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Book Synopsis Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum by : Stephen A. Harris
Download or read book Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum written by Stephen A. Harris and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in Britain and has occupied its site in central Oxford since 1621. Conceived as a place to grow medicinal plants, born in the turmoil of civil war and nurtured during the restoration of the monarchy, the garden has, unsurprisingly, a curious past.By tracing the work and priorities of each of the garden's keepers, this book explores its importance as one of the world's oldest scientific plant collections. It tells the story of the planting of the garden by its first keeper, Jacob Bobart, and his son, together with how they changed the garden to suit their own needs. The story develops during the eighteenth century as the garden grew exotic plants under glass and acquired a fine succulent collection but then experienced a downturn under the stewardship of the eccentric Professor Humphrey Sibthorp (famous for giving just one lecture in thirty-seven years). Finally, the narrative throws light on the partnership of gardener William Baxter and academic Charles Daubeny in the early nineteenth century, which gave the garden its glasshouses and ponds and contributed to its survival to the present day. This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts.
Book Synopsis Oxford Botanic Garden by : Chris Thorogood
Download or read book Oxford Botanic Garden written by Chris Thorogood and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Botanic Garden has occupied its central Oxford site next to the river Cherwell continuously since its foundation in 1621 and is the UK's oldest botanic garden. The birthplace of botanical science in the UK, it has been a leading centre for research since the 1600s. Today, the garden holds a collection of over 5,000 different types of plant, some of which exist nowhere else and are of international conservation importance. This guide explores Oxford Botanic Garden's many historic and innovative features, from the walled garden to the waterlily pool, the glasshouses, the rock garden, the water garden and 'Lyra's bench'. It also gives a detailed explanation of the medicinal and taxonomic beds and special plant collections.Lavishly illustrated with photographs taken throughout the seasons, this book not only provides a fascinating historical overview but also offers a practical guide to the Oxford Botanic Garden and its work today. Featuring a map of the entire site and a historical timeline, it is guaranteed to enhance any visit, and is also a beautiful souvenir to take home.
Book Synopsis Roots to Seeds by : Stephen A. Harris
Download or read book Roots to Seeds written by Stephen A. Harris and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1621, and the foundation of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford has built up an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrations and rare books on plant classification, collecting and plant biology. These archives, and the living plants in the Garden, are integral to the study of botany in the University.This book profiles the botanists and collections which have helped to transform our understanding of the biology of plants over the past four centuries, focusing on plant classification, experimental botany, building botanical collections, agriculture and forestry and botanical education. Highlights include a selection of Ferdinand Bauer's renowned illustrations for Flora Graeca - an extraordinarily lavish and detailed eighteenth-century botanical publication of plants found in the Eastern Mediterranean - and rare plant specimens from the herbaria, such as Fairchild's Mule (the first artificially created hybrid plant). Together with seventeenth-century herbals, elegant garden plans, plant models and fossil slides, these items from the archives all help to tell the story of botanical science in Oxford and the intrepid botanists who devoted themselves to the essential study of plants.
Book Synopsis Oxford College Gardens by : Tim Richardson
Download or read book Oxford College Gardens written by Tim Richardson and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bijou corners of Corpus Christi to the wide open lawns of Trinity, Oxford's gardens are full of surprises and hidden corners - not least the fellows' or masters' gardens, which are usually kept resolutely private. Take a tour of the stunning gardens of this prestigious British institution without leaving your armchair with this elegant, authoritative analysis full of glorious photographs which reveal their full interest and charm. The gardens of Oxford's thirty or so colleges are surprisingly varied in style, age and size, ranging from the ancient mound in the middle of New College to the fine modernist design which is St Catherine's. The eighteenth-century landscape school is represented in the magnificent acreage of Worcester, while the twentieth-century vogue for rock gardening is reflected at St John's. Founded in 1621, the university's Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Britain, holds one of the most diverse plant collections in the world, and has been a source of inspiration for writers from Lewis Carroll to Philip Pullman.
