Botany category: 1702 books
by Shelly C. Buchanan
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Desde una pequeña semilla hasta un árbol altísimo, las plantas se reproducen y duran generaciones de las formas más asombrosas. Aprenda el "cómo" y "por qué" acerca de la reproducción de las plantas en este intrigante libro. Lleno de diagramas interesantes y hechos interesantes,...
by VT
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2017
Approximately 72 million adults in the US used some form of complementary and alternative medicine between 1997 and 2002.1 The prevalence of its use specifically for glaucoma—including herbal remedies, acupuncture, home-opathy, faith healing, meditation, megavitamin therapy, therapeutic touch, exercise, and dietary modification—is approximately 5%.2
Seeds of Hope
Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
From New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a fascinating examination of the critical role that trees and plants play in our world.
Seeds of Hope takes us from Goodall's home in England to her home-away-from-home...
Decoding Gardening Advice
The Science Behind the 100 Most Common Recommendations
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Covering more than 100 universal gardening "dos and don'ts," Decoding Gardening Advice is the first book to provide gardeners with the real answers. Jeff Gillman, the bestselling author of The Truth About Garden Remedies, and Meleah Maynard back up every good recommendation with sound...
Flower Confidential
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought—for better or worse—to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers...
Foraging: The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Foraging Wild Edible Plants and Medicinal Herbs
The Book on Wildcrafting, Edible Flowers, Drying Herbs, Spices and their Usage and Storage
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Foraging: The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Foraging Wild Edible Plants and Medicinal Herbs
Have you always wanted to take the family out on a trip foraging wild plants they could actually eat?
Do you want to learn the plants that are OKAY to eat so that you don’t get sick?
Do you want...
How Plants Work
The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
“Makes the science of plant processes accessible to home gardeners.” —The American Gardener
Why do container plants wilt even when they’ve been regularly watered? Why did the hydrangea that thrived last year never bloom this year? Plant physiology—the study of how living things function—can...
by Silvia Burés
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 9, 2013
¿Te dan envidia esos balcones verdes y frondosos, salpicados de flores de colores? ¿Tienes un limonero raquítico que pilla todas las enfermedades y plagas y no da un solo limón? ¿A tu orquídea se le ponen las hojas amarillas? ¿Necesitas consejos sobre plantas de sol y plantas de sombra?...
by Pottermore Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
This non-fiction short-form eBook features content which is adapted from the audiobook Harry Potter: A History of Magic – inspired by the British Library exhibition of the same name.
Potions have been made for thousands of years – associated with bubbling pots and mysterious ingredients,...
by George W Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
A new method for the practical identification and recognition of trees -- and an important supplement to existing botanical methods.
The book is in two parts: Pictorial Keys and Master Pages. The Keys are designed for easy visual comparison of details which look alike, narrowing the identification...
Fruit from the Sands
The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America, China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The...
What a Plant Knows
A Field Guide to the Senses
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it actually feel an insect's tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they actually remember the weather?
For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin's early...
The Digital Jepson Manual
Vascular Plants of California
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. This work integrates the latest science, the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of contributing...