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Pub. Date
[2020]
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4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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How can one learn to better see, and appreciate, the world of plants? Explore the most common plant families in North America, as well as some of the fascinating species within them. Along the way, learn the history of botanical science, tips and tricks botanists use to identify seemingly similar plants, and the myriad ways plants define what it means to be human.
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Pub. Date
c2001
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48 p. cm.
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Explains for young children various scientific phenomena pertaining to the biological processes that occur in leaves and trees such as: how and why the leaves on some trees change colors and fall off every autumn, as well as what lies beneath a tree's bark.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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xviii pages, 395 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"A witty and engaging history of the first botanists, interwoven with stories of today's extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab. In Paradise Under Glass, Ruth Kassinger recounts with grace and humor her journey from brown thumb to green, sharing the lessons that she learned from building a home conservatory in the wake of a devastating personal crisis. In A Garden of Marvels, she extends the story. "This book was born of a murder, a...
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The story of David Douglas, the premier botanical explorer in the Pacific Northwest and other areas of western North America. Douglas' discoveries include hundreds of western plants--most notably the Douglas Fir. The Collector tracks Douglas, from his humble birth in Scotland in 1799 to his botanical training under the famed William Jackson Hooker to his adventures in North America discovering "exotic" new plants for the English and European market....
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