Download or read book Manuel du Jardinier contenant la description des plantes n cessaires pour la d coration d un jardin de fleurs leurs vertus m dicinales et conomiques et les maladies dans lesquelles elles sont indiqu es traduit sur l original Italien with additions par M C L F Randi pseud i e C L F Andry written by Agostino Mandirola and published by . This book was released on 1765 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Manuel du Jardinier written by Agostino Mandirola and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manuel du Jardinier: Ouvrage Nécessaire aux Cultivateurs, Amateurs de la Botanique, Et de la Physique; Contenant la Description des Plantes Nécessaires pour la Décoration d'un Jardin de Fleurs Je ne parlerai pas non plus des honneurs qu'ont reçus tous ceux qui fe font livrés à cette fcience, ni des grands hommes qui l'ont cultivée elle a été de tous les rems le délaifement des Roisl Orphée Moyfe Salomon, Salon Denis l'e Tyran Brax ont traité des vertus donné la defcnpuon de quantité de Plantes. Pluiieur3 portent encore le nom des Rois qui les ont trouvé, ou qui les premiers ont publié les vertus qu'elles poffédoiem d'où nous font venus les noms de Lyfimachie de Gentianne d'enpa toire d'armoize d'aunée &c. Cyrus Se miramis, Mafinifla cm la aient les momen: qui leur refla1enr pour e d lafler du poids de leurs affaires à l'étude de la Botanique. Caron Lucullus Sylla après s'ètre délivrés du Gou vernement des Charges publiques qu ils oe eupooem felivrercnt entierement aux charmes de curefcicnce. Philippe Il Roi d'ef agne, Louis XIV l'empereur le R0: de Sarfaigne, celui de Dannemarek Louis le bien Aimé, après avoir confidéré l'utilité de la Botanique en ont favarrfé les progrès, enenvoyaut, leurs dépens, plufieurs Savans pour faire des de' couvertes fur les Plantes qui nous étaient incan nues Louis le bien aimé pafle avec plailir quelques inflans dans fon iardin' de Trianon connait parfaitement les Plantes qui y font gouvernées fousles foins du Savant M de 3ullieu, quoiqu'elles y (aient au nombre de plus de quatre mille. Plulieurs Seigneurs Fran 'çais à la téte def uels on en voir un autant remarquable par an efprit fes cannoill'an tes que at (an illullre origine le Duc d'ayen fe ont honneur d'étudier cette Science de protéger ceux qui la cultivent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Encyclop die universelle des 15 000 plantes et fleurs de jardins written by Collectif, and published by . This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'Encyclopédie universelle des 15 000 plantes et fleurs de jardin est l'ouvrage le plus exhaustif jamais consacré à l'univers des plantes ornementales. Du jardinier occasionnel au professionnel, en passant par l'amateur, tous trouveront dans cette œuvre exceptionnelle une somme de connaissances qui fera longtemps autorité dans le monde horticole. La botanique du jardinier présente les éléments clés du jardinage, notamment les principes de la classification des plantes, des rappels sur l'anatomie et la vie des végétaux, les principales méthodes et techniques de culture, de taille et de multiplication, un tableau des parasites et des maladies. Le dictionnaire des plantes de A à Z décrit 15 000 plantes de jardin du monde entier, dont 6 000 sont illustrées par une photographie en couleurs. Les plantes sont classées par le nom botanique latin de leur genre, accompagné du nom commun français quand il est usuel. Pour chaque plante, une introduction indique le nombre d'espèces, sa localisation géographique et ses principales caractéristiques botaniques. Viennent ensuite des informations et des conseils sur le mode de culture : rusticité, utilisation au jardin, emplacement idéal, multiplication, taille, maladies... Sont enfin décrites les différentes espèces et variétés, avec mention des caractéristiques qui les différencient du genre. Des symboles permettent de repérer rapidement l'information : silhouette des arbres et des plantes, rusticité, hauteur et étalement, plante récompensée. Un index général des plantes regroupe tous les noms communs français et permet de retrouver facilement une plante dont on ignore le nom botanique latin. Un glossaire répertorie 700 termes botaniques et d'horticulture utilisés dans l'ouvrage. 6 000 photographies en couleurs illustrent à la fois des portraits de plantes, des détails de fleurs, de feuilles, d'écorces ou de fruits en gros plan, des arbres et des arbustes en pied. De superbes séries montrent la variété qui existe au sein des genres les plus connus.

Download or read book Tristes Tropiques written by Claude Levi-Strauss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A magical masterpiece."—Robert Ardrey. A chronicle of the author's search for a civilization "reduced to its most basic expression."

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Download or read book The Ladybird Illustrated written by D H Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ladybird is a long tale or novella by D. H. Lawrence. It was first drafted in 1915 as a short story entitled The Thimble. Lawrence rewrote and extended it under a new title in December 1921 and sent the final version to his English agent on 9 January 1922. It was collected with two other tales, The Captain's Doll and The Fox, and the three novellas were then published in London by Martin Secker in March 1923 under the title The Ladybird and in New York by Thomas Seltzer as The Captain's Doll in April 1923."

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Download or read book A Midsummer s Nightmare written by Garry Kilworth and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherwood Forest, home of Oberon, Titania, Puck, Cobweb, Peaseblossom and the rest of the mob, has been whittled away by urban development. It's time to move on, the fairies decide. Sid, their captive, a kindly if gruff young car mechanic, teaches Titania to drive, and on Midsummer's Eve the party sets off in a battered and smelly old bus. They're bound for the New Forest, where they hope to be able to regenerate their magic. The fairies' journey is full of excitement. At a village fair, they show the morris dancers how to cut previously undreamt-of capers. Titania falls in love with a human baby and steals her from her pram, starting a nationwide search for the missing infant. The fairies then link up with a group of New Age travellers on their way to Stonehenge, who befriend them almost without question. Finally, a fight to the death between Titania and the terrifying and sadistic Morgan-le-Fey must take place before everyone can settle down into some form of harmony and peace.

Download or read book The Man With the Golden Torc written by Simon R. Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Simon Green introduces a new kind of hero, one who fights the good fight against some very old foes in the first novel in the Secret Histories series. The name’s Bond. Shaman Bond. Actually, that's just his cover. His real name is Eddie Drood, but when your job includes a license to kick supernatural arse on a regular basis, you find your laughs where you can. For centuries, his family has been the secret guardian of Humanity, all that stands between all of you and all of the really nasty things that go bump in the night. As a Drood field agent he wore the golden torc, he killed monsters, and he protected the world. He loved his job. Right up to the point where his own family declared him rogue for no reason. Now, the only people who can help Eddie prove his innocence are the people he used to consider his enemies...