Author: Nathaniel Lord BrittonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Cactaceae
Author: Nathaniel Lord BrittonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Cactaceae: 1919
Author: Nathaniel Lord BrittonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Cactaceae
Author: Nathaniel Lord BrittonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Journal
Author: New York Botanical GardenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Vols. for 1933-41, 1945 includes the Annual report of the director, 1933-40, 1944.
The Great Cacti
Author: David YetmanPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816546371
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Towering over deserts, arid scrublands, and dry tropical forests, giant cacti grow throughout the Americas, from the United States to Argentina—often in rough terrain and on barren, parched soils, places inhospitable to people. But as David Yetman shows, many of these tall plants have contributed significantly to human survival. Yetman has been fascinated by columnar cacti for most of his life and now brings years of study and reflection to a wide-ranging and handsomely illustrated book. Drawing on his close association with the Guarijíos, Mayos, and Seris of Mexico—peoples for whom such cacti have been indispensable to survival—he offers surprising evidence of the importance of these plants in human cultures. The Great Cacti reviews the more than one hundred species of columnar cacti, with detailed discussions of some 75 that have been the most beneficial to humans or are most spectacular. Focusing particularly on northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, Yetman examines the role of each species in human society, describing how cacti have provided food, shelter, medicine, even religiously significant hallucinogens. Taking readers to the exotic sites where these cacti are found—from sea-level deserts to frigid Andean heights—Yetman shows that the great cacti have facilitated the development of native culture in hostile environments, yielding their products with no tending necessary. Enhanced by over 300 superb color photos, The Great Cacti is both a personal and scientific overview of sahuesos, soberbios, and other towering flora that flourish where few other plants grow—and that foster human life in otherwise impossible places.
Journal of the New York Botanical Garden
Author: New York Botanical GardenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
"Publications of the staff, scholars and students of the New York Botanical Garden during the year" in vol. 3- 1902- The list for 1901 includes March 1895-Dec.1901.
The Cactaceae
Author: Nathaniel Lord BrittonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin. New Series
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Botanical Abstracts
Author: Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-