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Botany for Gardeners by Brian Capon Publisher Comments A bestseller since its debut in 1990, this indispensable and handy reference has now been expanded and updated to include an appendix on plant taxonomy and a comprehensive index. Two dozen new photos and illustrations make this new edition even richer... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Insectopedia (11 Edition) by Hugh Raffles Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book A stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we share the world. For as long as humans... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Flowering Plants: A Pictorial Guide to the World's Flora by Vernon Heywood Publisher Comments A beautifully illustrated reference to more than 100 flowering plant families. Flowering Plants: A Pictorial Guide to the World's Flora is a comprehensive source of botanical information. More than 100 flowering plant families are profiled with... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Fruit Key and Twig Key To Trees and Shrubs (46 Edition) by William M. Harlow Publisher Comments One of the handiest and most widely used identification aids. Fruit key covers 120 deciduous and evergreen species; twig key covers 160 deciduous species. Easily used. Over 300 photographs. "Students in the field . . . can get accurate identifications... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants by Richard Mabey Publisher Comments The true story and true glories of the plants we love to hate From dandelions to crabgrass, stinging nettles to poison ivy, weeds are familiar, pervasive, widely despised, and seemingly invincible. How did they come to be the villains of... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Plants: Their Use, Management, Cultivation and Biology; A Comprehensive Guide by Bob Watson Publisher Comments From soft plants to shrubs, ferns, and woody climbers, this expansive resource is an all-in-one guide to plants of all varieties. An introductory section addresses the identification, classification, and nomenclature of plants and provides a brief... (read more) List Price $95.00 Your price: $39.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Practical Science for Gardeners by Mary Pratt Publisher Comments Informative and entertaining, this book will stimulate experimentation and encourage gardeners to review and improve their current gardening practices. Once gardeners learn how plants are constructed, it is easier to envision how they'll grow and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Kew Plant Glossary: An Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Identification Terms by Henik Beentje Publisher Comments This accessible, comprehensive glossary covers all the descriptive terms for plants that one is likely to encounter in botanical writing, including everything from magazine articles to plant field guides, scientific papers, and monographs. An essential... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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How Trees Die: The Past, Present, and Future of Our Forests by Jeff Gilman PW Review "Horticultural scientist Gillman (The Truth About Organic Gardening) examines the astounding longevity of trees. Beginning with a provocative opener comparing the fate of cows raised for meat to the life-span of trees cut down to make paper for books... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.99 Sale - Hardcover
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Orchard Invisible: a Natural Histor (10 Edition) by Silvertown Jon Publisher Comments The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of life... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names by Walter Von Erhardt Publisher Comments The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names is the only reference available in English with the current names of thousands of plants found in gardens and the wild. Based in science and valuable to botanists, horticulturists, agronomists, and foresters who... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Portraits of Himalayan Flowers by Toshio Yoshida Synopsis Offers full-page color plates of approximately one hundred different flowers and plants in their native habitat accompanied by brief text containing botanical information.... (read more) Your price: $40.00 Used - Hardcover
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How to Identify Grasses: And Grasslike Plants by H D Harrington Publisher Comments There is no easy was to identify grasses. And no one understood this better than H.D. Harrington, who observed thousands of students struggle and learn. His clear, concise, and well-organized guide will continue to be a basic and essential text for use... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Kew: Gardens for Science & Pleasure by F. Nigel Hepper Publisher Comments This profusely illustrated book depicts in words and photographs the most striking ornamental features of the gardens and collections, and tells the story of Kew's origin and development.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $2.48 Used - Hardcover
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Wildflowers of the Fairest Cape by Peter Goldblatt Publisher Comments The Cape Floral Kingdom is one of the most botanically rich areas on earth. This guide by two eminent botanists details 652 of the most common or conspicuous wildflowers to be found there. Descriptions of families and genera as well as the species fill... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists by Paul Russe Cutright Publisher Comments First published in 1969, Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists remains the most comprehensive account of the scientific studies carried out by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their overland expedition to the Pacific Northwest and back in 1804-... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Poppy & Other Deadly Plants by Esther Baskin Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Introduction to the Jepson Manual: Indentification Key to California Plant Families Taxonomic Treatment of Saxifraga by James Hickman Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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California Flora & Supplement by Philip Munz List Price $55.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Flowers of the World by Michel Viard Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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