The monumental inventory of plants discovered and introduced into cultivation by that incomparable plant explorer, Ernest H. Wilson.

Plantae Wilsonianae: An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University During the Years 1 (Publications of the Arnold Arboretum, No. 4.)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Wilson, Ernest Henry

Sargent, Charles Sprague

Gardening & Landscape Design

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An exhaustive worldwide survey of serpentine soils and the characteristic vegetation that they support. It includes a continent-by-continent listing of known serpentine locations.

Serpentine and Its Vegetation: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Science & Math

Brooks, R.R.

Biological Sciences

Evolution and Palaeobiology of Land Plants

Thomas, Barry A.

Spicer, Robert A.

A comprehensive treatment of the striking of roots from above ground parts of plants. The subject is addressed from the points of view of genetics, plant nutrition and water status, plant enzymology, plant hormones (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins) and other metabolic, soil, and environment factors. Practical propagation problems are addressed. Acidic paper. Distributed by Timber Press, Portland, OR. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Adventitious Root Formation in Cuttings (Advances in Plant Sciences Series)

Davis, Tim D.

Haissig, Bruce E.

This definitive book represents the life's work of the late Richard Evans Schultes, one of the fathers of modern ethnobotany and the greatest plant explorer of our age, including nearly 50 years of field research in the Northwest Amazon.

The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia (Historical, Ethno-& Economic Botany)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Richard Evans Schultes

Robert F. Raffauf

Alternative Medicine

These essays examine the diverse plant environments of Polynesia, the relationship of plants to Polynesian voyaging, and use of specific plants by Polynesians.

Islands, Plants and Polynesians: An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany

History

Australia & Oceania

A revised edition of Agriculture Handbook 450 issued by the U.S. Forest Service, this encyclopedia of woody plant seeds covers 386 genera, adds more than 1,000 literature citations to the original, and treats all aspects of collection, storage, and germination.

Seeds of Woody Plants in North America (Biosystematics, Floristic and Phylogeny Series) (Revised and Enlarged Editon)

Young, James A.

Young, Cheryl G.

Recipient of the 1994 Henry Allan Gleason Award of the New York Botanical Garden, this important book delimits several major natural groups within the orchids, suggesting areas that need further research by botanists.Published at $49.95 Our last copies available at $24.98

Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family

Dressler, Robert L.

Anderson (research botanist, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix) made six trips to the remote mountains of northern Thailand and brought back information on over 1,000 plant species used by the six major tribes of the region for food, fibers and dyes, medicines, pleasure, and dealing with the spirit world. The information is in danger of being lost as the people are assimilated into the mainstream Thai culture and lose contact with their traditional lifestyles. Includes 200 color photographs. For general readers and specialists in botany, ethnobotany, pharmacology, and regional studies. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand

Politics & Social Sciences

Anderson, Edward F.

Social Sciences

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