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Plants and Man: A Series of Essays relating to the Botany of Ordinary Life (Second Reprint Edition)
Author
F O Bower
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9789381942314
  • year : 2015
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Description
(Pub. 1925) (Figs. 148) Contents : 1 A General outlook 2. The green leaf 3. The plant as a whole 4. The unlimited scheme of the platn body 5. The fixed position of the plant body 6. The seasons 7. Meadow and pasture 8. Woodland 9. Moor and mountain 10. The seashore 11. Golf links and playing fields 12. The flower garden 13. The kitchen garden 14. Dessert fruits 15. Cerreal grains 16. Vegetable foods 17. Mechanical construction of plants (A) The turgescent cell 18. Mechanical construction of plants (B) The columnar stem 19. Mechanical construction of plants (C) The leaf and root 20. Timber 21. Textiles and Twine 22. Plant population and conjoint life 23. Parasitism in Flowering plants 24 Mycorrhiza 25. The fungal habit 26. Fungal parasitism 27. Bacteria 28. Scavernging and sanitation 29. Man's dependence on vegetation 30. Man's influence on vegetation. Aug-200 ISBN: xii+365 Yr. of Pub.1925 Hard Bound English