Author : Peter Valder
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Landscape plants
ISBN : 9780297825494
It is hard to imagine gardens without peonies, flowering peaches, camellias, gardenias, azaleas, wisteria, forsythia, crabapples, and the host of other ornamentals that were introduced first in Chinese gardens. The Chinese plants with the greatest impact on the gardens of the world have actually come from Chinese gardens and nurseries.
Author : Jane Kilpatrick
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780711226302
Celebrates the skilled gardeners of Imperial China through new research that opens a new chapter in the story of our garden plants.
Author : Shiu-ying Hu
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789629962296
The food plants of an area provide the material basis for the survival of its population, and furnish inspiring stimuli for cultural development. There are two parts in this book. Part 1 introduces the cultural aspects of Chinese food plants and the spread of Chinese culinary culture to the world. It also describes how the botanical and cultural information was acquired; what plants have been selected by the Chinese people for food; how these foodstuffs are produced, preserved, and prepared; and what the western societies can learn from Chinese practices. Part 2 provides the botanical identification of the plant kingdom for the esculents used in China as food and/or as beverage. The plants are illustrated with line drawings or composite photographic plates. This book is useful not only as a text for general reading, but also as a work reference. Naturally, it would be a useful addition to the general collection of any library.
Author : De-Yuan Hong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107070171
A unique addition to the botanical literature, this book presents the flora of China in its astonishing diversity.
Author : Peter Valder
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780881925555
Describes more than 200 gardens in China from temple courtyards, ancient burial grounds, and imperial tombs to public parks, botanical gardens, and arboreta.
Author : Jane Kilpatrick
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Botanists
ISBN : 9780226206707
Focussing on the lives of four great French missionary botanists as well as a group of other French priests, Franciscan missionaries, and a single German Protestant pastor who all amassed significant plant collections, the author unearths a lost chapter of botanical history.
Author : Ran Levy-Yamamori
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 37,20 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780881926507
Sumptuously illustrated, this books explores the entire palette of plants cultivated in Japan, carefully noting which are native and which have been introduced.
Author : Larry Mellichamp
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1604693231
Using native plants in a garden has many benefits. They attract beneficial wildlife and insects, they allow a gardener to create a garden that reflects the native beauty of the region, and they make a garden more sustainable. Because of all this, they are an increasingly popular plant choice for home and public gardens. Native Plants of the Southeast shows you how to choose the best native plants and how to use them in the garden. This complete guide is an invaluable resource, with plant profiles for over 460 species of trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, and wildflowers. Each plant description includes information about cultivation and propagation, ranges, and hardiness. Comprehensive lists recommend particular plants for difficult situations, as well as plants for attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife.
Author : Sarah Rose
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1101190019
A dramatic historical narrative of the man who stole the secret of tea from China In 1848, the British East India Company, having lost its monopoly on the tea trade, engaged Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, botanist, and plant hunter, to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China—territory forbidden to foreigners—to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. For All the Tea in China is the remarkable account of Fortune's journeys into China—a thrilling narrative that combines history, geography, botany, natural science, and old-fashioned adventure. Disguised in Mandarin robes, Fortune ventured deep into the country, confronting pirates, hostile climate, and his own untrustworthy men as he made his way to the epicenter of tea production, the remote Wu Yi Shan hills. One of the most daring acts of corporate espionage in history, Fortune's pursuit of China's ancient secret makes for a classic nineteenth-century adventure tale, one in which the fate of empires hinges on the feats of one extraordinary man.
Author : Hui-Lin Li
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Flowers
ISBN :
