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Cactus by Dan Torre
Category: Gardening | Series: Botanical Ser.
Cacti are full of contradictions. Although many are found in the driest and most barren environments on earth, some grow exclusively in the branches of the rainforest canopy. Many species bristle with ferocious-looking spines, while other varieties are perfectly smooth. And while they might strike us as ...Show more
Carnation by Way, Twigs
Category: Accessories | Series: Botanical Ser.
Carnations permeate our culture from the wedding bed to the funeral wreath. Derided in Shakespeare as 'nature's bastards', they challenged the tulip as the florist's favourite flower, and went on to give their blessing to both a military coup and a Soho night club. Spanning the world from the gardens of ...Show more
Carnivorous Plants by Dan Torre
Category: Science | Series: Botanical Ser.
An exploration of the science and cultural significance of carnivorous plants, now in paperback. Carnivorous plants are a unique botanical group, possessing modified leaves to trap, kill, and consume small creatures. As a result, they are often depicted as killers in films and literature--from Audre ...Show more
Carnivorous Plants by Dan Torre
Category: Gardening | Series: Botanical Ser.
Carnivorous plants are a unique botanical group, possessing modified leaves to trap, kill, and consume small creatures. As a result they are often depicted as killers in films and literature--from Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors to the world-dominating plants of The Day of the Triffids--yet many people ...Show more
Cherry by Constance L. Kirker; Mary Newman
Category: Gardening | Series: Botanical Ser.
Ripe, sensuous, irresistible: the cherry tree and its stunning blossoms conjure up many literal, metaphorical, and visceral sensations. We enjoy cherry picking, a cherry on top, and even, on occasion, losing one's cherry. Cherries have been consumed since prehistoric times, reaching great popularity amo ...Show more
Flower Mandala Week-At-A-Glance Diary by THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Category: Diaries | Series: New York Botanical Garden Ser.
This highly designed and colorful planner is the perfect tool for keeping life simple, organized, and lovely. The week-at-a-glance diary features original botanical pieces artfully arranged in flower mandalas that add visually vibrant inspiration to appointments and deadlines.
Herbal Handbook: 50 Profiles in Words and Art from the Rare Book Collections of The New York Botanical Garden by THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Category: Gardening | Series: New York Botanical Garden Ser.
A charming, information-packed guide to 50 herbs and their uses illustrated with rare botanical art from the renowned archives of the New York Botanical Garden.Did you know woodruff was used as a room freshener in the Middle Ages; that crushed bergamot leaves can soothe bee stings; and that dried fenugr ...Show more
Orchid by Dan Torre
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser.
A wide-ranging natural and cultural history of orchids. Approximately eight percent of all the Earth's flowering species are orchids. Known for their beautiful flowers, delicate forms, and sweet fragrances, orchids are unlike any other flower. Orchids have been contemplated by philosophers, celebrat ...Show more
Palm by Fred Gray
Category: Gardening | Series: Botanical Ser.
The extraordinary palm: diverse and prolific, symbolic and often sacred, essential and exotic (and at times erotic), exploited and controversial. The signature greenery of the tropics and subtropics, these record-breaking plants produce the world's biggest and heaviest seed, the longest leaf, and the lo ...Show more
Poppy by Andrew Lack
Category: Accessories | Series: Botanical Ser.
Few weeds have been more successful throughout history than the poppy. Hated by farmers for its stubbornness, the poppy has been a favorite of artists and poets, due to its distinct and brilliant color, and it has functioned symbolically as everything from a war memorial to an emblem of the exotic cultu ...Show more
Rhododendron by Richard Milne
Category: Gardening | Series: Botanical Ser.
Has ever a plant inspired such love and such hatred as the rhododendron? Its beauty is inarguable; it can clothe whole hillsides and gardens with a blanket of vibrant color. The rhododendron has a propensity towards sexual infidelity, making it very popular with horticultural breeding programs. And it c ...Show more
Rose by Catherine Horwood
Category: Gardening | Series: Botanical Ser.
Could a book by any other name smell as sweet? Absolutely not. The rose is the world's favorite flower--and always has been. It is our greatest floral symbol of love and romance, and it is a bloom that touches our hearts as the flower most often chosen to celebrate significant milestones--weddings, anni ...Show more