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This is an extremely useful book!
I can't believe that this book is out-of-print!I used it as a reference book when choosing the flowers for my wedding.I am an ignoramus about flowers and the four-color pictures were invaluable to me.Also Gilly Love lists flowers available by season which saved me a ton of money.If you can find this book, it is well worth the money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Cut flowers    3. Cut foliage    4. Dried Flowers    5. Floral Arts    6. Flowers    7. Gardening    8. Gardening/Plants    9. Pictorial works    10. Reference    11. Crafts & Hobbies / General   

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an authorative compendium on a unique subject
Greenlee did his homework and that shows when you browse through this friendly, yet exhaustive and descriptive work. Ornamental grass is growing in popularity and this is a good reference book for the novice andprofessional alike. Only one thing missing
This is a great book with clear, concise information and photographs ofgrasses, sedges, rushes, etc., but there is one important thing missing:bamboo!I was disappointed to find that family missing completely, butvery satisfied with the rest of the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Encyclopedias    2. Flowers - General    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Grasses    6. Ornamental Plants    7. Ornamental grasses    8. Plants - Grasses    9. Gardening: plants    10. Reference works   

Subjects:  1. Algae    2. Fish    3. Identification    4. Life Sciences - Biology - General    5. Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology    6. Life Sciences - Botany    7. Marine Flora    8. Marine phytoplankton    9. Reference    10. Science    11. Environmental science    12. Marine biology    13. Oceanography (seas)    14. Phycology, algae & lichens    15. Reference works    16. Science / Environmental Science   

Subjects:  1. Flowers - General    2. Foliage plants    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Ornamental Plants    6. Plants    7. Plants, Ornamental    8. Variegated plants    9. Gardening: plants    10. Horticulture   

Subjects:  1. Algae    2. Biotechnology    3. Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology    4. Life Sciences - Botany    5. Life Sciences - Cytology    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Spirulina platensis    9. Bacteriology    10. Plant physiology    11. Plant reproduction & propagation    12. Science / Botany   

Subjects:  1. Agriculture - General    2. Crops    3. Ecology    4. Effect of stress on    5. Flowers    6. Forests & Forestry    7. Life Sciences - Botany    8. Physiology    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Nature-Ecology    13. Nature-Flowers    14. Plant physiology    15. Science / Botany    16. Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry    17. abiotic stress    18. drought    19. genotoxic stress    20. salt stress    21. temperature stress   

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A Much Needed Updating of Smith
It has been over 50 years since the last edition (1950) of Smith's "Freshwater Algae of the United States" and much has changed in our knowledge of the classification of the "Algae".These are now known to contain several quite different organisms from Euglena to Chara and from diatoms to desmids and Spirogyra.The flora is huge and often poorly known.Thus it was with some enthusiasm that I welcomed the publication of this massive tome.A much-needed updating of Smith's classic book and more, it contains numerous black and white photos and drawings, plus extensive bibliographies for each chapter. I also much appreciate the keys, having been involved in writing several for spider genera. The only down side is the rather high price, which is quite a bit more than its companion volume on freshwater invertebrates. Review
One thing I look for in a book are color photos from "the wild". I didn't see any of that, but there's plenty of information to go through and lots of references for further study. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Algae    2. Classification    3. Ecology    4. Environmental Science    5. Freshwater Ecology    6. Freshwater algae    7. Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology    8. Life Sciences - Botany    9. Life Sciences - Ecology    10. Limnology    11. Nature/Ecology    12. North America    13. Science    14. Phycology, algae & lichens    15. Science / Ecology   

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FACSIMILE VOLUME OF RARE 19TH CENTURY BOTANICAL TREASURES
You don't have to be a connoisseur of lilies to appreciate these beautiful specimens. If you are a horticulturalist or just an art lover, this new book will fascinate you. Gathering all of the plates from Pierre-Joseph Redout�'s original eight volumes (published between 1802 and 1816), The Lilies is not just a book about lilies, it's also a foray into the exacting and rare art of botanical illustration.Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. European    4. History - European    5. Plants - General    6. Flowers    7. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900    8. Individual artists    9. Painting & paintings   

