页数： 224 到书日期： 1900-1-1 上传日期： 2021-7-16

中文概要: 一部精美的參考書，展示了 100 種植物及其對醫學的影響，從古代文明到現代。來自權威學者和引人入勝的文字，介紹傳統草藥學和最近發現的草藥最新研究。 交叉參考特徵可識別醫療狀況或疾病以及可能有助於對治療做出重要貢獻的相應植物。

每個條目都有植物、葉子和種子的植物繪，它們構成了藥物的基礎。從春側金盞花到小蔓長春花。 (Zoe)

英文简介: A beautiful work of reference featuring 100 plants and their influence on medicine through the ages, from ancient civilization to the present day.

Authoritative and engaging text includes the very latest research on both traditional and more recently discovered herbal remedies.

Cross-reference features identify a medical condition or ailment and the corresponding plant that may help provide an essential contribution to treatment.

Each entry features botanical artwork of flora, leaves and seeds that form the basis of pharmaceutical drugs, from Adonis vernalis to Vinca minor.

页数： 424 到书日期： 2021-1-12 上传日期： 2020-12-28

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英文简介: "Any landscape architect worth their soil should pick up The Architecture of Trees, an all-encompassing atlas of all things tree-related."—The Architect’s Newspaper

A 2019 Oprah’s Favorite Things Pick

A gorgeous, large format volume that shows each hand-drawn illustration in stunning detail.The Architecture of Trees is the result of over twenty years of dedicated study by landscape architects Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi. This new edition preserves the original magnificent illustrations and text, translated into English for the first time.

Features more than 550 exquisite quill-pen drawings of trees. Each of the 212 tree species are drawn to a scale of 1:100, with and without foliage. Complete with tables of seasonal color variation and projections of shadows cast during the hours of daylight and season by season, no other tree book contains such detailed and scientific drawings.

A legendary and unsurpassed botanical masterwork. Considered a standard in many landscape architecture firms, the drawings, essays, and detailed charts are essential for large scale landscaping projects and a helpful tool for backyard renovations. Landscape designers will think in new ways about the effect of seasons and the time of day on trees, and anyone interested in nature and trees will be captivated by the stunning illustrations.

"This book could be considered the Bible for tree lovers."—Western Art & Architecture

An incredible book for anyone interested in trees:

页数： 184 到书日期： 1900-1-1 上传日期： 2020-4-10

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英文简介: Succulent gardens made simple―easy to grow and effortless to design.

In recent years, succulents have become increasingly popular for their low-maintenance use as indoor decoration and in home gardening. In Essential Succulents, budding succulent enthusiasts will gain the know-how needed to begin growing, decorating with, and enjoying these amazing plants.

From simple houseplants and drought-friendly landscaping to decorative wreaths and trendy mason jar terrariums, Essential Succulents is the ultimate guide to learning which succulents are best for beginners, along with a basic understanding of how to care for and creatively design with them.

Accompanied by beautiful photography of the succulents and projects presented, Essential Succulents includes:

50 easy-to-grow succulents that can grow in a variety of environments, as well as a care guide and arrangement tips for each. 8 easy DIY projects that include step-by-step instructions and are listed in order from easiest to more challenging. Guidance for growing indoor and container succulents , including what they need to thrive―such as the right light, soil, and irrigation. Instructions for creating outdoor succulent gardens that require minimal maintenance and saves money on water. Whether you’ve never cared for succulents before, or are interested in deepening your understanding of them, Essential Succulents will give you the confidence you need to explore your succulent-growing passion.

