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1	Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants more books like this by Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean add to wishlist "Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places" shows reader how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a ... see all copies from £11.58! new only from £11.58!
2	Stalking the wild asparagus. more books like this by Euell Gibbons add to wishlist Euell Gibbons was one of the few people in this country to devote a considerable part of his life to the adventure of "living off the land." He sought out wild plants all over North America and made them into delicious dishes. His book includes recipes for vegetable and casserole dishes, breads, cakes, muffins and twenty different pies. He also ... see all copies from £7.12! new only from £12.44! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Introductory Plant Biology more books like this by Kingsley R Stern add to wishlist This introductory text assumes little prior scientific knowledge on the part of the student. It includes enough information for some shorter introductory botany courses open to both majors and non-majors, and is arranged so that certain sections can be omitted without disrupting the overall continuity of the course. Stern emphasizes current ... see all copies from £1.80! new only from £15.76! \| first editions
4	Herbs more books like this by Lesley Bremness add to wishlist With a range of over 700 species shown in 1,500 photographs, this guide gives information on each plant's chief characteristics and its principal herbal uses, from cookery to medicine, and beauty treatment to arts and crafts. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £10.45! \| first editions
5	Photo Atlas for Biology more books like this by David Morton, James W Perry add to wishlist This full-color Photo Atlas guides you through the complex subject matter facing you in your lab course, whether it be biology, botany, or zoology. Unlike black and white atlases, Perry and Morton's comprehensive Photo Atlas presents more than 600 photographs in full color, so you get a true, clear picture of the material you're working on. This ... see all copies from £10.22! new only from £22.27! \| first editions
6	Plants & Society more books like this by Estelle Levetin add to wishlist This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in botany. Also, by exposing students to society's historical connection to plants, Levetin and McMahon ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £38.38! \| first editions
7	Biology of Plants more books like this by Peter H Raven add to wishlist "Biology of Plants" provides a comprehensive survey of basic botany - including viruses, prokaryotes, fungi and protists. Biology of the plant cell, diversity, genetics and evolution, growth and development, structure and function, as well as physiology and ecology form the main focus of the work. The 4th edition incorporates the newest scientific ... see all copies from £4.99! new only from £39.92!
8	Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants more books like this by Bradford Angier add to wishlist This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable foraging handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with ... see all copies from £8.05! new only from £11.27! \| first editions
9	Plant Biology more books like this by Linda E Graham, Lee Warren Wilcox, James M Graham add to wishlist For non-majors and mixed-majors introductory botany (plant biology) courses. Plant Biology focuses students on the function of plants and the role they play in our world. Organizing around themes of DNA science, global ecology and evolution, the authors emphasize the scientific method to help students develop the critical thinking skills they ... see all copies from £6.29! new only from £16.71! \| first editions
10	Secret Life of Plants more books like this by Peter Tompkins, Christopher O Bird add to wishlist An account of the research on the fringes of botany - experiments showing how plants respond to music and telepathy; that they have their own force-fields and feelings, and can be encouraged to grow or wither depending on the human attitude with which they are approached. see all copies from £2.96! new only from £11.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Stalking the Healthful Herbs more books like this by Euell Gibbons add to wishlist In conjuction with his passion for wild foods. Euell Gibbons gathered and used wild herbs for both culinary and medicinal purposes. In this book he describes how to identify and use the wealth of herbs that thrive in the wild. see all copies from £7.12! new only from £8.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest more books like this by Mark J Plotkin, Ph.D. add to wishlist Western medicine is only just beginning to value the curative powers of plants and herbs found in the Amazon rain forests. The story of ethnobotanist Mark Plotkins's apprenticeship with shaman wise men of the area is truly an anthropological adventure, that also vividly clarifies what destruction of the rain forests may ultimately cost humanity ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Botany for Gardeners more books like this by Brian Capon (Illustrator) add to wishlist A bestseller since its debut in 1990, with more than 100,000 copies sold, Botany for Gardeners has now been revised, expanded and updated. This edition of Botany for Gardeners will introduce and explain fundamental botanical concepts to gardeners of all abilities, helping them understand plants from a plant's point of view. In engaging, clear ... see all copies from £9.60! new only from £10.33!
