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Biological Degradation and Bioremediation of Toxic Chemicals
Edited by G. Rasul Chaudhry |
$69.95
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Environmental biotechnology involves the use of microbial processes to restore balance to a damaged ecosystem, and current research is reflected in these papers.
515 pp, 180 b/w figures & tables, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1994
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Botanical Latin Fourth Edition
William T. Stearn |
$44.95
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Stearn's classic covers grammar, syntax, punctuation, and vocabulary. Fascinating information on Latinate geographical names and color terms, and a listing of commonly used symbols and abbreviations, will help any serious plant lover make sense of complex botanical names.
560 pp, 42 line drawings, 6 3/4 x 9 3/4", hardcover, © 1992
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Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide
Brian Capon |
$29.95
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A clear, nontechnical explanation of how plants work, and a 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 plants "from the plant's point of view."
220 pp, 121 color photos, 53 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1990
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Breeding Ornamental Plants
Edited by Dorothy J. Callaway and M. Brett Callaway |
$34.95
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Breeding plants to encourage specific traits is usual in agriculture but less common in ornamental horticulture. Daffodils, daylilies, hostas, lilacs, magnolias, and rhododendrons are among the 15 subjects covered by experts in the field.
359 pp, 88 color photos, 10 b/w photos, 26 line drawings, 26 tables, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2000
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Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada
Second edition Donald Schnell |
$39.95
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In this greatly expanded and revised edition of his classic treatment, Donald Schnell examines in detail the 45 species and numerous hybrids of carnivorous plants that grow in the U.S. and Canada. Information on each species includes an identifying description, the preferred habitat, the range in which it can be found, and the season for flowering and trapping, making this book a useful field guide as well as a fascinating source of leisure reading. With a full array of maps, drawings, and 200 color photos, this volume promises to enrich every enthusiast’s library with a wealth of information. Hobbyists will find cultivation tips as well. Schnell gives detailed instructions for growing these plants.
468 pp, 200 color photos, 7 line drawings, 27 maps, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2002
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Carnivorous Plants of the World
James Pietropaolo and Patricia Pietropaolo |
$22.95
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Few groups of plants capture the imagination like these carnivores, which act as predators rather than prey. Among the best known are the Venus fly trap and the various pitcher plants; these and many others are covered.
206 pp, 57 color photos, 63 line drawings, 8 1/2 x 11", paperback, © 1986
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The Chelsea Gardener: Philip Miller, 1691--1771
Hazel LeRougetel |
$29.95
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This biography of the great 18th-century gardener, who numbered Sir Hans Sloane and Carl Linnaeus among his acquaintances, is a fascinating overview of horticulture during the great age of discovery.
228 pp, 16 color plates, 90 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 10", hardcover, © 1990 |
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Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America
Nancy J. Turner and Adam F. Szczawinsk |
$24.95
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This book contains all the information needed to identify toxic plants, including house plants. Each plant is fully described and pictured for easy identification, and instructions for treating the poisoning victim are given.
324 pp, 215 color photos, 6 x 9", paperback, © 1991
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Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America
Nancy J. Turner and Adam F. Szczawinski |
$55.00
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This book contains all the information needed to identify toxic plants, including house plants. Each plant is fully described and pictured for easy identification, and instructions for treating the poisoning victim are given.
0-88192-179-3, 324 pp, 215 color photos, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1991
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Ericas of South Africa
Dolf Schumann and Gerhard Kirsten
In collaboration with E. G. H. Oliver |
$59.95
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This magnificent book on the Cape heaths illustrates a diverse and complex genus in which fully two-thirds of all species are native to South Africa. All 450 species are described and accompanied by one or more superb color photographs.