页数： 180 到书日期： 1900-1-1 上传日期： 2020-3-10

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英文简介: Explore the rich fossil record of the Paleozoic Era, from the Cambrian (545 million years ago) through the Permian (almost 300 million years ago) with 650 high quality color photos and detailed, highly readable text. Following his successful work on the earliest fossils, the author now starts at that time in earths history when life blossomed into a variety of body plans (phyla), and explores the successive periods of the Paleozoic Era. These include the Cambrian; the early, mid-, and late Ordovician; the Silurian and Devonian with their numerous marine fossils and some of the earths first land plants and early fish; the diverse land plants and peculiar marine life of the Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods); and the fossils of the Permian, including many fossils of life forms that would go extinct in the worlds greatest extinction event.\nThis is a great book for fossil hunters of all ilks and anyone interested in the early remnants of life. Those who collect or trade fossils will find a useful guide to the values of the fossils.

页数： 136 到书日期： 2019-5-13 上传日期： 2019-5-13

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英文简介: This practical introduction to botanical illustration is formed of ten graded lessons, where each teaches you new skills to build upon the last. From mushrooms to orchids to hawthorn berries and leaves; once you’ve completed these lessons in drawing and painting botanical subjects, you will have all the techniques you need in order to tackle far more complex arrangements. An experienced teacher of botanical illustration, Valerie Price shows even the uninitiated illustrator how to produce accurate and beautiful results, with her step-by-step instructions on how to tackle each individual project.

With advice on topics including accurate drawing, measuring and recording your subject, right the way through to preparing a well-composed botanical plate, this book covers everything you need to know to get ahead in botanical illustration.

页数： 288 到书日期： 2019-8-16 上传日期： 2019-2-21

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英文简介: Trees are our allies in healing the world. Partnering with trees allows us to build soil, enhance biodiversity, increase wildlife populations, grow food and medicine, and pull carbon out of the atmosphere, sequestering it in the soil. Trees of Power explains how we can work with these arboreal allies, specifically focusing on propagation, planting, and individual species. Author Akiva Silver is an enthusiastic tree grower with years of experience running his own commercial nursery. In this book he clearly explains the most important concepts necessary for success with perennial woody plants. It s broken down into two parts: the first covering concepts and horticultural skills and the second with in-depth information on individual species. You ll learn different ways to propagate trees: by seed, cuttings, grafting, layering, or with cuttings. These time-honoured techniques make it easy for anyone to increase their stock of trees, simply and inexpensively. Ten chapters focus on the specific ecology, culture, and uses of different trees, ones that are common to North America and in other temperate parts of the world: Chestnut: The Bread Tree Apples: The Magnetic Centre Poplar: The Homemaker Ash: Maker of Wood Mulberry: The Giving Tree Elderberry: The Caretaker Hickory: Pillars of Life Hazelnut: The Provider Black Locust: The Restoration Tree Beech: The Root Runner Trees of Power fills an urgent need for up-to-date information on some of our most important tree species, those that have multiple benefits for humans, animals, and nature. It also provides inspiration for new generations of tree stewards and caretakers who will not only benefit themselves, but leave a lasting legacy for future generations. Trees of Power is for everyone who wants to connect with trees. It is for the survivalist, the gardener, the homesteader, the forager, the permaculturist, the environmentalist, the parent, the schoolteacher, the farmer, and anyone who feels a deep kinship with these magnificent beings.

页数： 240 到书日期： 2018-8-31 上传日期： 2018-9-3

中文概要: 无论下雨或天晴，鲜花在人类历史的景观中都是永恒的。鲜花的美激发了一系列最伟大的艺术和文学作品的创作。

鲜花在造就过去的过程中发挥了关键作用，甚至还可能塑造我们的未来。从玫瑰战争到蓟花勋章，有些花还象征着君主、王朝和国家。虽然罂粟常与一战联系在一起，但它能为受伤的士兵提供治疗，促进了现代医学利用花进行治疗的过程，这些花还包括薰衣草和毛地黄等。

从个人生活到政治生活，鲜花在生活的方方面面都扮演着重要的角色。根据维多利亚时期的花语，美丽的玫瑰可能会修补一颗破碎的心，而向日葵则可能拯救我们的星球。

这本文笔优美的合集集艺术、科学、历史和园艺于一体，内容极具吸引力，为我们观察周围世界提供了一个全新的视角。本书将告诉读者，即使是最平凡的花也有着不平凡的故事。（LYR）

英文简介: Come rain or shine, flowers feature perennially in the landscape of human history. Their beauty has inspired some of the greatest works of art and literature, captivating creative minds from Ovid to O’Keeffe, Wordsworth to Van Gogh, Botticelli to Beatrix Potter.

