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Ash by Edward Parker
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser.
Elegant and beautiful, rich in history and supremely useful, the ash tree has played an extraordinary yet largely unrecognized part in shaping both our natural environment and the material culture and beliefs of millions of people around the world. Ash charts the evolution of this magnificent tree, and ...Show more
Birch by Anna Lewington
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser.
Elegant, rich in history, and supremely useful, birches have played an extraordinary yet largely unrecognized part in shaping both our natural environment and the material culture and beliefs of millions of people around the world. Exploring birches' many uses, the ancient beliefs and folklore we associ ...Show more
Cactus by Dan Torre
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
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
$33.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | 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
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | 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
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | 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
House Plants by Mike Maunder
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser.
Exploring the economics, science, and cultural significance of houseplants, a many-tendrilled history of our domestic, pot-bound companions. Our penchant for keeping houseplants is an ancient practice dating back to the Pharaohs. House Plants explores the stories behind the plants we bring home and ho ...Show more
Mulberry by Peter Coles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser.
Since antiquity, few trees have had a greater impact on the world's cultures and economies than the mulberry. The sole food of the silkworm, the leaves of the mulberry brought prosperity not only to ancient China, but to all nations that learned the art of silk production. Mulberry bark was used to make ...Show more
Palm by Fred Gray
$33.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | 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
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | 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
Primrose by Elizabeth Lawson
$40.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser.
For centuries common primroses have spread breathtaking carpets of pale lemon yellow across the globe, the first sign of spring. Abundant, edible, and beneficial for many ailments, they have supported civilization's social and cultural foundations. When undaunted plant hunters risked their lives to intr ...Show more
Rhododendron by Richard Milne
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | 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