Smithsonian Trees of North America
ISBN: HB: 9780300185218,
Yale University Press,
August 2024
800 pp., 26,7x19,1 cm, 3626 colour illus.
800 pp., 26,7x19,1 cm, 3626 colour illus.
An indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees.
This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran W. John Kress, provides an unprecedented apprai...
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£60.00
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Field Guide to the Connecticut River
From New Hampshire to Long Island Sound
ISBN: FLEXI: 9780300264203,
Yale University Press,
April 2024
448 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 752 colour illus.
448 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 752 colour illus.
The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations.
The Connecticut River, New England's longest and most historic river, originates in northern New Hampshire and wends more tha...
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£25.00
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Lab for All Seasons
The Laboratory Revolution in Modern Botany and the Rise of Physiological Plant Ecology
ISBN: PB: 9780300267211,
ISBN: HB: 9780300267228,
Yale University Press,
September 2023
392 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
392 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
The first book to chronicle how innovation in laboratory designs for botanical research energized the emergence of physiological plant ecology as a vibrant subdiscipline.
Laboratory innovation since the mid-twentieth century has powered advances in...
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£30.00
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£65.00
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In the Herbarium
The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants
ISBN: HB: 9780300247916,
Yale University Press,
July 2023
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 42 black&white illus.
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 42 black&white illus.
How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science.
Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowi...
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£25.00
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Blooming Flowers
A Seasonal History of Plants and People
ISBN: PB: 9780300264791,
Yale University Press,
April 2022
272 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 84 colour illus.
272 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 84 colour illus.
The bright yellow of a marigold and the cheerful red of a geranium, the evocative fragrance of a lotus or a saffron-infused paella – there is no end of reasons to love flowers. Ranging through the centuries and across the globe, Kasia Boddy looks at...
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£9.99
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Urban Lichens
A Field Guide for Northeastern North America
ISBN: FLEXI: 9780300252996,
Yale University Press,
October 2021
168 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 121 colour illus.
168 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 121 colour illus.
Lichens are dynamic, symbiotic organisms formed by close cooperation between fungi and algae. There are over 20,000 identified species performing essential ecosystem services worldwide. Extremely sensitive to air pollution, they have returned to citi...
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£27.50
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Multifarious Mr. Banks
From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World
ISBN: PB: 9780300259209,
Yale University Press,
May 2021
386 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm, 48 colour illus.
386 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm, 48 colour illus.
As official botanist on James Cook's first circumnavigation, the longest-serving president of the Royal Society, advisor to King George III, the "father of Australia", and the man who established Kew as the world's leading botanical garden, Sir Josep...
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£12.99
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Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast
Including the Jersey Shore, Cape May, Delaware Bay, the Delmarva Peninsula, and the Outer Banks
ISBN: PB: 9780300246469,
Yale University Press,
March 2021
448 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 721 colour illus.
448 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 721 colour illus.
The Outer Banks of North Carolina and the beaches of the Mid-Atlantic Coast are among the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. This book is a richly illustrated field guide that surveys the geology, environmental history, natural h...
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£27.50
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Nature Inside
Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior
ISBN: HB: 9780300244021,
Yale University Press,
February 2021
224 pp., 25,4x19,0 cm, 120 illus.
224 pp., 25,4x19,0 cm, 120 illus.
From ferns in 19th-century British parlors to contemporary "living walls" in commercial spaces, plants and flowers have long been incorporated into the design of public and private spaces. Spanning two centuries, "Nature Inside" explores the history...
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£40.00
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Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
An Identification Guide
ISBN: PB: 9780300236774,
Yale University Press,
October 2020
256 pp., 20,3x14,6 cm, 147 colour illus., 416 black&white illus.
256 pp., 20,3x14,6 cm, 147 colour illus., 416 black&white illus.
This elegant and easy-to-use guide is an updated and amended revision of Lauren Brown's seminal "Grasses: An Identification Guide", which was first published in 1979. While maintaining the spirit and goals of the original edition – a portable, straig...
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£18.99
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