0-9583154-3-4, 274 pp, 945 color photos, 49 color illus., 3 b/w photos, 2 maps, 9 1/4 x 12", hardcover, © 1995
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Fantastic Trees
Edwin A. Menninger
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$29.95
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A remarkable book, of special interest to young naturalists, that presents a rogue's gallery of trees that thrust their roots into the air, produce flowers and fruit underground, tell time, make noises, change sex, commit suicide, or create their own rain. This edition includes updated nomenclature.
0-88192-324-9, 320 pp, 240 b/w photos, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1967, 1995
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Gasterias of South Africa: A New Revision of a Major Succulent Group
Ernst J. van Jaarsveld
Illustrations by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst |
$39.95
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Closely related to aloes and haworthias, gasterias are shade-loving, drought-tolerant succulents endemic to southern Africa. They adapt well to indoor conditions and have therefore become popular house plants.
, 96 pp, 24 color paintings, 41 color photos, 10 line drawings, 1 map, 9 1/4 x 12", hardcover, © 1994 |
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The Genus Arisaema: A Monograph for Botanists and Nature Lovers
Guy Gusman and Liliane Gusman
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$69.95
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Arisaemas have become increasingly popular and highly prized for their sculptural aspect and their intriguing inflorescences. Adding to the fascination of arisaemas is their ability, unique in Araceae, to change their sex many times during their lifetime. This book represents the first attempt since Engler's classification in 1910 to bring order to the confused state of knowledge about the genus in its geographical range. Richly illustrated, this botanical treatment is a comprehensive and invaluable resource for botanists, arisaema growers, and nature lovers.
450 pp, 475 color photos, approx. 200 line drawings, 17 tables, 6 x 9", hardcover
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The Genus Cypripedium: A Botanical Magazine Monograph
Phillip Cribb
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$39.95
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This monograph by the curator of the Orchid Herbarium at Kew considers the history, biology, evolution, conservation, cultivation, and classification of cypripediums, the most popular of the temperate orchids.
0-88192-403-2, 358 pp, 26 color paintings, 98 color photos, 51 b/w illus., 22 maps, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1997 |
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The Genus Galanthus: A Botanical Magazine Monograph
Aaron P. Davis
Illustrations by Christabel King |
$39.95
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The genus Galanthus, commonly called snowdrops, numbers among its species the most charming of the late-winter- and early-spring-flowering bulbs. They are hardy, and their ethereal white flowers appear when all else in the garden is still bound by winter.
333 pp, 20 botanical paintings, 8 b/w line drawings, 37 color photos, 12 maps, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1999 |
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Gladiolus in Southern Africa
Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning
Watercolors by Fay Anderson and Auriol Batten |
$59.95
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Southern Africa is the center of Gladiolus distribution, and this monumental book is a fitting companion to the authors' earlier work on the tropical species. It is a major work of scholarship, and its superb illustrations are masterpieces of botanical art.
464 pp, 145 full-page watercolors, numerous maps & line drawings, 9 1/4 x 12", hardcover, © 1998 |
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Gladiolus in Tropical Africa: Systematics, Biology, and Evolution
Peter Goldblatt
Illustrations by John C. Manning |
$39.95
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A comprehensive account of the 82 species that occur in tropical Africa, 26 of which have been named and introduced to science by the author.
41 color photos, 61 line drawings, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1996 |
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The Grevillea Book: Three Volumes
Peter Olde and Neil Marriott |
$149.85
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Grevilleas are among the most horticulturally desirable trees and shrubs of the Australian flora. This three-volume study of the genus provides comprehensive coverage of more than 260 species as well as the cultivars, with many cultivation tips.
Set of 3 volumes (not sold separately), Volume I: 255 pp, 115 color photos; Volume II: 248 pp, 515 color photos; Volume III: 256 pp, 504 color photos, 8 1/2 x 11", hardcover, © 1995 |
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Growth Patterns in Vascular Plants
Edited by Muhammad Iqbal |
$69.95
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The study of plant growth processes, once the exclusive province of anatomists, has become multi-disciplinary, with major contributions being made by biochemists, ecophysiologists, and molecular biologists. This overview of trends in the field includes papers from specialists in all of the disciplines.
