Pines of Mexico and Central America by: Jesse P., Jr. Perry publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, published: 1991-04-01 ASIN: 0881921742 sales rank: 3100587 price: $199.85 (used)
Mexico has the greatest number of pine species of any country in the world. Because of the predominantly mountainous topography, the climates range from humid tropical on the narrow coastal plains of the south to cold temperate on the high mountains of the north to boreal on the high snow-capped peaks. This book brings together information from the author's 40 years of collecting trips, laboratory research, studies of herbarium specimens, and information published by botanists and foresters. All species and varieties are fully described. One particular feature is the very detailed directions to sites in the region where each species and variety may be found. There are distribution maps and more than 200 photographs of trees, leaves, and cones.
	Exotic Cornish Gardens: A Pictorial Souvenir by: Derek Harris publisher: Woodland and Garden Publishing Co, published: 2002-06-27 ASIN: 1899803173 price: $1.02 (used)
	National Trust's Cornish Gardens by: Derek Harris publisher: Woodland and Garden Publishing Co, published: 2002-06-27 ASIN: 1899803165 price: $3.65 (used)
	Stable Isotope Techniques in the Study of Biological Processes and Functioning of Ecosystems (Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture) publisher: Springer, published: 2001-07-01 ASIN: 0792370783 sales rank: 3582661 price: $35.20 (new), $36.73 (used)
This book has a very strong practical orientation, telling readers what methodologies are available using stable isotopes, how studies should be designed and executed to maximise effectiveness and incisiveness in terms of data obtained and outcomes in terms of understanding events and processes in plant and ecosystem functioning. The readership is very much aimed toward postgraduates with good knowledge of general biological principles and underlying chemical and physical processes. Pre-existing knowledge of or experience in application and assay of stable isotopes is not required. The stable isotope research field is one of the most rapidly growing areas of ecophysiology and techniques using stable isotopes comprise an ever increasing component of research programs of university postgraduates and a wide range of agencies conducting environmental monitoring and rehabilitation programs. The book is tailor-made for such an audience.
	Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon by: Mac Griswold publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published: 1999-05-15 ASIN: 0395929709 sales rank: 432451 price: $25.00 (new), $10.36 (used)
For gardeners and readers of early American history, here is the first book to document the unknown George Washington --- landscaper, farmer, and gardener of Mount Vernon. Remarkably, the George Washington who spent forty-five years designing and planting the gardens at Mount Vernon is virtually unknown today, hidden behind the icon of the first president's frozen dignity. In her new book, Mac Griswold reveals to us a man who gathered seed, transplanted and pruned trees, and designed a kitchen garden, a pleasure garden, and even a botanical garden, where he did all the experimental work himself. Washington left for historians and restorationists a wealth of memos, directives, diaries, plans, and plant lists that documented every step of his creation (and now the recreation) of his gardens. Out of this wealth of archival material, Griswold paints a remarkably vivid picture of eighteenth-century gardening.
	Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West: A Guide to Identifying, Preparing, and Using Traditional Medicinal Plants Found in the Deserts and C by: Michael Moore publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press, published: 1990-04 ASIN: 0890131821 sales rank: 135828 price: $10.74 (new), $6.53 (used)
There are few herbalists in the US as much respected by their peers as Michael Moore. This book can be used as a field guide, a reference on home remedies and a treatise on the applications of herbal medicine in an era of high-tech healing. It is one of the most treasured of botanical books.
	The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise by: Mehdi Khansari publisher: Mage Publishers, published: 1998-03 ASIN: 0934211469 sales rank: 2349350 price: $39.00 (used)
For more than three thousand years, the Persian garden has been a focus of Iran's national imagination, influencing its art, literature, and even religion. The Persian garden's inspirational role has, however, extended far beyond the land of its origin; its precepts have exerted a profound influence on garden design around the world. The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise chronicles the history of the Persian garden, from the magnificent sanctuaries and hunting parks of fifth-century b.c. Persepolis to the magical nightingale gardens of nineteenth-century Tehran. All were seen as a kind of earthly paradise (the English word paradise has its roots in the old Persian word pairi-daeza meaning a walled space). To an astonishing extent, that vision seems justified. This book was meticulously researched and created over a period of six years in, Paris, Tehran and Washington by photographer, Mehdi Khansari and architect Minouch Yavari, together with the renowned Persian architect and architectural historian Reza Moghtader. It explains the philosophy behind Persian garden design and offers an authoritative account of its developmentintroducing new historical material in the process. This extraordinary story is enhanced by vivid descriptions of Persian gardens as seen through the eyes of travelers to Iran during the past five hundred years. Over 240 illustrations in full color, complement the text. They include magnificent color photographs, old plates and engravings, as well as exquisite architectural renderings and plans of the sites and the gardens. A selection of the finest Persian garden-carpets, textiles, miniature paintings, stone reliefs, painted tiles, pottery, and poetry, augment the reader's experience of an ancient art form that for centuries has sought to meld the physical and the spiritual.
	Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land by: Victoria Kastner publisher: Abrams, published: 2009-05-01 ASIN: 0810972905 sales rank: 507283 price: $29.12 (new), $29.11 (used)
Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, was more than just a country house, and many of its finest features were outside, not inside. In Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land, the castle's official historian Victoria Kastner takes readers on a time-traveling tour of the estate, from the beginning of its construction to the present.   Featuring two spectacular swimming pools, 120 acres of luxuriant gardens, and 450 square miles of pristine coastal landscape, it's no wonder that the estate was named "La Cuesta Encantada" (The Enchanted Hill). From the 1920s through the 1940s, publisher William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davies hosted the country's elite here, encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors at "the ranch," which Hearst created with the architect Julia Morgan. With stunning photographs, original drawings, and lively anecdotes, Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land tells the story of one of California's most beautiful and unspoiled treasures.
	Entomology and Pest Management (4th Edition) by: Larry P. Pedigo publisher: Prentice Hall, published: 2001-05-30 ASIN: 0130195677 sales rank: 1263164 price: $82.15 (new), $6.61 (used)
For introductory courses in Applied Entomology, Insect Pest Management, and Economic Entomology.Ideal for students with little or no background in entomology--and those who cannot spend the time to take both a general entomology course and an applied course--this text combines, in a single volume--general principles of entomology and modern principles of insect pest management--including factual details and specific examples.
	Flowers and Herbs of Early America by: Lawrence Griffith publisher: Yale University Press, published: 2008-10-28 ASIN: 0300145365 sales rank: 769285 price: $23.00 (new), $22.95 (used)
Hounds-tongue. Ragged robin. Costmary. Pennyroyal. All-heal. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the great variety of flowers and herbs grown in America’s colonial and early Federal gardens. In this sumptuously illustrated book, a leading historic plant expert brings this botanical heritage back to life.   Drawing on years of archival research and field trials in Colonial Williamsburg’s gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, Lawrence Griffith documents fifty-six species of flowers and herbs and provides details on how they were cultivated and used. For each plant, an elegant period hand-colored engraving, watercolor, or woodcut is presented along with glorious new photographs by Barbara Temple Lombardi.   This book is a dazzling treat for armchair gardeners and for those who have visited and admired the famous gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. It is also an invaluable companion for twenty-first-century gardeners who will appreciate the specific advice of a master gardener on how to plan, choose appropriate species for, and maintain a beautiful, historic flower and herb garden.   The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a not-for-profit educational institution that operates the world’s largest living history museum.   Published in association with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (20081211)

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