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Slecting, growing and displaying Orchids. Endorsed by the American Orchid Society.
Author : Ortho Books
Publisher : Meredith Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 21,37 MB
Release : 2005-01-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780897215060
Slecting, growing and displaying Orchids. Endorsed by the American Orchid Society.
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Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 10,30 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 856 pages
File Size : 20,58 MB
Release : 1887
Category : Gardening
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Author : Gregory L. Tilford
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,12 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780878423590
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West is a full-colour photographic guide to the identification, edibility, and medicinal uses of over 250 plant species, growing from Alaska to southern California, east across the Rocky Mountains and the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. Herbalist and naturalist Gregory Tilford provides a thorough introduction to the world of herbal medicine for everyone interested in plants, personal well-being, and a healthy environment.
Author : Benjamin Samuel Williams
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Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 1804
Category : Orchid culture
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Author : Erica Hannickel
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0393867293
Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A kaleidoscopic journey into the world of nature’s most tantalizing flower, and the lives it has inspired. The epitome of floral beauty, orchids have long fostered works of art, tales of adventure, and scientific discovery. Tenacious plant hunters have traversed continents to collect rare specimens; naturalists and shoguns have marveled at orchids’ seductive architecture; royalty and the smart set have adorned themselves with their allure. In Orchid Muse, historian and home grower Erica Hannickel gathers these bold tales of the orchid-smitten throughout history, while providing tips on cultivating the extraordinary flowers she features. Consider Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, the two most powerful women in nineteenth-century Europe, who shared a passion for Coelogyne cristata, with its cascading, fragrant white blooms. John Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, cultivated thousands of orchids and introduced captivating hybrids. Edmond Albius, an enslaved youth on an island off the coast of Madagascar, was the first person to hand-pollinate Vanilla planifolia, leading to vanilla’s global boom. Artist Frida Kahlo was drawn to the lavender petals of Cattleya gigas and immortalized the flower’s wilting form in a harrowing self-portrait, while more recently Margaret Mee painted the orchids she discovered in the Amazon to advocate for their conservation. The story of orchidomania is one that spans the globe, transporting readers from the glories of the palace gardens of Chinese Empress Cixi to a seedy dime museum in Gilded Age New York’s Tenderloin, from hazardous jungles to the greenhouses and bookshelves of Victorian collectors. Lush and inviting, with radiant full-color illustrations throughout, Orchid Muse is the ultimate celebration of our enduring fascination with these beguiling flowers.
Author : American Orchid Society
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Page : 738 pages
File Size : 48,17 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Orchid culture
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 28,99 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Hawaii
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Page : 818 pages
File Size : 33,34 MB
Release : 1891
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Author : Benjamin Samuel Williams
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Orchids
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