472 pp, 4 color photos, 61 b/w photos, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1994 |
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The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia
Richard Evans Schultes and Robert F. Raffauf
Foreword by His Royal Highness, Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh |
$69.95
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This definitive book represents the life's work of the late Richard Evans Schultes, one of the fathers of modern ethnobotany and the greatest plant explorer of our age, including nearly 50 years of field research in the Northwest Amazon.
500 pp, 136 b/w photos, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1990 |
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How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
Keith West |
$19.95
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The best introductory book on the subject examines plant structures and the problems they present to illustrators, then discusses the artist's tools and how to use them: pencils, erasers, papers, brushes, watercolors, gouache, and acrylics.
152 pp, 10 color illus., 83 b/w illus., 7 1/4 x 9 3/4", paperback, © 1983 |
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How to Identify Flowering Plant Families: A Practical Guide for Horticulturists and Plant Lovers
John Philip Baumgardt |
$22.95
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A handy guide that uses flower structures, floral diagrams, and the floral formula technique to illustrate the elements common to the genera in more than 100 plant families native to North America or found here as introduced ornamental species. It is widely used both in the classroom and in the field.
269 pp, 57 color photos, 250 line drawings, 6 x 9", paperback, © 1982 |
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids
Edited by Alec Pridgeon |
$39.95
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Our best single book on orchids is a perennial bestseller and an outstanding value at the price. Edited by an eminent orchidist, it is aimed at a broad audience, from the flower lover with a casual interest in orchids to the committed enthusiast and professional. It fully describes and beautifully illustrates more than 1100 species and hybrids commonly in cultivation.
304 pp, 1000 color photos, 20 line drawings, 9 1/4 x 12 1/4", hardcover, © 1992 |
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Iris of China
James W. Waddick and Zhao Yu-Tang |
$27.95
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This monograph comprises Zhao's systematic analysis of China's 60 native and introduced species and Waddick's account of Chinese irises in the wild and in the garden, based on research that included a 7500-mile collecting expedition in 1989 and resulted in the introduction of many species previously unknown in the West.
140 pp, 31 color photos, 21 full-page line drawings, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1992 |
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Isozymes in Plant Biology
Edited by Douglas E. Soltis and Pamela S. Soltis |
$35.95
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This survey emphasizes the possibilities of isozymes as marker genes in solving a variety of problems important to population geneticists, evolutionists, systematists, and plant breeders.
268 pp, numerous figures & tables, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1990 |
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The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
Judith Sumner
Foreword by Mark J. Plotkin |
$24.95
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Wild and cultivated plants have provided humans with cures for thousands of years, from aspirin to quinine. Writing for the lay reader, the author surveys the history of the use of plants in medicine, the range of chemicals produced by plants, and the prospects for future discoveries.
252 pp, 30 color photos, 45 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2000 |
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The Natural History of Pollination
Michael Proctor, Peter Yeo, and Andrew Lack |
$42.95
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The importance of insects in pollinating flowers is so well known today that it is easy to forget it was discovered less than 200 years ago; before that, it was believed that bees were simply collecting nectar from flowers. This is the most thorough and accessible treatment of a fascinating subject.
487 pp, 45 color photos, 216 b/w photos, 131 line drawings, 39 tables, 6 x 8 1/2", hardcover, © 1996 |
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Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family
Robert L. Dressler |
$49.95
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Recipient of the 1994 Henry Allan Gleason Award of the New York Botanical Garden, this important book delimits several major natural groups within the orchids, suggesting areas that need further research by botanists.
