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The World of Gourds
... curcurbits" to gourd lovers, the fruits of this exceedingly diverse family come in an astounding array of shapes and sizes, from tiny, ... gourd was thought to be a garden escape by botanists, and its significance as the possible ancestor of summer squashes ... a triploid watermelon plant: The triploid seed will germinate and grow into a triploid plant bearing triploid male and female flowers, but ...
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Species
... the result of hybridization. The African violet really is an African plant. While it presumably grew uncelebrated by botanists and plant-lovers for countless millennia it had to wait until 1892 for its ... the popular name of the plant. Hybridizers' efforts over the past many decades have succeeded in bringing us new plant sizes and growth habits, blossom colours, and many other changes which add ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Aspidistra—An Alluring and Enduring Favorite
... lovers who dwell in those minimally air-conditioned, dismally insulated, or infernally over-heated apartments typical, at least, of New York City. Aspidistra can survive extreme levels of urban pollution and ... and borne at soil level. If pollinated—a job that botanists believe is accomplished in the wild by slugs and ...
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Vascular Plants Introduction
... plant groups, and names that were never valid for the material in this part of the world (misapplied names). It is an annotated catalog, and each entry includes original data on distribution and ... common in other locations outside the park.) Since many plants are not easily identified, and botanists and plant-lovers of widely differing expertise contributed to the park list, I have devised an ...
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Floridata: Hawaiian Silverswords
... at the top of most plant lovers' must-see lists. Brought to the brink of extinction by habitat destruction and the dining habits of introduced animals -- cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs -- the 'swords ... Recently this question was revisited by botanists at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa who examined the flowering structures of plants from both sites and concluded that differences between the ...
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Livres sur les bulbes
... Bulbs. 2002. Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0751312924. (80 pages). (~ 5 £ ~ 8 €). RHS Plant Guides : Bulbs. Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0751303054. (200 pages). (~ 15 £). (traduction française ... Manual. Hamilton P. Traub. 1958. MacMillian and Co., New York. (238 pages, 208 x 137 mm) Araceae The genus Arisaema. A Monograph for Botanists and Nature Lovers. Guy & Liliane Gusman. 2002. ...
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Explorers, the Scottish Plant Hunters Garden - PlantExplorers.com™
... historical and horticultural importance, Perthshire is soon to become a Mecca for garden lovers with the addition of Scotland’s National Garden, to be built at Perth, and The Scottish Plant ... different angles and locations thus enhancing the visual impact and perception. The plant collectors are only part of the story and a decision was made to include the many important Scottish botanists who, ...
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Plant Explorers - The adventure is growing™
... botanists and it promotes research in all fields of plant science by organizing meetings, symposia and excursions. Its publication, the Belgian Journal of Botany, is an international journal open to all fields of plant ... and celebrated its Centenary in 1998. It is the specialist society of Great Britain for all who are interested in the genus Narcissus, be they exhibitors, breeders or just lovers ...
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Frank Kingdon-Ward: Plant Hunter and Romantic
... Blue Poppy, Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World, and Plant Hunter's Paradise. It could be argued that his writings are as much his memorial as his plant introductions and his geographical ... trod the same paths and observed that same beauty. There has never been, nor is there likely to be, another man quite like him. Botanists, gardeners, geographers, lovers of literature and others, owe him ...
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Wild, Wonderful Aroids: Part 4 - Arisaema
... Affairs of the Heart A gardener's love affair with a plant, or genus of plants, is very like that between humans. ... or four are sheath-like, called cataphylls. They provide protection and support (above and below ground) for the stem or petiole. Sometimes, like ... the list. The Genus Arisaema, A Monograph for Botanists and Nature Lovers, by Guy Gusman and his wife, Liliane, is a fantastic resource for ...
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