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New York City Gardens
Veronika Hofer and Betsy Pinover Schiff “In New York City Gardens, Veronika Hofer and Betsy Pinover Schiff offer up a visually inviting respite from the city of steel, glass, concrete and asphalt. . . . An ambrosial paean to public and private spaces.”—New York Times “Unexpectedly marvelous.” —English Garden Distributed for Hirmer Publishers
2010 240 p. 10 x 113/4 190 color plates 357 Cloth ISBN: 978-3-7774-2751-5 $24.90 Your Price: $10.00
Chicago Gardens The Early History
Cathy Jean Maloney “From the boasting by its founders in 1833 that Chicago would be an ‘urbs in horto’ (or ‘city in a garden’) to the aftermath of the Century of Progress Exposition in 1933–34, Chicago Gardens traces Chicago’s coming of age as a center of horticulture, gardening and conservation.”—Robert E. Grese, Director, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum 2008 464 p. 7 x 10 11 color plates, 166 halftones 358 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-50234-2 $35.00 Your Price: $10.00
The Botanical Series from Reaktion Books The Botanical series integrates horticultural and botanical writing with a broader account of the cultural and social impact of trees, plants, and flowers.
Cannabis Chris Duvall
2015 264 p. 51/2 x 81/2 70 color plates, 30 halftones 359 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-341-3 $27.00 Your Price: $8.00
Rhododendron Richard Milne
2017 224 p. 51/2 x 81/2 70 color plates, 30 halftones 360 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-815-9 $27.00 Your Price: $8.00
Sunflowers
Stephen A. Harris 2018 256 p. 51/2 x 81/2 80 color plates, 20 halftones 361 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-926-2 $27.00 Your Price: $8.00
Rose
Catherine Horwood 2018 240 p. 51/2 x 81/2 80 color plates, 20 halftones 362 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-013-2 $27.00 Your Price: $8.00
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Wonders of the Plant Kingdom A Microcosm Revealed
Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler, and Madeline Harley “The pseudocolored electron micrographs that grace the pages of this striking book reveal the dazzling array of adaptations in the plant kingdom. Featuring a wide range of seeds, spores, fruits, and pollen, the accompanying text offers a straightforward primer on plant reproduction as well as a discussion of the Royal Botanic Gardens’ efforts to protect plant biodiversity.”—Science 2015 160 p. 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 250 color plates 363 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-21592-1 $25.00 Your Price: $7.00
A World in One Cubic Foot Portraits of Biodiversity
David Liittschwager “Thanks to photographer David Liittschwager, we now have a visual inkling of what exactly lives high in the cloud forest canopy, below our feet in the parks, in the sediments of rivers and on coral reefs. . . . What was found even in fairly nondescript places was wondrous.” —Observer (UK) 2012 224 p. 12 x 12 985 color plates 364 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-48123-4 $45.00 Your Price: $13.00
Plant Evolution
An Introduction to the History of Life
Karl J. Niklas “In a true tour de force, Niklas assays the mechanisms and patterns of evolution, from molecules to ecosystems, using plants as examples. Must-reading for plant scientists, Plant Evolution will both delight and challenge everyone who peers into the heart of biology.” —Andrew Knoll, Harvard University 2016 560 p. 6 x 9 144 color plates, 16 halftones, 24 line drawings, 20 tables 365 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-34214-6 $45.00 Your Price: $13.00
Legends of the Flowers
Janet Hepworth Legends of the Flowers explores the captivating stories behind some of our most popular flowers, such as lavender, forget-me-nots, marigolds, and thistles. With 34 charming woodcut illustrations alongside the text, the book is perfect for gardeners and anyone interested in celebrating the natural beauty of flowers. Distributed for Unicorn Publishing Group
2015 96 p. 51/2 x 71/2 34 halftones 366 Paper ISBN: 978-1-910065-83-9 $16.95 Your Price: $7.00
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A Year with Nature An Almanac
Marty Crump “Herpetologist and natural-science writer Crump joins up with illustrator McIvor to provide a year’s worth of nature diversions for thoughtful readers. Oriented around the dailyalmanac format but easily enjoyed beyond that, and far too quirky to be deemed encyclopedic (the maternal sacrifice of the Australian social spider serves as the Mother’s Day entry), this volume covers a vast number of topics. . . . An artful presentation of science and history that manages to beguile and amuse on every page.”—Booklist 2018 384 p. 6 x 9 150 halftones 367 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-44970-8 $30.00 Your Price: $11.00
Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers
& Other Unusual Relationships
Marty Crump “The book is a believe-it-or-not treasury of glue-spitting soldier ants, divorced birds, monkeys that dose themselves with herbal cures, and underwater day spas where big fish suspend their practice of eating little fish in exchange for getting their scales groomed and their teeth cleaned. Less easily anthropomorphized species, fungi and bacteria, come in for their own share of behavioral observation.” —Boston Globe 2009 232 p. 6 x 9 120 line drawings 368 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-12185-7 $25.00 Your Price: $9.00
Nature’s Palette
The Science of Plant Color
David Lee “Lee does a masterful job in explaining the science underlying the colors produced by plants, and in doing so shows how they both illuminate and enrich our lives. No trip to the grocery store, the florist, or even out your front door will be the same after reading this book.” —N. Michele Holbrook, Harvard University 2007 432 p. 6 x 9 438 color plates, 31 halftones, 83 line drawings 369 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-47052-8 $38.00 Your Price: $13.00
