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Look for the SECRET hidden inside . . . Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but they go through the same stages as they grow. Using four common plants, young readers learn about a plant's life cycles. Simple text and colorful illustrations show the major phases of plant growth: seed, plant, flower, and fruit. Back matter offers more information on each plant, as well as on each stage of growth.
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Timber Press
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"This new, completely revised second edition of her bestselling classic is a design compendium that is as practical as it is inspirational. Designing with Succulents shares design and cultivation basics; hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and profiles of 50 easy-care, drought-tolerant companion plants. Lavishly illustrated with 400 photographs, you will find everything you need to visualize, create, and nurture a thriving, water-smart succulent...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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[xii, 225] pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"On the forefront of uncovering the essential truths about plants, world-renowned scientist Stefano Mancuso reveals the surprisingly sophisticated ability of plants to innovate, to remember, and to learn, offering us creative solutions to the most vexing technological and ecological problems that face us today. Despite not having brains or central nervous systems, plants perceive their surroundings with an even greater sensitivity than animals. They...
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Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1999
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Provides information on a variety of plants, discussing life cycles, habitats, their use as food, plant parts, seeds, cones, flowers, fruit, and the chemicals and fiber they can provide. Includes activities such as drawing, answering questions, and planting seeds.
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2013
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"In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs--but each represents a unique cultural contribution...
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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 20 cm.
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Describes the two major types of roots and how they help plants stay in place and stand upright, and how they transport water and other nutrients from the ground to the rest of the plant, and discusses root vegetables.
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Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
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189 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Welcome to this collection of amazing plants from all over the world, chosen for their unique traits and characteristics, with fun illustrations by Adrienne Barman. Meet the evergreens, the edibles and the elderly plants that have outlived the dinosaurs in this alphabetically-ordered encyclopedia. Filled with fascinating flowers, curious crops and wonderful weeds, this book will keep young explorers busy for hours. A fantastic follow-up to smash-hit...
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Clarkson Potter
Pub. Date
c2012
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208 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
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A reference to growing herbs and edible flowers reveals how fragrant, flavorful plants can be readily grown in gardens, window boxes, and flowerpots, in a guidebook that features do-it-yourself projects and dozens of recipes.
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KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
c2003
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48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
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Discusses meat-eating plants, their life cycles, how they lure their prey, where different species are located, and what is being done to protect endangered carnivorous plants and their habitats.
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Timber Press
Pub. Date
2011
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344 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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"The plants are organized into 28 intuitively logical groups, such as succulent euphorbias, mesembryanthemums, bulbs, succulent trees, aloes, agaves, and haworthias. Each entry includes information on the plant's native habitat, its cultivation requirements, and its horticultural potential. As useful to novice growers as to collectors and those with an existing interest in succulents, this will be the standard reference for years to come."--www.Amazon.com....
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