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Accurate, Beatiful
If you're looking for an accurately-colored, beautiful companion to your wildflower walks, this is the "book." It can be a bit awkward on long hikes, but children love to carry it.

breathtaking!
Each color card is cut to the shape of a different wildflower.Like having a bouquet that never goes brown.Should have been scratch-n-sniff! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. General    3. Nature    4. Reference    5. Science & Nature - Flowers & Plants    6. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / Flowers & Plants   

Features

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Subjects:  1. Environmental Science    2. Life Sciences - Ecology    3. Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology    4. Rain forest ecology    5. Rain forests    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Trees & Forests - General    9. Ecological science, the Biosphere    10. Forests, rainforests    11. Science / Ecology   

Editorial Review

When your new gardening bible comes with chapters entitled "Birth," "Life," and "Death," you know you're in trouble. But be brave, turn to those chapters, and in some very practical little essays on planting, you'll uncover the very down-to-earth principle from which Piet Oudolf's radical reinvention of gardening is based: plants die. Read more

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Inspiration and Implementation
Piet Oudolf is one of today's garden design geniuses. He gives us a book that is both inspiration and implementation. He inspires readers to design gardens that are carefully crafted but appear utterly natural. Then he gives us new, creative tools to make these garden designs. Oudolf focuses on plant structures and gives us easy categories for the forms of herbaceous garden plants. He emphasizes mood, light, movement, and rhythm in garden design. Always thinking outside the box, he even champions spent perennials at season's end. Gorgeous color photos illustrate all points. A must-have for both dreamers and gardeners with dirty hands.

Wow
The gardens in this book are amazing.As a landscape design student, the designs in this book give me something to aspire to. Refreshing and Inspiring
This is not a reference book for active, summer gardening. This is an inspiring book for winter gardening by the fireside, a book from which to dream, plan and design and to gain a liberating aspect of gardening.Read more

Subjects:  1. Design    2. Garden Design    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardens    5. Landscape gardening    6. Nature    7. Nature/Ecology    8. Ornamental plants    9. Plants - General    10. Plants, Ornamental    11. Techniques    12. Gardening / Landscape   

Subjects:  1. Botany & plant sciences    2. Malaysia   

Editorial Review

The New England Wild Flower Society is the oldest plant conservationorganization in North America. It celebrated its 100th birthday by publishingthis beautiful and useful guide to identifying, growing, and propagating nativewildflowers. Read more

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A Guide To Wildflowers By A True Expert
If you happen to be visiting The Garden in the Woods in Framingham, MA, you will probably notice a man puttering in the gardens or working in the nursery. More than likely he will instinctively know that you have a question about the wildflowers you are examining and he will be more than happy to share his knowledge. This amiable person is William Cullina of the New England Wildflower Society. For those who are unable to visit the garden, or have a question about wildflowers, Cullina's book GROWING AND PROPAGATING WILDFLOWERS is the next best thing. This coffee table style book is filled with lavish photographs and wonderful commentary about many wildflowers found in North America. The book not only assists the reader in identifying various wildflowers, but helps the reader who wishes to incorporate wildflowers in a home garden. Cullina mentions in the introduction that horticulture has been a life long passion. This is evident in his writing style. The information in the book is informative and while it is presented in a formal manner, it is non-threatening for the novice gardener. This work is not helpful just for gardeners. Photographers will appreciate the wonderful shots of the flowers, many of which were photographed by Cullina himself.

Disappointing if you want to cultivate these plants
I was under the impression that this book would provide the information I needed to cultivate these plants on some scale.I was very disappointed.There is no way that you could reliably produce these plants with the information provided in this book.There are much better books out there for that purpose.If you are a novice, homegardener wanting to learn about wildflowers and grow a few in your backyard, this book would be okay for you.But if you are knowledgeable on the topic already, I think you will be disappointed.

