Foundations of Botany
Author : Joseph Young Bergen
Publisher :
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Botany
ISBN :
Fundamentals of Botany
Author : Charles Stuart Gager
Publisher : Arkose Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 1916
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.
Ancient Botany
Author : Gavin Hardy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 26,1 MB
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134386788
Book Description
Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline.
Roots to Seeds
Author : Stephen A. Harris
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 2021-05-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781851245611
Book Description
Since 1621, and the foundation of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford has built up an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrations and rare books on plant classification, collecting and plant biology. These archives, and the living plants in the Garden, are integral to the study of botany in the University.This book profiles the botanists and collections which have helped to transform our understanding of the biology of plants over the past four centuries, focusing on plant classification, experimental botany, building botanical collections, agriculture and forestry and botanical education. Highlights include a selection of Ferdinand Bauer's renowned illustrations for Flora Graeca - an extraordinarily lavish and detailed eighteenth-century botanical publication of plants found in the Eastern Mediterranean - and rare plant specimens from the herbaria, such as Fairchild's Mule (the first artificially created hybrid plant). Together with seventeenth-century herbals, elegant garden plans, plant models and fossil slides, these items from the archives all help to tell the story of botanical science in Oxford and the intrepid botanists who devoted themselves to the essential study of plants.
Botany: The Science of Plant Life
Author : Norman Taylor
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 24,80 MB
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Botany: The Science of Plant Life" by Norman Taylor. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Botany in a Day
Author : Thomas J. Elpel
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,33 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Botany
ISBN : 9781892784070
Book Description
This book teaches readers how to identify plants--and their uses--within groups and families. Botany in a Day provides simple techniques for plant identification, plus line drawings that highlight family characteristics, and plant entries that discuss med
City Intelligible
Author : Frank Perlin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9004414924
Book Description
City Intelligible seeks to integrate a transcendental philosophical anthropology of commoditisation before industrialisation with a social and cultural, thus empirical anthropology of commodity production and exchange that is global, thus inter-cultural. It treats commodification as a singular and privileged evidence of the universal status of human reasoning, and one that grounds the translational character of human exchange throughout the early centuries, and yet that simultaneously founds ubiquitous cultural differentiation. The book constitutes, therefore, a refutation of the predominant tendency in the humanities to represent cultural difference as inhibiting the very possibility of effective intercultural translation. It treats the factors of economic history as forms of cultural expression, but determined, in their turn, by a continuum of complex societal formation from the very beginnings of intensive agricultural and social settlement. It seeks to derive evidence for the universal foundations of human reasoning through analysis of the culture of commoditisation in marrying a thoroughgoing Kantian analysis with the historical evidence, an approach aspiring to ground the very concept and possibility of a universal human cultural nature underlying all human differentiation.
Native Plants for Florida Gardens
Author : Stacey Matrazzo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 149304379X
Book Description
Florida is home to an entire library of native plants that evolved to thrive in its range of climate regions. Native Plants for Florida Gardens profiles 100 Florida native wildflowers, shrubs, vines and trees that can transform typical Florida landscapes. Striking color photography showcases species and flowering characteristics. With the expertise of the Florida Wildlife Foundation, anyone can create lovely, low-maintenance gardens that will tolerate Florida’s roughest conditions, resist disease, and support biodiversity.
A Beachcomber's Botany
Author : Marcia Gaylord Norman
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 31,52 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Book Description
"A BEACHCOMBER'S BOTANY is a guide to the plants that grow along the shores of Cape Cod. Most of the flora included can also be found in seaside areas from New Jersey to Cape Breton, and thus the text and illustrations of this book apply to all of the New England coast. The illustrations include all those originally published in Treasures of the Shore by Marcia Gaylord Norman and Harriet Weed Hubbell together with number of new drawing to broaden the scope of the book. All proceeds from the sale of A Beachcomber's Botany go to the Chatham Conservation Foundation, Inc., an organization in Chatham, Massachusetts which is dedicated to preserving valuable and irreplaceable marshes, beaches and uplands. It is hoped that this book will make new friends for conservation, while serving as an introduction to the absorbing hobby of collecting and identifying seaside plants."- Publisher.
In Defense of Plants
Author : Matt Candeias
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 1642504548
Book Description
The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.
