Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The brother gardeners The brother gardeners Andrea Wulf This is the fascinating story of a small group of eighteenth-century naturalists who made Britain a nation of gardeners and the epicenter of horticultural and botanical expertise. It's the story of a… OL10384173W
Green treasures; adventures in the discovery of edible plants Green treasures; adventures in the discovery of edible plants Charles Morrow Wilson Introduces agricultural pioneers through the ages who discovered and cultivated many edible plants and discusses the increasing disappearance of valuable vegetation through careless and uninformed us… OL1191490W
The global migrations of ornamental plants The global migrations of ornamental plants Judith M. Taylor xiii, 312 p. : 23 cm OL16797205W
The plant hunters The plant hunters Charles Lyte Biographical and botanical accounts of the most important plant hunters , beginning with John Tradescant the Elder (? - 1638) and continuing to the most recent Joseph Rock who died in 1962 . Cont… OL1739475W
Virgin Earth Virgin Earth Philippa Gregory A gardener travels to Virginia and learns how the Natives live with the land just as their way of life is threatened by the colonists. OL24696225W
In Pursuit of Plants In Pursuit of Plants Philip Short Compilation of first hand accounts of collectors in the pursuit of plants around the world. OL4933427W