Author: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker
Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Author: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020621567
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A seminal work on the plants of India and its neighboring countries, written by one of the leading botanists of the Victorian era. The book contains exhaustive descriptions of thousands of species, as well as detailed information on their distribution, classification and uses. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Eugenia W. Herbert
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812205057
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 415

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Like their penchant for clubs, cricket, and hunting, the planting of English gardens by the British in India reflected an understandable need on the part of expatriates to replicate home as much as possible in an alien environment. In Flora's Empire, Eugenia W. Herbert argues that more than simple nostalgia or homesickness lay at the root of this "garden imperialism," however. Drawing on a wealth of period illustrations and personal accounts, many of them little known, she traces the significance of gardens in the long history of British relations with the subcontinent. To British eyes, she demonstrates, India was an untamed land that needed the visible stamp of civilization that gardens in their many guises could convey. Colonial gardens changed over time, from the "garden houses" of eighteenth-century nabobs modeled on English country estates to the herbaceous borders, gravel walks, and well-trimmed lawns of Victorian civil servants. As the British extended their rule, they found that hill stations like Simla offered an ideal retreat from the unbearable heat of the plains and a place to coax English flowers into bloom. Furthermore, India was part of the global network of botanical exploration and collecting that gathered up the world's plants for transport to great imperial centers such as Kew. And it is through colonial gardens that one may track the evolution of imperial ideas of governance. Every Government House and Residency was carefully landscaped to reflect current ideals of an ordered society. At Independence in 1947 the British left behind a lasting legacy in their gardens, one still reflected in the design of parks and information technology campuses and in the horticultural practices of home gardeners who continue to send away to England for seeds.

Author: G. D. Pal
Publisher:
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Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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Author:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Author: P. Daniel
Publisher:
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Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 972

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Author: Sulpiz Kurz
Publisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342389476
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 588

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Arne Strid
Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Author: Christopher D. K. Cook
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198548218
Category : Freshwater plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The importance of wetlands to life on Earth is now generally accepted. This is a reference book and identification manual for the vascular plants found in permanent or seasonal fresh water in the subcontinent of India south of the Himalayas. About 660 species are described, and all plantsare illustrated by line drawings showing the diagnostic features. The text is written in a style for both experts and those with only a little botanical training. Scientists and conservationists will be able to identify the plants with accuracy and to build on this information to promoteconservation.