Great Information, Weak IIlustration
This is a wonderful book about the culture and propagation of North American native flowers.The author clearly knows his stuff and communicates it well.Read more

Subjects:  1. Flowers    2. Flowers - General    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Native plants for cultivation    7. Plants - General    8. Propagation    9. Regional - General    10. United States    11. Wild flower gardening    12. Wild flowers    13. Wildflowers    14. Botany & plant sciences    15. Gardening / General    16. Plant life: general   

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Great photographs for inspiration
For a macro photography beginner the photographs were a great inspiration. One dissapointment with the book is that it does not mention how the photos were taken. Kufeld has used lighting quite creatively and it would have been great if he had provided some more information for others to learn his techniques.
Flowers: Portraits of Intimacy
As a professional photographer, I found this book extremely disappointing. I purchased it because of the 'good' rating reviews I read under its title and the one good photograph which is on the cover. His lighting is terrible and his 'point of focus' using a macro lens, along with the compositions, make absolutely no sense. The only thing I would use this book for is to lecture on 'how not to do macro photography'.

A visual, exquisite journey
Adam Kufeld's book on flowers is a pure delight.It is a fantasy book in the truest sense -- it allows your imagination to soar as these beautiful photographs take you from the depths of the sea to the farthest reaches of outer space, all in the limitless creation of your mind's eye.Kufeld's photographic vision turns flowers into abstract paintings, into fantastic creatures, into images so sensual that they should be viewed in the privacy of one's boudoir! Kufeld leads us into the delicate private sanctum of the heart of the flower, revealing the intricate gloriously rich world that is so easily overlooked in our hurried lives.What a delicious treat! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Flowers    2. General    3. Photo Essays    4. Photoessays & Documentaries    5. Photography    6. Photography of plants    7. Pictorial works    8. Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals    9. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    10. Nature / Flowers   

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Best Reference
This is the best reference book I have on Boletes. It has so much information on just Boletes so it is fairly comprehensive, and the book is so easy to use. The keys make it easy to identify just about any Bolete. The descriptions are in alphabetical order as are the pictures so it is easy to flip through to find what you want.The pictures are incredible! The price was well worth it for me.

Most expensive paper weight i own
Great book if you are a scientist, but for the average mushroom hunter it is way too complicated to use. Information is scattered thoughout the book so you are forever flipping pages Ex.Once you get to a name, you have to go to the index w/that name to find out where the picture it's at. Don't it make sense to have that info next to the mushroom name and description.
Scholarly, yet accessible.
This book is a little pricey, but sometimes you get what you pay for. The keys are fabulous, the photography excellent, and by limiting itself to boletes, this book covers most of what you will find, at least in North America. I have been collecting, identifying, and eating wild mushrooms for years, and this is one of the best reference books of the many I've used. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Boletaceae    2. Fungi    3. Identification    4. Mushrooms    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. North America    8. Pictorial works    9. Reference    10. Botany & plant sciences    11. Microbiology (non-medical)   

Editorial Review

A century ago, malaria was killing Washingtonians, Londoners, Parisians. Today HIV, along with various cancers, has taken its place among worldwide epidemics. Quinine, extracted from the cinchona tree of the Amazonian rainforest, quelled malaria; alkaloids taken from trees in the West African rainforest may well yield a cure for AIDS. Yet those woods, Mark Plotkin tells us, are fast disappearing, along with the native peoples who know the powers of the plants that dwell there. His account of wandering through the Amazonian jungles focuses on local knowledge about plants, whose uses range from the mundane to the magical. The rainforests of the world, Plotkin notes, are our greatest natural resource, an intercultural pharmacy that can cure woes both known and yet unvisited. ... Read more

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This is a good book.
Occassionally its a paragraph too long, but otherwise a very, very beneficial book.

