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Herbs and Spices
The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the medical research area. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on herbs and spices, and opening new possible research paths for further novel developments.
Author(s): Muhammad Akram
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Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements
This PDF covers the following topics related to Botany : Introduction to Plant Identification, Introduction to Taxonomy,Introduction to Taxons, Introduction to Binomial Nomenclature, Conventions for Binomial Nomenclature, Nomenclature Review, The Meaning of Plant Names, Plant Growth, Introduction to Plant Classification, Classify Plants by Life Cycle, Introduction to Dichotomous Keys, Key to Plant Classification, Introduction to Plant Morphology, Plant Family Characteristics, Plant Requirements and Use, Plant Habitats, Plant Use Categories, Plant Growth Characteristics, Characteristics of weedy species, Plant Hardiness, Plant Requirements.
Author(s): Michelle Nakano
NA Pages
Plant Nomenclature and Taxonomy
This PDF Plant Nomenclature and Taxonomy covers the following topics related to Botany : Introduction, Taxonomy and Systematics, Wild and Cultivated Plants, Species Concepts in Wild Plants, Morphological Species Concepts, Interbreeding Species Concepts, Ecological Species Concepts, Cladistic Species Concepts, Eclectic Species Concepts, Nominalistic Species Concept.
Author(s): David M. Spooner, Wilbert L. A. Hetterscheid, Ronald G. van den Berg, Willem A. Brandenburg
60 Pages
Jane Loudon, the Mrs Beeton of the Victorian gardening world, wrote several popular books on horticulture and botany specifically for women. In the 18th century, botany books were mostly written for a female audience. Women were encouraged to study botany as it was considered to be an acceptable activity for women.
Author(s): Jane Loudon
NA Pages
Plant Botany An introduction to plant anatomy, morphology and physiology
This guide explains the following topics: Life domains and phylogeny of tree growth on Earth, Plant Cell, Tissues, Roots, The stem, Leaf, Propagation and reproduction of woody plants, Basics of woody plant physiology, Respiration, Photorespiration, Water regime of woody plants, Mineral nutrition of woody plants and the significance of nutrients.
Author(s): Milena Martinkova, Martin Cermak, Roman Gebauer, Zuzana Spinlerova
103 Pages
Insectivorous Plants is a book by British naturalist and evolutionary theory pioneer Charles Darwin. The book chronicles Darwin's experiments with various carnivorous plants, in which he carefully studied their feeding mechanisms. Darwin tried several methods to stimulate the plants into activating their trap mechanisms, including feeding them meat and glass, blowing on them and prodding them with hair.
Author(s): Charles Darwin
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The botanical text book, an introduction to scientific botany, both structural and systematic
This book is designed to furnish classes in our schools and colleges with a suitable text book of Structural and Physiological Botany, as well as private students with a convenient introductory manual, adapted to the present condition of the science.
Author(s): Asa Gray
528 Pages
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany
This structural work has been supplemented by so much classification as will serve to make clear the relationships of different groups, and the principles upon which the classification is based, as well as enable the student to recognize the commoner types of the different groups as they are met with. The aim of this book is not, however, merely the identification of plants.
Author(s): Douglas Houghton Campbell
NA Pages
Desert Plants and People (PDF 105P)
No one knows when herbs of medicinal value were first used and few care to even venture a guess. In all probability, certain unknown early plants which produced a feeling of well-being were recognized and ingested regularly by the primates who preceded man. After the emergence of man, in the early dawn of time, there followed thousands of centuries of gastronomical experimentation by this strange, upright being, during which time he learned to select from available foods those which were best suited for his system
Author(s): SAMHICKS
105 Pages
Sturtevants Edible Plants Of The World(PDF 775P)
Gleaning edible plants from herbals, botanies, travel books, cultural histories, and experiments in scientific farming, Edward Lewis Sturtevant (1842-1898) complied notes for the largest and most accurate work on edible plants, cultigents, and secondary food sources ever written. 2,897 species with comments from over 560 ancient and modern sources virtually cover the entire field. The range is from the oldest known foods, the mallow and asphodel, through newcomers like the tomato and celery, to wild foods which become important under certain circumstances.
Author(s): U. P. HEDRICK
775 Pages
Fenner's Complete Formulary and Handbook Volume I and II (PDF 53P)
When in 1874, the first edition of Fenner's Complete Formulary (then a small pamphlet) was issued it was the pioneer in a new field of pharmacy, and furnished the first reliable line of formulas for elixirs and the so-called Elegant Preparations which were then coming rapidly into use.
Author(s): Byron Fenner
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