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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common …
Author Scott Calhoun has visited the gardens of top designers from coast to coast andselected more than 100 stunning plant combinations, each using no more than six plants, to include in this photographic guide. Riots of complementary colors, masses of grasses, foliage spectacle…
Plant Solutions is a problem-solving, idea-sparking guide to finding the right plant for a particular spot or purpose in your garden. More than 1000 entries, Annuals and perennials, trees and shrubs, grasses and ferns, climbers and groundcovers, bulbs, alpines, water plants, Pla…
This textbook describes the origin of flowers and delineates the crucial role they play in the life cycle of plants. Basic terminology is explained and the genetic approach to the determination of floral organs is introduced. On the basis of ontogeny, a morphological analysis of…
Flower, fruit, phylogeny, evolution, plant morphology, reproduction, seeds, dispersal.
Some of Henry David Thoreau's most beautiful nature writing was inspired by the flowering trees and plants of Concord. A tireless year-round rambler and journal keeper, he faithfully recorded, dated, and described his sightings of the floating water lily, the elusive wild azalea…
"Japan is often called the land of flowers. This book gives an account of those flowers that occur in the country that are most remarkable for their beauty and profusion and that are most typically Japanese. There are also pages on landscape gardening."--Jacket.
The flowers and gardens of Japan
by Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella
fromThe Kegan Paul Japan library
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"Japan is often called the land of flowers. This book gives an account of those flowers that occur in the country that are most remarkable for their beauty and profusion and that are most typically Japanese. There are also pages on landscape gardening."--Jacket
"Japan is often called the land of flowers. This book gives an account of those flowers that occur in the country that are most remarkable for their beauty and profusion and that are most typically Japanese. There are also pages on landscape gardening."--Jacket.
Beschrijving van veel facetten van de Nederlandse bloementeelt en -handel, zowel vroeger als nu, met extra nadruk op Aalsmeer en de veiling aldaar.
Worldwide, the indelible image of the Netherlands is the tulip. But the tulip is not alone: flowers of all kinds have long been a key part of both the Dutch identity and the Dutch economy, and in Holland Flowering, Andrew Gebhardt offers a dazzling tour of Dutch flower culture, …
This book is a highly illustrated, entertaining exploration of the science of plant colour. Beginning with potent reminders of how deeply interwoven plant colours are with human life and culture - from the shifting hues that told early humans when fruits and vegetables were edib…
Text and drawings explain how flowers mature into seed-bearing fruit.
Text and drawings explain how flowers mature into seed-bearing fruit.