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  • Cactus Botany and Cultivation - Editora UFV

    Series series Soluções
    Cactus plants have intrigued marking due to their great capacity to survive in harsh environments, their usefulness and, also their exotic beauty. In response to an increased demand for knowledge about these plants this book presents practical information on cultivation of cacti successfully.This work, richly illustrated with drawings and pictures, is a key tool for those who seek references on ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Tuning in to Nature

    Infrared Radiation and the Insect Communication System

    Learn how plants and insects communicate through emissions in the infrared frequency range and why poisonous pesticides do not solve the real problems facing agriculture. In this breakthrough book Phil Callahan uncovers why certain insects are attracted only to certain plants, the role of pheromones work in nature, and how plants under stress literally signal insects to come devour them. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Bird's Nest Fungi

    by Harold Brodie ...
    Series series Heritage
    The intriguing Bird’s Nest Fungi (Nidulariaceae) of forest, meadow, and garden have been familiar to botanists since 1601, but only relatively recently has the significance of their peculiar form been realized. Dr Brodie traces the long controversy that arose when Bird’s Nest Fungi were first classified as seed plants because of the numerous seed-like bodies contained in their small cup-shaped ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Natural History of Selborne

    by Gilbert White ...
    More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. This ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Flora of Alberta

    Series series Heritage
    Since the publication of the first edition more than thirty years ago, The Flora of Alberta has become the standard guide for naturalists, botanists, and all those interested in the wildlife of the province. It provides an inventory of 1775 known vascular plant species – ferns, conifers, and flowering plants – that are native to Alberta, or if non-native, that have become established and grow wild ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Shrubs Of The Great Basin

    A Natural History

    Series series Max C. Fleishmann Series in Great Basin
    Mozingo presents the life histories of more than sixty species of both common and unusual shrubs, and discusses how shrubs grow, reproduce, and adapt to the extreme weather conditions that are part of daily life in the Great Basin. Drawings by Christine Stetter. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • How to Grow Super Soybeans

    A Biological Farmer's Guide

    Do you know how to grow super soybeans? Learn how bacteria helps your crop grow better. Learn how to drought-proof your soil. Learn whether herbicides and pesticides are really necessary, and what place hydrogen peroxide has on your farm. Learn how to increase your profits. What you have here is 50 pages of real dynamite. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Seaweeds

    A Color-Coded, Illustrated Guide to Common Marine Plants of the East Coast of the United States

    by C. J. Hillson ...
    Automobiles, interstate highways, shorter work weeks, longer vacations, and higher salaries have all combined to bring the seashore closer to man. Where once a visit to the shore was only a dream for many, or a once-in-a-lifetime trip for others, the varied oceanic life that has held man's interest for centuries is now just beyond the garage doors of the American family. The same curiosity that ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Bread from Stones

    by Julius Hensel ...
    This book was the first work to attack Von Liebig’s salt fertilizer thesis, and it stands as valid today as when first written over 100 years ago. Translated from the German writings of Julius Hensel, the book was designed to introduce the people of the U.S. to the idea that plants require healthy food in order to flourish, just as a human being does. It describes a then new and rational system ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Gardening for Health and Nutrition

    An Introduction to the Method of Biodynamic Gardening

    A simple, down-to-earth introduction to the method of biodynamic gardening especially written for the backyard gardener. This classic introduction to biodynamic gardening introduces the gardener to an obvious, often forgotten principle: gardening is about living things, life forces, and life as such.In his introduction, John Philbrick talks of how each morning he was in the habit of meditating and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Les plantes protégées d'Île-de-France

    by Gérard Arnal ...
    Series series Collection Parthénope
    Cet ouvrage présente les 202 espèces de plantes protégées d'Île-de-France. On assimile souvent l'île-de-France à l'agglomération parisienne. Cette région est pourtant encore aux trois-quarts rurale et forestière. Bien que de taille modeste, elle héberge quelques secteurs de haute valeur naturaliste.Les textes précisent l'écologie de ces plantes protégées, leur statut et leur histoire. Les plantes ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Assimilation de l'azote chez les plantes

