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'This excellent book is highly recommended for any serious students of botany, horticulture or related disciplines … superb, concise text and bold, accurate illustrations.' M. A. Ward, Field Studies
'… an excellent practical textbook … invaluable for the army of young field botanists and gardeners trying to identify plants … beautifully illustrated … with diagrams always facing the text … I believe this book will prove to be another 'success'.' Stephen L. Jury, The Horticulturalist
'… an excellent introductory section to the basics of botany.' David Tomlinson, New Scientist
'Most schools and colleges would value this book for reference as it contains much information not readily available elsewhere. Anyone interested in plants, even the enthusiastic amateur, would also find it helpful.' Jenny Avery, Journal of Biological Education
'… strongly recommended.' James H. Dickson, Common Families of Flowering Plants
'I am sure it will find its way onto the bookshelves of many botany students in the years to come.' M. Watson, Edinburgh Journal of Botany
'… an excellent practical textbook … invaluable for the army of young field botanists and gardeners trying to identify plants … beautifully illustrated … with diagrams always facing the text … I believe this book will prove to be another 'success'.' Stephen L. Jury, The Horticulturalist
'… an excellent introductory section to the basics of botany.' David Tomlinson, New Scientist
'Most schools and colleges would value this book for reference as it contains much information not readily available elsewhere. Anyone interested in plants, even the enthusiastic amateur, would also find it helpful.' Jenny Avery, Journal of Biological Education
'… strongly recommended.' James H. Dickson, Common Families of Flowering Plants
'I am sure it will find its way onto the bookshelves of many botany students in the years to come.' M. Watson, Edinburgh Journal of Botany
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Provides a basic introduction to twenty five commonly occurring families of flowering plants, chosen for their economic, ornamental and ecological importance. It is designed to enable students of botany and related disciplines to gain some knowledge of the general characteristics of each family and also the relationships between them. An introductory section provides basic botanical information which is often assumed to be known and which is essential for a proper consideration of the families themselves. These are described in the second section of the book. For each family, information on its distribution, classification, general features and economic importance precedes a detailed description of a typical representative species. For the larger or more varied families several representative species are included. The text is illustrated throughout with clear and accurate line diagrams and accompanied by an exhaustive glossary.
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Mostly herbaceous perennials, but some annuals, e.g. Nigella, and some woody climbers, e.g. Clematis vitalba (Traveller's Joy). Read the first page
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Mostly herbaceous perennials, but some annuals, e.g. Nigella, and some woody climbers, e.g. Clematis vitalba (Traveller's Joy). Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this as a gift for my mother, a serious gardener. Lovely illustrations and clear information. If you love plants and are interested about how they might relate to one another this is the book for you.
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This is a wonderful book for any enthusiast in botany. This is a book that should be on every bookshelf for reference. The book is full of botanical drawimgs and
along with plenty of theory. The book is well worth having even if you do not grow anything yourself.
along with plenty of theory. The book is well worth having even if you do not grow anything yourself.
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Excellent for serious students.
10 Sep 2008
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If you are a serious horticulture student, or botanist you must have this work. Excellent drawings, expert text, and great layout ensure it gets a lot use by me. I am an artist and actually use the expert line drawings for inspiration for my sculptural forms.
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