But flowers have also played a key part in forming the past, and may even shape our future. Some have served as symbols of monarchs, dynasties and nations - from the Wars of the Roses to the Order of the Thistle. And while the poppy is often associated with WWI, it was the elderflower that treated its wounded soldiers, joining a long line of healing flowers that have developed modern medicine, including lavender and foxgloves.

From the personal to the political, flowers play a part in all aspects of life: the right rose, according to the Victorian language of flowers, might mend a broken heart, while sunflowers may just save our planet.

This beautifully written collection is at once enchanting and intriguing, weaving together art, science, history and horticulture to offer a fresh perspective on the world around us. The Brief Life of Flowers reveals how even the most ordinary of flowers have extraordinary stories to tell.

页数： 0 到书日期： 1900-1-1 上传日期： 2017-11-10

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英文简介: Concepts and definitions of ethnobotany evolved along different lines.

•• Provides a comprehensive summary of the history and modern state of the field.

•• Basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved.

页数： 128 到书日期： 2017-9-8 上传日期： 2017-5-12

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英文简介: This book tells the awe-inspiring stories of bonsai and penjing trees in the collection of the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.

It details their valuable role in international diplomacy and as instruments of American presidential influence. It also describes their inclusion in world’s fair exhibitions, in Asian-inspired gardens around the country, and as a window onto the extensive cultivation of bonsai in North America today. An extensive first-hand account by Dr. John L. Creech is included about the first extraordinary gift of 53 bonsai from Japan to the U.S. in 1976 which prompted the founding of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum.

"Bonsai & Penjing, Ambassadors of Beauty and Peace" describes how Chinese penjing and North American bonsai were later added to the Museum, making its collection the most comprehensive in the world. Stories of individual trees and forest plantings are featured, as are the roles played by the skilled and talented creators of these living art formsupeople such as John Naka, Saburo Kato, Yuji Yoshimura, Harry Hirao, and Dr. Yee-Sun Wu. Armchair travelers can experience what a visit to the Museum is like, including the discovery of its remarkable viewing stones.

"Bonsai & Penjing, Ambassadors of Beauty and Peace" will delight anyone intrigued by these living works of art and curious about the stories they bring to life.

页数： 176 到书日期： 1900-1-1 上传日期： 2017-5-9

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英文简介: Big city highrises are chockfull of penthouses and terraces that garden innocents hope to turn into a sylvan paradise or a bower of roses. That’s at least what they see in movies and real-estate ads. With honesty and humor, and thirty-five years of challenges and triumphs, best-selling author, Susan Brownmiller describes her battle to sustain an oasis of beauty twenty floors above street level in Manhattan, in less than hospitable conditions caused by more than the wind. My City Highrise Garden examines various natural and man-made catastrophes: barred from daytime access during the apartment building’s pointing and re-bricking projects; the sad death of her peach tree from winterkill after fifteen productive years; and the bidding goodbye to the birches in the wake of a hurricane. Brownmiller reveals the unexpected results from encouraging nature where it was not meant to exist: annual visits from Monarch butterflies; bees zooming for nectar suck the life out of her flowers; and a crazy mockingbird that once commandeered the whole terrace for his mating season. However, when things go right, Brownmiller stresses, she is astounded by the ability of her garden to prosper against the odds. With over twenty beautiful color photos depicting the complex relationship between the growing city and the dwindling natural world, Brownmiller provides a passionate account of a struggle for urban highrise gardening and the ever-changing landscape of the city.