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The Plant World: Its Romances and Realities: A Reading Book of Botany

The Plant World: Its Romances and Realities: A Reading Book of Botany

Paperback

Botany & Horticulture

ISBN10: 1727072537
ISBN13: 9781727072532
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 4 2018
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.55 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
This special re-print edition of Frank Vinent's book The Plant World: Its Romances and Realities is a look into the mysterious world of plants. Written in 1897 by one of the pioneers of American Botany, included are facts and legends about the plant world. Chapters include The Date Palm, Pitcher Plants, Virgin Forests of Brazil, The Distribution of Ferns, The Sensitive Plant, Uses of the Coconut Tree, Bamboo, Marine Plants, The Bread Fruit Tree, The Banana, The Water Lily, Plant Lore, Grasses, Giants of the Vegetable Kingdom, The Lotus, The Giant Trees of California, Carniverous Plants, The Cinnamon Gardens of Ceylon and much more. A truly informative and enlightening book on botany. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

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