Resources Tagged: Botany
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Key Resource 1990-08-01 A clear, nontechnical explanation of how plants work, and our bestselling book. It succeeds in explaining the complex processes of plant growth, functions, adaptation, responses, and reproduction in simple language. As the author intended, the gardener can come to understand a plant "from the...
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Key Resource 1961-06-01 In this study by FAO of the UN an attempt has been made to provide a world-wide review of some aspects of the production, control and distribution of seeds.
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This book combines botanical illustration and general summaries of flowering plant family characteristics. Part2 includes 37 figures of illustrations. Each family discussion includes a diagnosis and summary of characters, distribution data, important economic members, pollination ecology, and...
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Key Resource 1976-09-01 This book is divided into 2 parts. Part I, by R.J. Garner, deals with the establishment and equipment of the nursery, the pots and other containers, the various methods of propagation and with the transplanting of the young plants. This part is well illustrated. Part II is written by various...
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Key Resource 1998-01-01 This book is divided into four parts - Part 1 explains what you need to keep a successful nursery. Part 2 describes propagation from seeds and Part 3 covers methods of vegetative propagation. Part 4 gives the best way to propagate 100 selected useful plants. 140 pages, illustrated
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1988-01-05 This book provides the fundamentals of plant science. 617 pages, illustrations
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Chapter one is this book covers the Hibiscus, which may be regarded as Hawaii's own flower; Blossoming Trees, Shrubs and VInes are taken up, each by full length chapters, and another is devoted to Native Trees, Ginger Blosssoms occupies still another and the last deals with such exotics as the...
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1941-01-01 This volume is intended to be useful as a handbook of ready reference, rapid aid to nomenclature and to spelling of names, help in labeling, medium of suggestions on the main or standard requirements in the cultivation of plants. It is designed to account for all the species and botanical...
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In Japan, many a story lies behind a simple query of "What is that plant"? Unwittingly, whilst in Japan you may have eaten it or worn it, or you may have admired its relations in your Western Jardens. Within these pages visitors and residents, as well as plantsmen, will find much hitherto...
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1983-01-01 This report examines the Indonesian experience in growing and utilizing Leucaena leucocephala, a versatile legume with an overall potential for reforestation and soil improvement; for use as firewood; for fuelling industrial boilers; for producing pulp; and as forage for chicken, pigs and cattle....