I Sing Your Praises
This book was nothing less than a page turner.Mark Plotkin weaves his tale of adventure and peril of Suriname with a style unsuspected of a scientist.Dr. Plotkin goes to the Amazon in search of plants with medicinal value.The book is not so much dedicated to his finds but his interaction with people and animals of the rainforest.Furthermore, the book is steeped with the cultural plight and history of the natives.Interspersed throughout one can find history lessons of certain plants (for instance, coffee originated in Ethiopia before politics and redistribution landed the plant in Brazil).I must say I found Dr. Plotkin's tale to be inspirational and was sad to see the book come to an end.

Shamans know best
This is a great book. I have read it twice and also given it as a gift. Dr. Plotkin enters the jungle to know the shamans. He learns so much from them. Dr. Plotkin exposed himself to the jungle and its dangers in order to help us find cures to so many illnesses. He now belongs to the Amazon Conservation Team. I really recommend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Amazon River Region    2. Botany, Medical    3. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Spirituality    4. Ethnobotany    5. Health/Fitness    6. Indians of South America    7. Life Sciences - Botany    8. Medicine    9. Sociology    10. Modern fiction    11. Nature / Plants   

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Seed Identification Manual
An old but valuable reference on the identification of native plant seeds in the U.S.I know of only one other seed reference available for U.S.plants. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Life Sciences - Botany    2. Life Sciences - Ecology    3. Plants - General    4. Science    5. Nature / Plants    6. Science-Life Sciences - Botany    7. Science-Life Sciences - Ecology   

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THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS BY TOMPKINS & BIRD
This book had a lasting influence on my life since the first time that I have read it in March 1981. I have always loved plants and had respect for them - especially trees. However, after reading The Secret Life of Plants I knew why. As the book so amply illustrates plants are living, sentient beings with a conscious life of their own. Plants have been around since the dawn of time and know a few things about survival, but more importantly we can learn a lot from plants. Most people know that plants provide us with oxygen, food, medicines, clothing, shade, and beauty, but very few people realised anything about the other side of plant life, the secret life of plants - their consciousness, feelings, pain, longings, and joys. Tompkins and Bird unlocked this closed side of plant life for many of us for the first time.

Terrible book!
As a plant ecologist I thought I should give this book a fair shake. This is the most ridiculous book I have ever read! Don't bother reading it. If you want a real book about how plants really work read David Suzuki's Tree: A life story.

Exploring the 5th Dimension and Beyond!
I am thoroughly enjoying this book!Since i began reading it, i have not been able to put it down, nor have i been able to "shut-up" about the endless intriguing stories within its' pages!
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Subjects:  1. Botany (Specific Aspects)    2. Gardening/Plants    3. General    4. Life Sciences - Botany    5. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    6. Occult Sciences    7. Plants    8. Plants - General    9. Nature / General   

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learning at the max
this tree book is amazing.while i hate science, this book got me into it.its still not my favorite subject, but now i likeit. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Canada, Western    2. Identification    3. Nature    4. Nature/Ecology    5. Pictorial works    6. Trees    7. Trees & Forests - General    8. West (U.S.)    9. Gardening: plants    10. Nature / Trees    11. Plant life: general   

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Opens your eyes to the trees around you
Another handy reference for amateur naturalists, this pocket book facilitates the identification and exploration of trees of all sorts.
The North Star for trees
When I was a kid, me and my grandfather (or Papaw as everybody calls him since we're from the South) loved to go walking in the woods. Unlike most people, we were more interested in checking out the trees than looking close for deer and rabbits. Being a curious little boy, I would ask him, "What kind of tree is this?" I don't know how he knew, but he was always right.
I love this little book
I love this little book.I've carried it on many hikes, dog walks, and through several years of walking to graduate school.It's easy to use, detailed enough to be helpful, and small enough (my aged copy, at any rate) to fit in your back pocket.Of all of the field guides that I own, I've used this one the most. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Identification    2. Nature    3. Nature/Ecology    4. Pictorial works    5. Trees    6. Trees & Forests - General    7. United States    8. Nature / Trees