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Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens (900 readers)
Contributed by amazon 03.04 2007 on 11:11:29 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textLongwood Gardens of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, enjoys a long and distinguished tradition of plant exploration and introduction, dating back to the foundation of its arboretum in 1798. Since the 1950s, 50 such plant-hunting expeditions have taken place on six continents and in some 50 countries. These quests are the subject of Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens, which tells the stories of the people who participated in what were often arduous but always stimulating adventures and the plant ...
Plant Hunter's Garden (706 readers)
Contributed by amazon 07.04 2007 on 12:04:12 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textThe New Explorers and Their Discoveries | Many gardeners are vaguely aware of the greats of plant exploration, such as E. H. Wilson, George Forrest, or John Tradescant. Fewer may know the names of todays plant explorers or recognize the makings of a new golden age of plant discovery. Nonetheless, a quick visit to almost any nursery will reveal the bounty of these intrepid plant collectors, whose handiwork enriches gardens everywhere. ...
Botanical Riches (517 readers)
Contributed by amazon 14.09 2007 on 09:15:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textThe Story of Botanical Exploration | This pictorial history of plant cultivation explores the systematic searches and scientific botanical discoveries that have been made in botany throughout the ages. Vividly showcasing the splendor and beauty of flora from around the globe, more than 300 lush color photographs, engravings, lithographs, and hand-colored illustrations-taken from Australias State Library of Victorias bountiful collection of herbals, botanical primers, and large format tomes-displ ...
The Jade Garden (583 readers)
Contributed by amazon 11.04 2007 on 10:30:51 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textNew and Notable Plants from Asia | The Jade Garden is an authoritative guide to 130 of the most fascinating yet little-known ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials from the green mantle of Asia. Based on detailed research and observation at one of the largest and oldest collections of Asian plants in North America, the subjects of this book were chosen for their superior garden qualities, their rarity in everyday horticulture, and their commercial availability. From an extraordinary, nearly bl ...
Dogwoods (684 readers)
Contributed by amazon 12.04 2007 on 10:28:56 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textThe Genus Cornus | Dogwood trees and shrubs are unquestionably among the superstars of the ornamental garden. Although cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) and common dogwood (C. sanguinea) have been grown in Europe since ancient times, it is only since the age of exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries that dogwoods from the New World and Asia have ascended to the high thrones of gardens, where their aristocracy remains unchallenged today. Given the huge popularity of dogwoods as garden plants, not ...
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