Botany for gardeners
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Brian Capon
- ناشر : Portland, Or. : Timber Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780881926552
Description
pt. I. Growth. ch. 1. Cells and seeds : basic beginnings -- ch. 2. Roots and shoots : how plants mature -- pt. II. Organization. ch. 3. Inside stems -- ch. 4. Inside roots and leaves -- pt. III. Adaptation. ch. 5. Adapations for protection -- ch. 6. Adaptations to fulfill basic needs -- pt. IV. Functions. ch. 7. Control of growth and development -- ch. 8. The uptake and use of water, minerals, and light -- pt. V. Reproduction. ch. 9. From flowers to fruits -- ch. 10. Strategies of inheritance -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Plant names -- Glossary
Presents an introduction to the science of botany written specifically for gardeners and horticulturists, focusing on flowering plants or angiosperms, the largest group in the plant kingdom, and gymnosperms, plants that produce seeds in the open spaces of cones
