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  • Mushrooms, Molds, and Miracles
    Lucy Kavaler
    'This superb book does for fungi what Audubon did for birds and Freud for the psyche,' wrote the New Haven Register. Time Magazine called it 'Fascinating' in a lead review. The little-known kingdom of fungi is revealed as never before or since-from the potato blight to the hallucinogenic mushroom, the bread mold that produced penicillin and the prized truffle. Mushrooms, Molds,...
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    26,59 €

  • Leaves from Gerard’s Herball
    Marcus Woodward
    This beautiful horticultural handbook is a garden calendar, taking you on an illustrated journey through the year, detailing each season’s most prominent plants, flowers, and herbs.A revised edition of John Gerrard’s 1597 Garden Herball, this gorgeously illustrated volume has been updated by Marcus Woodward to form a garden calendar, with each plant being featured in its flower...
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    43,69 €

  • The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    W. J. Bean / WJBean
    The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Historical And Descriptive is a comprehensive book written by W.J. Bean. The book provides a detailed history and description of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which is one of the most important botanical gardens in the world. The book covers the history of the gardens, from its establishment in the 18th century to its current status as a leadin...
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    34,88 €

  • Fearsome Creatures Of The Lumberwoods
    William T. Cox / William TCox
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,03 €

  • Insectivorous Plants
    Charles Darwin
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,58 €

  • World Checklist and Bibliography of Campanulaceae
    Thomas G. Lammers
    The Campanulaceae family is found throughout the world, and includes a large number of species important in ornamental horticulture. The World Checklist and Bibliography of Campanulaceae provides a thorough accounting of this group of plants, the first to be published since 1839. Eighty-four genera are recognised, encompassing 2319 species, 391 subspecies, and 27 named hybri...
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    209,28 €

  • The Indentification of the Grasses
    Dorothy M. M. Turner / Dorothy MMTurner
    Contents Include General Morphology of Grasses 'Pivotal' Grasses Ryegrasses Cocksfoot Timothy Meadow Fescues Crested Dogstail Meadow Grasses 'Natural' Grasses Foxtails Sheep’s Fescues Red Fescues Bent Grasses Oat Grasses Sweet Vernal Grass 'Weeds' and Miscellaneous Grasses Couch Grass Annual Meadow Grass Fogs Bromes False Bromes Hair Grasses Heath and Moreland Grass Key to Vege...
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    34,83 €

  • Forest Folklore, Mythology and Romance
    Alexander Porteous
    A comprehensive guide to forest folklore, including European and Asian mythology.First published in 1928, this volume was written by Alexander Porteous and details the lore and mythology behind many European and Asian beliefs and customs. The contents include:- Forests of Eld- Fabulous Forests- Forestry- Groves- Mythical Denizens of the Forests and Woods- Trees- Folklore ...
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    42,54 €

  • Range & Pasture Identification
    Hacienda Ortiz
    Range & Pasture Identification is a reference book of the plant life found mostly in the southwest. The book is divided into six (6) sections being:Illustrations: drawings of the plant parts to help the reader understand and describe the plant structure.Agaves, Cacti, & ThistlesBushes, Flowers, Forbes, & HerbsGrasses & Grass LikeLarge Shrubs & TreesMoss, Mushrooms, Spurges, &...
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    102,89 €

  • The Legends of Flowers
    Paolo Mantegazza
    Originally published in the early 1900s, this book is beautifully translated by Mrs Alexander Kennedy from the original Italian text of Paulo Mantegazza. Containing lovely illustrations for each flower, it tells the intricate and fascinating stories associated with each of them. It reads like a book of fairy tales and would be appealing to readers both young and old. ’Once upon...
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    31,47 €

  • The Natural History of Selborne with a Naturalist’s Calendar and Additional Observations
    Gilbert White
    Originally published in 1887, the author has written about the many and varied flora and fauna he has encountered on his jaunts in and around the Surrey village of Selborne, most of which is in the form of letters. It is noted that had the observer made such detailed notes on the people of this time as he did about the animals and birds, then ’we should then have had a picture ...
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    34,22 €

  • The Herbal Remedies of Culpeper and Simmonite - Nature’s Medicine
    Nicholas Culpeper / W. J. Simmonite
    This invaluable volume combines the knowledge of two herbal doctors, Nicholas Culpeper and W. J. Simmonite, to form an alternative medicine reference book.Nicholas Culpeper was a famous physician in the seventeenth century and W. J. Simmonite was well-known for his innovative herbal remedies in the 1900s. Combining the studies of these two doctors provides a valuable reference ...
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    37,56 €

  • Preliminary List of the Leguminosae in Northeastern Brazil
    Edgley A. Cesar / Fabricio S. Juchum / Gwilym Lewis
    The present list is the second to be published in this series. Many legume specimens from Bahia are deposited at Kew, a large proportion having been added to the collections as a direct result of the collaboration between Brazil and Kew. Nine thousand and sixty-six specimens were examined and 869 species are recorded in 135 genera, and duplicates lodged in other herbaria can be...
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    69,41 €

  • Wild Flowers
    MacGregor Skene
    Originally published in 1919, this delightful little book is a comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the British Isles. Well-illustrated throughout, it is still of great practical usage to the enthusiast. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing...
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    29,49 €

