The Folklore of Trees and Shrubs
Author: Laura C. Martin
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides descriptions, origins, growing instructions, and legends associated with various trees and shrubs.
Author: Laura C. Martin
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides descriptions, origins, growing instructions, and legends associated with various trees and shrubs.
Author: Laura C. Martin
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Laura Martin explores the history and mystery of more than 100 garden flowers, explaining how they got their names, where they came from, and their medicinal and culinary uses and sharing their legends, supersititions, and language. More than 100 pen-and-ink drawings and 6 pages of watercolor illustrations.
Author: Peter Bernhardt
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008-03-11
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0813544726
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Zeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your own backyard garden. In this delightful book, botanist Peter Bernhardt reveals the rich history and mythology that underlie the origins of many scientific plant names. Unlike other books about botanical taxonomy that take the form of heavy and intimidating lexicons, Bernhardt's account comes together in a series of interlocking stories. Each chapter opens with a short version of a classical myth, then links the tale to plant names, showing how each plant "resembles" its mythological counterpart with regard to its history, anatomy, life cycle, and conservation. You will learn, for example, that as our garden acanthus wears nasty spines along its leaf margins, it is named for the nymph who scratched the face of Apollo. The shape-shifting god, Proteus, gives his name to a whole family of shrubs and trees that produce colorful flowering branches in an astonishing number of sizes and shapes. Amateur and professional gardeners, high school teachers and professors of biology, botanists and conservationists alike will appreciate this book's entertaining and informative entry to the otherwise daunting field of botanical names. Engaging, witty, and memorable, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden transcends the genre of natural history and makes taxonomy a topic equally at home in the classroom and at cocktail parties.
Author: Laura C. Martin
Publisher:
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781564402219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →LIfe stories of 105 wildflowers, grouped according to their most frequently occurring color; brief description, scientific and common names; place and season to find them.
Author: Anthony S. Mercatante
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 220
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael A. Dirr
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2016-03-17
Total Pages: 952
ISBN-13: 1604697431
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →3500 photographs. Over 380 genera. More than 3700 species and cultivars. Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs is the most comprehensive visual reference to more than 3700 species and cultivars. From majestic evergreens to delicate vines and flowering shrubs, Dirr features thousands of plants and all the essential details for identification, planting, and care. Color photographs show each tree's habit in winter, distinctive bark patterns, fall color, and more. Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs is a critical addition to any garden library.
Author: Yeshe Palmo
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-18
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9780578589985
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive guide to 89 species, with over 1200 color photographs. Good for Cape Cod & Martha's Vineyard, too! Volume 2.
Author: Yeshe Palmo
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Published: 2019-10-19
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780578589978
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive guide to 89 species, with over 1200 color photographs, good for Cape Cod & Martha's Vineyard, too! Volume I.
Author: Niall Mac Coitir
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Published: 2017-05-01
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 1848890915
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In ancient Ireland there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant to cure each part. So the wild plants of Ireland are bound up in our culture and folklore from the earliest times. To arry a four-leaved shamrock brings luck in gambling, while putting nine ivy leaves under her pillow means a girl will dream of her future husband. Here plants are described in seasonal order, a perspective dating back to our ancestors. Different aspects of plant folklore are examined following a brief history of traditional herbal medicine in Ireland. Included are their roles in magical protection, in charms and spells (especially for love!), as emblems in children's games, and in Irish place names.
Author: John Eastman
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 1992-03-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 081174020X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Richly illustrated fact and folklore exploring details of common plant and animal communities east of the rockies.