardeners and lists over 8000 plants that will grow in these two countries, including over 1000 native plants. Contains more than 4000 colour photographs, a planter's guide, plant catalogue, special interest feature boxes, a glossary and a detailed index.
The Plant Life of China
Author: Geoffrey P. ChapmanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540422570
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Camellia, Anemone, Primula, Rosa, Rhododendron, growth form, tree, shrub, herb, alpine.
Semantics
Author: James R. HurfordPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521289498
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Introduces the major elements of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion. Sections of explanation and examples are followed by practice exercises with answers and comment provided.