330 pp, 96 color photos, 107 b/w illus., 12 b/w photos, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1993 |
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Plant Resins: Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, and Ethnobotany
Jean H. Langenheim |
$49.95
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Few people are aware of the great diversity of resin-producing plants or the remarkable roles resins play for plants and people. Resins evolved millions of years ago to defend plants against their enemies, as recorded by fossil resins like amber, and humans have used them since prehistory. Plant Resins tells the whole story about these fascinating plant products. The book is richly illustrated with maps, color and black-and-white photographs, and exquisite and sometimes whimsical line drawings by Jesse Markman. This comprehensive and integrated discussion of resins will appeal to botanists, ecologists, ethnobotanists, chemists, anthropologists, archeologists, museum conservators, and amber enthusiasts.
approx. 608 pp, 47 color photos, 33 b/w photos, 51 line drawings, 4 tables, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover |
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Plants for the Future: A Gardener's Wishbook
Jerome Malitz |
$34.95
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Fascinating speculations on how desirable qualities found in tender or fussy members within various plant families might be bred into hardier species to create presently unimaginable plants for tomorrow's gardens.
268 pp, 70 color photos, 10 b/w figures, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1996 |
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Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation
Christopher Grey-Wilson |
$37.95
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In addition to the true poppies of the genus Papaver, the other genera in the poppy family are featured in this profusely illustrated book, including favorites such as Eschscholzia, the California poppy, and Meconopsis, the fabled blue Himalayan poppy.
239 pp, 114 color photos, 38 line drawings, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1993 |
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Practical Protein Electrophoresis for Genetic Research
George Acquaah |
$26.95
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This book enables the novice to understand the "whys" and "hows" of electrophoresis and to initiate and complete an electrophoretic investigation from beginning laboratory organization to publishing results.
0-931146-22-4, 132 pp, 22 b/w photos, 8 1/2 x 11", paperback, © 1992 |
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Principles and Practice of Plant Conservation
David R. Given |
$39.95
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Sponsored by the World Conservation Union and the World Wide Fund for Nature, this is the first systematic treatment of conservation principles and practices for rare, threatened, or disappearing plant species.
292 pp, 16 b/w photos, 4 tables, 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", hardcover, © 1994 |
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Treasures of the Royal Horticultural Society: 350 Years of Botanical Illustration
Brent Elliott |
$39.95
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A selection of rare and beautiful paintings by some of the greatest botanical artists from the 17th century to the present, chosen from the more than 18,000 drawings and paintings in the Lindley Library, the Royal Horticultural Society's great archive.
160 pp, 70 color paintings, 8 1/2 x 11", hardcover, © 1994 |
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Vandas: Their Botany, History, and Culture
Martin R. Motes |
$32.95
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Modern vandas are the most spectacular of all cultivated orchids, offering a kaleidoscopic range of colors and often blooming six times a year or more with flowers lasting up to eight weeks. This survey by a longtime Florida grower emphasizes the practical aspects of greatest interest to those working with the living plants in their greenhouses and gardens.
188 pp, 113 color photos, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1997 |
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Wildflowers of the Fairest Cape: The Wildflowers of the Western Cape, South Africa: Where to Find Them and How to Identify Them
Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning |
$34.95
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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 this scientifically accurate, highly readable text.
315 pp, 663 color photos, 1 color map, 8 1/4 x 11", paperback, © 2000 |
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Wildlife Habitat Relationships in Forested Ecosystems
Revised Edition
David R. Patton |
$54.95
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This book provides an innovative systems approach to the management of large and small animal species within forest areas, stressing the use of computer models to analyze ecological relationships. It is intended as a practical guide for working resource managers and policymakers as well as for students in forestry programs.
442 pp, 138 line drawings & tables, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1997 |
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The Woody Iridaceae: Nivenia, Klattia & Witsenia
Peter Goldblatt
Illustrations by Fay Anderson |
$29.95
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A botanical treatment---enhanced with superb watercolors---of the only three genera of the iris family that are woody shrubs rather than the familiar herbaceous plants that occur elsewhere in the family.
144 pp, 13 color paintings, 17 figures, 5 tables, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1993 |