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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Of all the things humans rely on plants for--sustenance, beauty, fragrance, flavor, fiber--surely the most curious use of them is to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: people around the world rely on caffeine to sharpen their minds. We don't usually think of caffeine as a drug, or our daily use as an addiction, because it is legal and socially acceptable....
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn the secrets of plant lifecycles, using four common (but very different) plants. Simple text and colorful illustrations show the major phases of plant growth: seed, plant, flower, and fruit. Back matter offers more information on each plant, as well as on each stage of growth.
Author
Language
English
Description
Beware! The sordid lives of plants behaving badly. A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. Amy Stewart, bestselling author of Flower Confidential, takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Stewart renders a vivid portrait of...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Social historian Horwood tells the story of houseplants in Britain from the 16th century to the present. The 14 chronologically arranged chapters describe the people--nurserymen, plant collectors, horticulturists--and changes in social and domestic life that influenced trends in indoor growing. From masking street stench with heavily scented plants to pursuing Instagram likes, people have grown plants indoors for many reasons; those reasons can tell...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
“The wonder of woodland gardening is that it looks like plants grow themselves there. After reading this book, gardeners can make that happen.” —Publishers Weekly
Woodlands are magical places and even small gardens can capture the atmosphere with carefully chosen trees and shade-loving plants. Selecting the right plant for the right place is essential and in Designing and Planting a Woodland Garden, expert
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes some ways in which plants can move, from sunflowers turning towards sunlight and vines creeping up a fence to tulips folding in at night and maple seeds whirling like helicopters in the wind.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 650 pages)
Language
English
Description
"This book adds to the theoretical knowledge of engineering students and prepares them for the job market including the search for a position and how best to interview when they find one. A project may be built by mechanical engineers, but it is made operational by electrical engineers, as the electricity is the blood that flows through the plant components. The book offers the authors' decades of practical experience from working in a number of industries...
Author
Publisher
Oxmoor House, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
288 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From Aloe and Agaves, to Senecio and Taciveria, this handbook by leading garden expert Robin Stockwell highlights 200 of the easiest, most useful, and gorgeous plants, and shares advice on care and cultivation. Readers will find inspiration for imaginative and exciting new ways to use succulents in striking garden designs, containers, vertical walls, and indoor arrangements.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sage Flores has an affinity for plants, but it wasn't enough to save her younger sister Sky's life. She ran from the tragedy, only to return to her hometown eight years later. Like slipping into an old, comforting sweater, Sage takes back her job at Cranberry Rose Company and uses her ability to communicate with plants to discover unusual heritage specimens in the surrounding lands. What should be a simple task is complicated by her partner in botany...
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