14 view cover	Introduction to Plant Physiology more books like this by William G Hopkins add to wishlist Uses interactions between the plant and the environments as a foundation for developing plant physiology principles-light and plant development, temperature effects, etc. Discusses the role of plants on specific ecosystems and global ecology and provides information on the cell, chemical background, plant growth regulators and biochemistry. This ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £19.70! \| first editions
15 view cover	Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary more books like this by James G Harris add to wishlist see all copies from £10.74! new only from £39.50!
16 view cover	Plant Physiology more books like this by Lincoln Taiz add to wishlist This third edition provides the basics for introductory courses on plant physiology without sacrificing the more challenging material sought by upper division and graduate level students. The text contains many new or revised figures and photographs, all in full colour. A website, referenced throughout the text, includes additional study questions ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £43.33! \| first editions
17 view cover	Weeds of the Northeast more books like this by Richard H Uva, Joseph C Neal, Joseph M Ditomaso add to wishlist An alternate selection of the Garden Book Club "Knowing your opponents is the first step in weed prevention. Weeds of the Northeast is businesslike and well photographed-a useful tool for the conscientious gardener."-Barbara Damrosch, author of The Garden Primer Here, at last, is a lavishly illustrated manual for ready identification of 299 ... see all copies from £17.51! new only from £18.86!
18 view cover	Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind more books like this by Henry Hobhouse add to wishlist Traces the history of five commercial plants - sugar, tea, cotton, potatoes and quinine - and seeks to illustrate how man's need, or greed, for these products has shaped human development. This edition includes a chapter on the coca plant, demonstrating its social, political and economic effect. see all copies from £2.96! new only from £10.41!
19 view cover	Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment more books like this by Linda R Berg add to wishlist The goals of INTRODUCTORY BOTANY: PLANTS, PEOPLE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT are to share with beginning botany students an appreciation of the diverse organisms we call plants and to help students understand how scientists think, how they approach and solve problems, and how they obtain scientific knowledge about our world. The overall theme of this ... see all copies from £6.57! new only from £14.83!
20 view cover	Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach more books like this by Walter Judd, Christopher Campbell, Peter Stevens add to wishlist Incorporating phylogenetic principles and methods throughout, this text moves from the careful explanation of phylogenetic methods and principles to the taxonomic survey of vascular plant families. A much expanded CD-ROM is included, containing over 2,200 colour photographs illustrating the diagnostic characters of plant families covered in the ... see all copies from £7.43! new only from £43.96! \| first editions
21 view cover	Plant form an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology more books like this by Bell add to wishlist The diverse external shapes and structures that make up flowering plants can be bewildering and even daunting, as can the terminology used to describe them. An understanding of plant form - plant morphology - is essential to appreciating the wonders of the plant world and to the study of botany and horticulture at every level. In this ingeniously ... see all copies from £19.81! new only from £21.55! \| first editions
22 view cover	Introduction to Botany more books like this by Murray W Nabors add to wishlist Introduction to Botany's comprehensive coverage captures students' attention and teaches them why plants are a fascinating and essential part of their everyday lives. The clear, concise text highlights four major themes--plants and people, conservation biology, evolution, and biotechnology--and gives students practical and relevant information ... see all copies from £44.32! new only from £58.62!
23 view cover	Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology more books like this by James D Mauseth add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £29.31!
24 view cover	Phycology more books like this by Robert E Lee add to wishlist This second edition of Phycology, like the first, is designed to serve both as a textbook for a one-semester course in the study of algae and also as a basic reference on modern concepts in this area of research. The second edition divides the algae into four natural groups: procaryotic, red and green, euglenoids and dinoflagellates, and ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £19.78! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild Plants more books like this by U S Dept of the Army (Creator) add to wishlist An indispensable companion for campers outdoor chefs and people on the brink of starvation see all copies from £8.06! new only from £9.59! \| first editions

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