Author: National Art Library (Great Britain)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1142

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Author: Marjorie Harris
Publisher: Collins Reference
ISBN: 9780062702319
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Did you know that the smell of sassafras blowing offshore convinced Columbus he was near land? Or that the American sycamore, which has the largest tree trunk in the eastern forest, can live for 500 to 600 years? Or that in the period before the American Revolution, patriots designated a sycamore tree in each colony as a "Liberty Tree" -- a meeting place for plotting against the British? These facts are just a few of thousands you'll find inBotanica North America, an encyclopedia of the wonderfully diverse North American native plants by noted Canadian garden writer Marjorie Harris. This charming compendium is filled with more than 420 entries that provide essential information on each plant's physical attributes, natural history, common uses, and ethnobotany. There are also fascinating, often surprising anecdotes about plants you won't find anywhere else. From the Eastern forest to the desert, this beautifully written volume roves across the continent exploring how climate and plant life have affected, aided, and inspired us, from the first Native Americans to North Americans living in the twenty-first century: "The lonely majesty of a wind-swept jack pine has inspired generations of poets and painters," Harris writes. "These trees endure in spite of terrible weather . . . a jack pine forest has a dense, closed canopy with an understory of cherry, blueberry, hazels, bracken, and sweet fern along with trailing arbutus." Comprehensive and engaging, Botanica North America is also filled with lush photographs of plants in their natural habitat and insightful quotes from a variety of gardening experts and amateurs, from naturalist Rachel Carson to famed conservationist John Muir. Here is a reference no gardener or environmentalist should be without.

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Languages : en
Pages : 610

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Author: William Thomas Stearn
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715316436
Category : Botanique - Langage
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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This reference work explains the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin, and covers the roots and origins of Latin and latinised geographical names, colour terms, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, and the formation of names and epithets.

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Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Author: National Art Library (Great Britain)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1140

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Author: Mrs. Lincoln Phelps
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Author: George R. PERKINS (Professor of Mathematics.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Author: George R. PERKINS (Professor of Mathematics.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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