    Aspects physiologique, biochimique et moléculaire

    Series series Synthèses
    Cet ouvrage rassemble les principales connaissances sur l'assimilation de l'azote nitrique, ammoniacal et moléculaire et sur la synthèse des acides aminés et des protéines chez les plantes d'intérêt agronomique. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hypericum Handbook

    Nature's Antidepressant

    For more than 2,000 years, depressed patients have turned to a rangy yellow weed known as hypericum, or St. John’s wort, to treat symptoms of unrelenting sadness. Ancient healers believed the herb to be so powerful that it not only vanquished depression but also could banish evil spirits forever.Today, more and more people believe that the herb carries significant power—at least when it come to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Wild Places of Greater Melbourne

    by Robin Taylor ...
    Within the Greater Melbourne region there are a remarkable number of places where you can lose yourself in a forest, walk on a deserted beach or watch wildlife in their native environment. This 224-page full colour guide introduces 30 of Melbourne's magnificent 'wild places' selected from national parks, state forests and conservation reserves, all within an hour-and-a-half drive of the centre of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Kosciuszko Alpine Flora: Field Edition

    Around Australia’s highest mountain lies a rare ecosystem, an alpine area of outstanding beauty and diversity, strikingly different from other alpine ecosystems of the world but with common features. Kosciuszko Alpine Flora describes and illustrates the area’s 212 flowering plants and ferns, of which 21 are endemic. It discusses the geological and human history of the area, the life-forms and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Kosciuszko Alpine Flora

    Finalist Scholarly Reference section - The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing 2001 Around Australia’s highest mountain lies a rare ecosystem, an alpine area of outstanding beauty and diversity, strikingly different from other alpine ecosystems of the world but with common features. Kosciuszko Alpine Flora describes and illustrates the area’s 212 flowering plants and ferns, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges

    The Brisbane Ranges area, situated 80 km west of Melbourne and 30 km north-west of Geelong, is extraordinarily rich in diversity. With basalt grasslands, heathy woodland, alluvial soils, buckshot gravel and granite rocks, it boasts more than 430 species of native plants. Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges contains magnificent photographs of more than 400 species, many of them orchids, including ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Trees and Shrubs of California

    Series Book 62 - California Natural History Guides
    California's varied landscape is characterized by a spectacular abundance of plant life, including a magnificent variety of trees and shrubs. This is the first book to combine the trees and shrubs of California in one accessible field guide. Trees and Shrubs of California identifies and describes native California tree species and most common shrub species. The text is complemented by more than ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Botany of Desire

    A Plant's-Eye View of the World

    The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in AmericaIn 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Tiny Game Hunting

    Environmentally Healthy Ways to Trap and Kill the Pests in Your House and Garden

    Every year Americans use a staggering five hundred million pounds of toxic pesticides in and around their homes, schools, parks, and roads—a growing health risk for people and the environment. But are these poisons really necessary? This book, appealing to the hunter in us all, shows how to triumph in combat with pests without losing the war to toxic chemicals. Tiny Game Hunting, written in a ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Wetland Plants of Queensland

    A Field Guide

    This practical field guide describes and illustrates in colour 90 common and widespread wetland plants found in Queensland, and gives a distribution map for each species. To assist those readers who are keen to learn more, the book includes a series of keys to help identify those species that are not illustrated in the book but which may be encountered in the field. The keys also help to identify ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • A Guide To Rocky Mountain Plants, Revised

    A completely revised edition of Williams's previous work with the late Ruth Ashton Nelson, Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants, this edition uses simple and clear keys to identify more than 350 species of plants found in the Rocky Mountain region from the United States to Canada. Useful in the classroom as well as the field, the new edition also contains seventy-two color plates of popular species ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Purshia

    The Wild And Bitter Roses

    A useful and complete summary of all the scientific information available on one of the most significant plant species in the western and intermountain regions. Among the plant species of the great Basin rangeland, the Purshia—ancient members of the rose family evolved to survive the aridity and temperature extremes of this harsh region—are one of the most important. This book-length study of this ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Common Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast

    Handy in-the-field identification guide. Features the "Foolproof Five." Includes a useful identification flowchart. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD