Botany for Gardeners | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Capon
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $11.23
You Save: $8.72 (44%)
New (43) Used (25) from $8.38
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 9725
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0881926558
Dewey Decimal Number: 580
EAN: 9780881926552
ASIN: 0881926558
Publication Date: December 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Absolutely Brand New & In Stock. 100% 30-Day Money Back. Direct from our warehouse. Ships by USPS. 1+ million customers served-In business since 1986. Happy Customers is Our #1 Goal. Toll Free Support
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Botany for Gardeners offers a clear explanation of how plants grow. > What happens inside a seed after it is planted? > How are plants structured? > How do plants adapt to their environment? > How is water transported from soil to leaves? > Why are minerals, air, and light important for healthy plant growth? > How do plants reproduce? The answers to these and other questions about complex plant processes, written in everyday language, allow gardeners and horticulturists to understand plants "from the plant's point of view." A best-seller since its debut in 1990, Botany for Gardeners has now been expanded and updated, and includes an appendix on plant taxonomy and a comprehensive index. Two dozen new photos and illustrations make this new edition even more attractive than its predecessor.
Book Description
A bestseller since its debut in 1990, this indispensable and handy reference has now been expanded and updated to include an appendix on plant taxonomy and a comprehensive index. Two dozen new photos and illustrations make this new edition even richer with information. Its convenient paperback format makes it easy to carry and access, whether you are in or out of the garden. An essential overview of the science behind plants for beginning and advanced gardeners alike.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Excellent introductory book on botany December 1, 2008
This is an excellent introductory text on plants. Anyone who gardens, forages for edible wild plants, or has an interest in ecology, will find everything they need here. The explanations are clear, concise, and contain all the vital information in each area. The diagrams are fantastic, and very informative.
Highly, highly, recommended!
 New, new, new, just what I ordered! October 5, 2008
Currently using this book in a Principles of Horticulture class, it is very detailed in some of its descriptions, a useful learning tool with great pictures.
Easy to Read September 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For a text book, this reads more like short stories. Very easy to read and understand.
 Botany for more than just beginners July 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This definitely is a valuable book for any gardener who's looking for a book on botany. Personally, I was hoping for simpler insights into the miracles that I observe taking place in the garden -- and I did learn a lot from this book. However, while "Botany for Gardeners" was touted as elementary, plowing through it (pun intended) proved to require quite a bit of perseverance. Because the book, admirably, covers all the technical matters in the field of botany, it does tend to be, well, technical. (Botany is, after all, a science!) In the end, I would have preferred something like "Botany for Dummies," but, as yet, there's no such title. But "Botany for Gardeners" will retain a useful place on my garden bookshelf.
basics, but could be more thorough February 11, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book covered the major topics of botany, but tended to emphasize dicots, giving the impression all plants are like dicots. I use this for teaching a college course and need to add information on the notable exceptions for plants not used as examples.
|
|
|