  • Sadi
    James Ross
    Sadi: Gulistan Or Flower-Garden is a book that explores the works of the Persian poet, Sadi. The book is written by James Ross and provides a comprehensive analysis of Sadi’s most famous work, the Gulistan. The Gulistan is a collection of poems and stories that cover a wide range of topics, including morality, ethics, and spirituality. Ross delves into the themes and motifs tha...
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    36,72 €

  • The Little Flowers Of St. Francis
    T. W. Arnold / TWArnold
    The Little Flowers of St. Francis is a collection of stories and legends about the life and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition. The book is compiled and translated by T.W. Arnold, and is considered a classic of Christian literature.The stories in The Little Flowers are based on the oral traditions of the Franciscan order...
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    36,65 €

  • Origin Of Cultivated Plants
    Alphonse De Candolle
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,82 €

  • Account Of An Expedition From Pittsburgh To The Rocky Mountains Performed In The Years 1819-1820
    ''Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819-1820'' is a book written by Edwin James. The book is a detailed account of the expedition that James and his team embarked on from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains in the years 1819-1820. The book describes the journey, the challenges that the team faced, and the discoveries that they...
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    34,53 €

  • The Science and Lore of the Plant Cell Wall
    Takahisa Hayashi
    Plant cell walls are composed of complex carbohydrates, proteins, phenolic compounds, and inorganic ions, all of which play functional roles. Cellulose (1,4-fÒ-glucan) and callose (1,3-fÒ-glucan) are synthesized in the plasma membrane, while other polysaccharides are synthesized in the Golgi. Plant cell growth occurs with the loosening of the walls, which may be caused by sever...
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    37,69 €

  • 101 Uses for Stinging Nettles
    Piers Warren
    Stinging nettles are, for many of us, nothing more than persistent weeds with a painful sting. But apart from having an important role in the web of life, nettles are an incredibly useful plant to mankind. They have been put to myriad uses by our ancestors, and many of these are still valid today. Already stinging nettle products are growing in popularity in the field of altern...
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    8,38 €

  • How To Keep Bees For Profit
    D. Everett Lyon / DEverett Lyon
    How To Keep Bees For Profit by D. Everett Lyon is a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in starting a beekeeping business. The book covers everything from the basics of beekeeping to advanced techniques for maximizing profits. It includes information on the different types of bees, equipment needed, setting up a bee yard, managing colonies, and harvesting honey. The autho...
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    37,72 €

  • The Little Flowers Of The Glorious Messer St. Francis And Of His Friars
    W. Heywood / WHeywood
    The Little Flowers of the Glorious Messer St. Francis and of His Friars is a book written by W. Heywood. It is a collection of stories and legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his followers, the Franciscan friars. The book is divided into 53 chapters, each of which tells a different story about St. Francis and his friars. The stories are written in a simple, stra...
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    35,60 €

  • Magic in the Woods
    Gareth H. Browning / Gareth HBrowning
    Magic in the Woods By Gareth H. Browning This fascinating book about the familiar trees of our own country-side is intended to prove that there is still magic in the woods even in these days when science has ousted the old legends and superstitions which grew up around trees in the days of the old. Mr Browning has related many of these ancient stories whilst giving expert infor...
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    31,60 €

  • British Native Trees - Their Past and Present Uses
    Piers Warren
    British Native Trees - Their Past and Present UsesIncluding a guide to burning wood in the homeA new book by trained tree surgeon and smallholder Piers Warren This unique book explores the past and present uses of products (wood, bark, fruit, sap etc) of the 35 species of British native trees. With sections:A genus by genus break down of past and present uses of native tree pro...
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    8,44 €

  • Call of the Trees
    Dorothy Maclean
    This book speaks to the heart of a living relationship between man and nature. In it Dorothy Maclean chronicles messages from the trees asking for support to accomplish their vital work. It includes several beautiful black and white photos. It includes a forward by St. Barbe Baker. ...
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    13,76 €

  • Looking for Longleaf
    Lawrence S. Earley / Lawrence SEarley
    Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these magnificent forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationist...
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    43,10 €

  • The Schoolbook of Forestry
    Charles Lathrop Pack
    Our forests, with their billions of trees, are the backbone of agriculture, the skeleton of lumbering, and the heart of industry. Even now, in spite of their depletion, they are the cream of our natural resources. They furnish wood for the nation, pasture for thousands of cattle and sheep, and water supply for countless cities and farms. They are the dominions of wild life. Mil...
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    31,04 €

  • Seeds of Wealth
    Henry Hobhouse
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    15,65 €

  • Plants Alive!
    Charles E. Roth
    Plants Alive is designed to get amateurs interested in exploring the plant world around them and to give them the skill to record their observations through guided nature journaling. It then offers, to those who have been captivated by the field, advanced techniques for study. The book can be very useful in guiding science students into real science activities in rural, suburba...
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    22,08 €

  • Plants Alive!
    Charles E. Roth
    Plants Alive is designed to get amateurs interested in exploring the plant world around them and to give them the skill to record their observations through guided nature journaling. It then offers, to those who have been captivated by the field, advanced techniques for study. The book can be very useful in guiding science students into real science activities in rural, suburba...
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    33,32 €


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