Author: Phyllis S. Busch
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Plant names, Popular
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Describes more than sixty familiar American wildflowers and presents the stories behind their popular names.
Wildflowers and the Stories Behind Their Names
Author: Phyllis S. Busch
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Plant names, Popular
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Describes more than sixty familiar American wildflowers and presents the stories behind their popular names.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Plant names, Popular
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Describes more than sixty familiar American wildflowers and presents the stories behind their popular names.
Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast
Author: Carol Gracie
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691144664
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This volume presents a detailed description of more than thirty-five wildflower species of the Northeast, describing their colors, habitats, range, pollination, history, cultural lore, medicinal uses, and literary and artistic references. The spring-blooming wildflowers looked at range from old favorites to lesser-known species. Featuring more than 500 full-color photos in large-sized format, the book delves deep into the life histories, lore, and cultural uses of more than 35 plant species. The narrative covers topics such as the naming of wildflowers; the reasons for taxonomic changes; pollination of flowers and dispersal of seeds; uses by Native Americans; related species in other parts of the world; herbivores, plant pathogens, and pests; medicinal uses; and wildflower references in history, literature, and art. The photos capture the beauty of these plants and also illustrate the concepts discussed in the text.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691144664
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This volume presents a detailed description of more than thirty-five wildflower species of the Northeast, describing their colors, habitats, range, pollination, history, cultural lore, medicinal uses, and literary and artistic references. The spring-blooming wildflowers looked at range from old favorites to lesser-known species. Featuring more than 500 full-color photos in large-sized format, the book delves deep into the life histories, lore, and cultural uses of more than 35 plant species. The narrative covers topics such as the naming of wildflowers; the reasons for taxonomic changes; pollination of flowers and dispersal of seeds; uses by Native Americans; related species in other parts of the world; herbivores, plant pathogens, and pests; medicinal uses; and wildflower references in history, literature, and art. The photos capture the beauty of these plants and also illustrate the concepts discussed in the text.
The History and Folklore of North American Wildflowers
Author: Timothy Coffey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780395515938
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This highly entertaining reference book presents the popular lore, social history, and practical uses of nearly seven hundred native flowers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780395515938
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This highly entertaining reference book presents the popular lore, social history, and practical uses of nearly seven hundred native flowers.
Wildflowers Around the Year
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395858141
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395858141
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
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How to Know the Wild Flowers
Author: Frances Theodora Parsons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Considered the first field guide to American wild flowers when first published in 1893, this revised and enlarged edition contains 156 plates and provides botanical details and lore for nearly five hundred flowering plants personally observed by the author in parts of New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., along with a few found outside this range and east of Chicago. The listings are grouped by color of flower.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Considered the first field guide to American wild flowers when first published in 1893, this revised and enlarged edition contains 156 plates and provides botanical details and lore for nearly five hundred flowering plants personally observed by the author in parts of New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., along with a few found outside this range and east of Chicago. The listings are grouped by color of flower.
Secrets of Wildflowers
Author: Jack Sanders
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461746833
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Now available in paperback, The Secrets of Wildflowers is destined to be an indispensable book for anyone who loves and admires the natural world. Few things in nature beautify the world more than wildflowers. Their countless colors and endless designs are found almost anywhere—from fields to woods, deserts to ponds, and even in junkyards, dumps, and cracks in the pavement. The Secrets of Wildflowers, Jack Sanders’s colorful tribute, is bursting with odd facts and wonderful superstitions about some of North America’s most beautiful and common plants. Reader's will find natural history, folklore, habitats, horticulture, ingenious uses past and present, origins of names, and even their literary pedigrees. Far richer and eminently more varied than any field guide, The Secrets of Wildflowers contains more than 100 species of North American wildflowers organized by blooming seasons. Wildflowers are not just pretty to look at; they are an essential part of our environment. How they grow and what they do are often overlooked, and how they have been used has largely been forgotten. They feed insects, birds, animals, and even humans. They hold and condition the soil, and they are used in modern medicines and natural remedies and appear throughout history in art and literature. The Secrets of Wildflowersprovides detailed information on more than one hundred representative species of North American wildflowers.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461746833
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Now available in paperback, The Secrets of Wildflowers is destined to be an indispensable book for anyone who loves and admires the natural world. Few things in nature beautify the world more than wildflowers. Their countless colors and endless designs are found almost anywhere—from fields to woods, deserts to ponds, and even in junkyards, dumps, and cracks in the pavement. The Secrets of Wildflowers, Jack Sanders’s colorful tribute, is bursting with odd facts and wonderful superstitions about some of North America’s most beautiful and common plants. Reader's will find natural history, folklore, habitats, horticulture, ingenious uses past and present, origins of names, and even their literary pedigrees. Far richer and eminently more varied than any field guide, The Secrets of Wildflowers contains more than 100 species of North American wildflowers organized by blooming seasons. Wildflowers are not just pretty to look at; they are an essential part of our environment. How they grow and what they do are often overlooked, and how they have been used has largely been forgotten. They feed insects, birds, animals, and even humans. They hold and condition the soil, and they are used in modern medicines and natural remedies and appear throughout history in art and literature. The Secrets of Wildflowersprovides detailed information on more than one hundred representative species of North American wildflowers.
Texas Wildflowers
Author: Campbell Loughmiller
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292712867
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The recently updated field guide designed to help easily identify wildflowers native to Texas. Many color photographs help make identification easy and foolproof.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292712867
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The recently updated field guide designed to help easily identify wildflowers native to Texas. Many color photographs help make identification easy and foolproof.
How to Know the Wild Flowers
Author: Frances Theodora Parsons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Fairy Dusters and Blazing Stars
Author: Suzanne Samson
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
ISBN: 1461663814
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The literal interpretations of the common names of wildflowers introduce kids to the basics of plant identification. Ages 6-10
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
ISBN: 1461663814
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The literal interpretations of the common names of wildflowers introduce kids to the basics of plant identification. Ages 6-10
The Wild Flowers of California
Author: Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description