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Ash by Edward Parker
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser.
Elegant and beautiful, rich in history and supremely useful, the ash tree has played an extraordinary yet largely unrecognized part in shaping both our natural environment and the material culture and beliefs of millions of people around the world. Ash charts the evolution of this magnificent tree, and ...Show more
Bamboo by Susanne Lucas
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical
Bamboo has an unparalleled history; it is very old, and at the same time very new. Bamboo extends far beyond the boundaries of most plants - it is distributed widely throughout the world, and is utilized by hundreds of millions of people in a great number of ways. Through its myriad uses as food, clothi ...Show more
Cactus by Dan Torre
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
Cacti are full of contradictions. Although many are found in the driest and most barren environments on earth, some grow exclusively in the branches of the rainforest canopy. Many species bristle with ferocious-looking spines, while other varieties are perfectly smooth. And while they might strike us as ...Show more
Carnation by Way, Twigs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser.
Carnations permeate our culture from the wedding bed to the funeral wreath. Derided in Shakespeare as 'nature's bastards', they challenged the tulip as the florist's favourite flower, and went on to give their blessing to both a military coup and a Soho night club. Spanning the world from the gardens of ...Show more
Carnivorous Plants by Dan Torre
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser.
An exploration of the science and cultural significance of carnivorous plants, now in paperback. Carnivorous plants are a unique botanical group, possessing modified leaves to trap, kill, and consume small creatures. As a result, they are often depicted as killers in films and literature--from Audre ...Show more
Geranium by Kasia Boddy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical
Reaktion's new 'Botanical' series is the first of its kind, integrating horticultural and botanical writing with a broader account of the cultural and social impact of plants. In that sense, the South African geranium (the enduring, if confusing, common name for the genus Pelargonium) is perhaps the per ...Show more
Herbal Handbook: 50 Profiles in Words and Art from the Rare Book Collections of The New York Botanical Garden by THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Series: New York Botanical Garden Ser.
A charming, information-packed guide to 50 herbs and their uses illustrated with rare botanical art from the renowned archives of the New York Botanical Garden.Did you know woodruff was used as a room freshener in the Middle Ages; that crushed bergamot leaves can soothe bee stings; and that dried fenugr ...Show more
House Plants by Mike Maunder
$34.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Series: Botanical Ser.
Exploring the economics, science, and cultural significance of houseplants, a many-tendrilled history of our domestic, pot-bound companions. Our penchant for keeping houseplants is an ancient practice dating back to the Pharaohs. House Plants explores the stories behind the plants we bring home and ho ...Show more
Joseph Banks' Florilegium - Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage by David Mabberley; Mel Gooding; Joe Studholme; Anon
$120.00 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Treasures from Cook's 1st Voyage | Reading Level: new
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had never ...Show more
Mulberry by Peter Coles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser.
Since antiquity, few trees have had a greater impact on the world's cultures and economies than the mulberry. The sole food of the silkworm, the leaves of the mulberry brought prosperity not only to ancient China, but to all nations that learned the art of silk production. Mulberry bark was used to make ...Show more
Orchid by Dan Torre
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser.
A wide-ranging natural and cultural history of orchids. Approximately eight percent of all the Earth's flowering species are orchids. Known for their beautiful flowers, delicate forms, and sweet fragrances, orchids are unlike any other flower. Orchids have been contemplated by philosophers, celebrat ...Show more
Palm by Fred Gray
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser.
The extraordinary palm: diverse and prolific, symbolic and often sacred, essential and exotic (and at times erotic), exploited and controversial. The signature greenery of the tropics and subtropics, these record-breaking plants produce the world's biggest and heaviest seed, the longest leaf, and the lo ...Show more