Gardening with Grasses
Author: Michael King
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes a selected plant catalogue of annual grasses; perennial grasses, rushes and sedges; and bamboos.
Author: Michael King
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes a selected plant catalogue of annual grasses; perennial grasses, rushes and sedges; and bamboos.
Author: Lynn G. Clark
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2012-01-11
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1588343731
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For almost seventy-five years, Agnes Chase's First Book of Grasses has been the classic guide to the structure of this complex group of plants. Clearly written and copiously illustrated with line drawings, the book is accessible to those with little or no botanical training, yet it also is respected by botanists as an authoritative introduction to agrostology. Last updated in 1959, the book now has been thoroughly revised to reflect current scientific knowledge, nomenclature, and classification. Divided into twelve lessons, the guide first surveys the basic vegetative and reproductive parts of a grass plant, then in succeeding lessons takes up increasingly more complex modifications. Formally recognized groups of grasses are discussed in a taxonomic context, with the principal focus on grass structures, particularly those of inflorescences and spikelets. Virtually all of the species discussed are illustrated with detailed line drawings. With the addition in this edition of a lesson on bamboos, coverage now extends to tropical regions and encompasses all major groups of grasses. The book also includes a short biography of Agnes Chase in the foreword and, for the first time in this edition, a glossary accompanies the appendices on grass classification.
Author: Roger Holmes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780395797617
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The complete guide to the best grasses for every garden site. More than 165 full-color plant portraits and photos of landscape designs.
Author: G. Boonman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9401582246
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The series Tasks for Vegetation Science is devoted to a variety of research aspects in vegetation science, pure as wellas applied. Of the applied problems one of the most pressing is to achieve better knowledge and improvement of the pasture vegetation in tropical and subtropical regions. As series editor I was impressed by the sheer volume of useful scientific information concerning pasture plants from East Africa collected during many years by Dr. Boonman and compiled in one manuscript. Dr. Boonman first came to East Africa in 1963 on an overland journey along the river Nile which took him from Alexandria in Egypt to Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and back again. After a brief spell as a cotton agronomist in the Sudan Gezira he joined the grassland research team at Kitale, Kenya in 1966. Improvement ofseed yield oftropical grasses was his principal interest which finally led him into the fieldof breeding grasses. Well-known varieties from his work include Boma & Elmba Rhodesgrass as wellas Clone 13Elephantgrass. In 1979he was recalled to The Netherlands to head a cooperative seedcompany involved in the breeding of grasses and cereals. The author has focused this study on one region, Eastern Africa.Global application of theories runs into conflicts too easily with local types of farming, if not with bare economics. Very few books can be found that describe existing practices and seek local answers by digging deep in the stacks of old, local reports.
Author: James P. Smith
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2014-09-12
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0520275683
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This alphabetical guide covers common native and naturalized grasses of California and features over 180 color illustrations to aid identification.
Author: Janet Melrose
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
Published: 2024-04-19
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 1771514310
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the tenth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series, lifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau take on the very prairie subject of grasses. Was ever there a prairie-er subject than grass? Important providers of habitat and food for numerous wildlife species, grasses also serve an integral role in erosion control. For the gardener they can open up a bounty of landscaping options, from the lawn to the pond. In the tenth installment of their popular gardening guide series, lifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau give you the skinny on everything from sod to sedges and raking to rushes. Following a primer on what exactly defines a grass, Sheryl and Janet take your questions on matters like clumpers vs spreaders, mulching and fertilizers, how to tackle problems like chinch bugs and fairy rings. The pair dedicate a chapter to lawns, providing a wide selection of alternatives to the tried and true commercial lawn species and answer questions on raking, aerating, laying sod, mowing, and dealing with dogs and all the damage they seem hardwired to do. Taking your questions on aquatic grasses, as well as edible species (like wheat, rye, and corn), and finishing up with a hall of fame of the best grasses for your every plan and purpose, the authors are sure to expand your knowledge on this truly homegrown topic!
Author: Charles Vancouver Piper
Publisher:
Published: 1931
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13:
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