Botany & Plant Sciences
BIC code: PST
See also: Biology & Life Sciences
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Add to BasketCollins Dictionary Of Botany - - Paperback
£9.99
The language of botany from plant structure to genetic modification is defined and explained for students of plant sciences and botanical enthusiasts. -
Add to BasketFlora Celtica - - Hardback
£20.00
The wild plants of the British Isles have been providing essentials for people's lives since mankind first set foot on our shores. Scotland, in particular, has a diverse and colourful plant lore that's as relevant today as it was 500 years ago. -
Add to BasketFlora Of Turkey And The East Aegean Islands - Hardback
£2000.00
This eleven-volume set looks at the flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. -
Add to BasketFlowers In The Snow: The Life Of Isobel Wylie Hutchison - - Paperback
£12.95
Over the course of a dozen years Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. This text paints a portrait of a woman gloriously out of step with the conventions of her time. -
Add to BasketGeorge Forrest: Plant Hunter - - Hardback
£29.50
This work, published to celebrate the centenary of George Forrest's first setting out for the mountains of Yunnan, brings the man to life, drawing on his own letters and those of his contemporaries. It tells of Forrest's adventures and his lengendary escape from death at the hands of warring lamas. -
Add to BasketMonkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter - - Paperback
£25.00
In the course of a adventurous life in which he worked as a naval surgeon, circumnavigated the earth twice and climbed the fiery Mauna Loa in Hawaii, Archibald Menzies also introduced many plant species to Britain and helped lay the foundations for modern botany. Here, the author presents an account of his life and travels. -
Add to BasketPeople And Woods In Scotland: A History - Paperback
£19.99
This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. It begins 11,500 years ago when the ice sheet melted and trees such as hazel, pine, ash and oak returned, bringing with them first birds and mammals and, soon after, the first hunter-gathering humans. -
£8.99Seeds Of Blood And Beauty: Scottish Plant Collectors - - Paperback
'Seeds of Blood and Beauty' traces the development of the great Scottish plant collectors of the 18th and 19th centuries who left their quiet native shores in search of exotic specimens, often encountering great danger along the way. -
Add to BasketSeeds Of Blood And Beauty: Scottish Plant Collectors - - Hardback
£16.99
'Seeds of Blood and Beauty' traces the development of the great Scottish plant collectors of the 18th and 19th centuries who left their quiet native shores in search of exotic specimens, often encountering great danger along the way. -
Add to BasketThe Tree Collector: The Life And Explorations Of David Douglas - - Paperback
£7.99
David Douglas was one of the most important botanical collectors there has ever been. Thanks to his heroic and often unimaginably arduous explorations, during which he collected and discovered over 200 species, our forests and gardens are immeasurably richer. This is his biography.