Download or read book The Tropical Hothouse Royal Botanic Gardens Kew written by Chris Thorogood and published by Paperscapes. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tropical Hothouse features press-out shapes, enabling you to transform the book into a work of art, creating a landscape of over 50 rare and exotic hothouse plants.

Download or read book The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew written by William Jackson Bean and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Kew written by F. N. Hepper and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the varied garden areas, ornamental structures, and greenhouses at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, with an overview of Kew's research activities in the botanical sciences.

Download or read book Kew Gardens Or A Popular Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew written by Sir William Jackson Hooker and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook written by Timothy M. A. Utteridge and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Wanderings Through the Conservatories at Kew written by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Natural Rubber written by Shinzo Kohjiya and published by Smithers Rapra. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the story of natural rubber, explaining its historical, social and scientific significance towards sustainable development. Hevea is a natural rubber-yielding tree and is among a few plants that have deeply impacted upon civilisation by having made present-day transportation networks possible: tyres made of natural rubber have enabled airplanes to fly, automobiles, buses, trucks and off-the-road vehicles to move. Rubbery elastic materials are indispensable in modern technology and even in the medical arena a pair of natural rubber gloves, used in surgical operations, are imperative for the safety of patients as well as medical staff.This tropical tree is one of man's most recently domesticated plants after the odyssey from the Amazon to England and then to Asia, when modern science was just establishing in the 18th century. The plantations in Asia managed to agriculturally mass-produce natural rubber at the beginning of the 20th century, just in time for the industrial mass production of automobiles. The reason why the cultivation of it has failed in the Amazon is discussed extensively taking Fordlandia, 1928aE '1945, as an example.In the story, the unique elastic properties of natural rubber are explained and discussed in terms of modern science, and its influence toward the 21st century is analysed with sustainable development in mind.Not only students, researchers and engineers related to natural rubber but also those interested in sustainable development will find this book informative, evoking his or her deliberation on our future.

Download or read book My Kew written by Kitty Tessler and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'My Kew' is a unique souvenir book of evocative and artistic images of Kew Gardens. Check out the majestic trees, the curious statues and the fantastic greenhouses. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is a World Heritage Site covering around 300 acres and is the home to over 30,000 different kinds of plants. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution. Above all, it is truely a wonderful place to visit, whether from a scientific standpoint or as a nature-lover.

Download or read book Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens and Pleasure Grounds Kew By Daniel Oliver Twenty second edition written by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wanderings through the Conservatories at Kew written by Philip Henry Gosse and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

Download or read book The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew written by Ray Desmond and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburg. This book was released on 2007 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authorised history of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Botanical Art written by Martyn Rix and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventeenth century heralded a golden age of exploration, as intrepid travelers sailed around the world to gain firsthand knowledge of previously unknown continents. These explorers also collected the world’s most beautiful flora, and often their findings were recorded for posterity by talented professional artists. The Golden Age of Botanical Art tells the story of these exciting plant-hunting journeys and marries it with full-color reproductions of the stunning artwork they produced. Covering work through the nineteenth century, this lavishly illustrated book offers readers a look at 250 rare or unpublished images by some of the world’s most important botanical artists. Truly global in its scope, The Golden Age of Botanical Art features work by artists from Europe, China, and India, recording plants from places as disparate as Africa and South America. Martyn Rix has compiled the stories and art not only of well-known figures—such as Leonardo da Vinci and the artists of Empress Josephine Bonaparte—but also of those adventurous botanists and painters whose names and work have been forgotten. A celebration of both extraordinarily beautiful plant life and the globe-trotting men and women who found and recorded it, The Golden Age of Botanical Art will enchant gardeners and art lovers alike.

Download or read book The Kew Gardener s Guide to Growing Orchids written by Philip Seaton and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspirational book from Kew's orchid experts reveals the easiest, most attractive and most popular plants to grow today. Orchids come from the second largest plant family (with 28,000 members) and have a reputation for diversity and trickiness - but expert Philip Seaton chooses 60 of the best species to become permanent and happy members of your home. Through a combination of 12 projects and easy to follow practical advice he shows how to welcome new plants, to revive their flagging spirits as well as their basic care and cultivation. He shows how to produce and train flowers, to collect and sow their seed, and how to plant and display them in a terrarium, or on bark or in a basket. Find out when to water them, how to repot them and the ideal room and conditions that each orchid needs to thrive. The combination of botanical beauty and practical advice will inspire beginners and experienced growers to grow new species in many different ways. This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Vegetables and Guide to Growing House Plants.