Book Synopsis Oxford Botanic Garden, Or, A Popular Guide to the Botanic Garden of Oxford by : Charles Daubeny
Download or read book Oxford Botanic Garden, Or, A Popular Guide to the Botanic Garden of Oxford written by Charles Daubeny and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Oxford Gardens, Based Upon Daubeny's Popular Guide to the Physick Garden of Oxford, with Notes on the Gardens of the Colleges and on the University Park by : Robert Theodore Gunther
Download or read book Oxford Gardens, Based Upon Daubeny's Popular Guide to the Physick Garden of Oxford, with Notes on the Gardens of the Colleges and on the University Park written by Robert Theodore Gunther and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum by :
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Botany of Gin by : Chris Thorogood
Download or read book The Botany of Gin written by Chris Thorogood and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its roots in ancient Greek herbal medicine, the popular spirit we now know as gin was established by the Dutch in the sixteenth century as a juniper-infused tincture to cure fevers. It gained notoriety during the London 'gin craze' in the eighteenth century before enjoying a recent resurgence and a profusion of new botanical flavourings.Garnished with sumptuous illustrations depicting the plants that tell the story of this complex and iconic drink, this enticing book delves into the botany of gin from root to branch. A diverse assortment of aromatic plants from around the world have been used in the production of gin over the course of several centuries. Each combination of botanicals yields a unique flavour profile that equates to more than the sum of its parts. Understanding the different types of formulation, and the main groups of plants used therein, is central to appreciating the drink's complexities and subtleties. As this book's extraordinary range of featured ingredients shows, gin is a quintessentially botanical beverage with a rich history like no other.
Download or read book Heal Your Gut written by Lee Holmes and published by Fair Winds Press (MA). This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heal yourself of nasty food intolorences and nourish your body by starting with your gut! Heal Your Gut is a beautifully designed and photographed step-by-step protocol for restoring your inner gut health, via a treatment program and detox regime--supported by 90 anti-inflammatory recipes to heal and nourish. Whether you're suffering from a health issue aggravated by diet and a poorly functioning digestive system, or whether you have an autoimmune or digestive disorder, food allergies or intolerances, IBD, IBS, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, leaky gut, inflammatory issues, thyroid problems, neurological disorders, obesity, diabetes, arthritis or fibromyalgia, this book will provide you with information, meal plans, and anti-inflammatory recipes to really heal your gut and get you back on track with your health. By following the protocol you'll feel more vibrant and alive, and have energy to burn. This book isn't just another fad diet: it contains recipes that have been specifically created to heal and also deliver vital nutrients, vitamins, and minerals to get your body systems functioning optimally.
Download or read book Weird Plants written by Chris Thorogood and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, this extraordinary compilation showcases weird, mysterious and bizarre plants from around the world. Plants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on animals. Author Chris Thorogood showcases these plant behaviours, the interrelationships among plants, the interdependencies between plants and animals, and the intrigue of plant evolution. All types of weird and sinister are featured in this book, from carnivorous plants that drug, drown and consume unsuspecting insect prey; giant pitcher plants that have evolved toilets for tree shrews; flowers that mimic rotting flesh to attract pollinating flies, and orchids that duplicitously look, feel and even smell like a female insect to bamboozle sex-crazed male bees.
Download or read book Radical Hope written by Jonathan Lear and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation. This title contains a philosophical and ethical inquiry into a people faced with the end of their way of life.
Book Synopsis Lande: The Calais 'Jungle' and Beyond by : Hicks, Dan
Download or read book Lande: The Calais 'Jungle' and Beyond written by Hicks, Dan and published by Bristol University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. How can Archaeology help us understand our contemporary world? This ground-breaking book reflects on material, visual and digital culture from the Calais “Jungle” – the informal camp where, before its destruction in October 2016, more than 10,000 displaced people lived. LANDE: The Calais 'Jungle' and Beyond reassesses how we understand ‘crisis’, activism, and the infrastructure of national borders in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, foregrounding the politics of environments, time, and the ongoing legacies of empire. Introducing a major collaborative exhibit at Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, the book argues that an anthropological focus on duration, impermanence and traces of the most recent past can recentre the ongoing human experiences of displacement in Europe today.
Book Synopsis The Tropical Hothouse (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew) by : Chris Thorogood
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.
Book Synopsis The University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum by : Jill Walker
Download or read book The University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum written by Jill Walker and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contemporary Botanical Artists by : Shirley Sherwood
Download or read book Contemporary Botanical Artists written by Shirley Sherwood and published by George Weidenfeld & Nicholson. This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of botanical paintings along with descriptions of the artists' techniques and backgrounds.
Book Synopsis Botanic Gardens by : Sarah Rutherford
Download or read book Botanic Gardens written by Sarah Rutherford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the world hundreds of botanic gardens combine scientific research, conservation and beauty with public access, with Kew Gardens alone attracting around one million visitors a year. For centuries they have variously focused on cultivating medicinal and exotic plants, introducing lucrative crops such as tea and rubber to new countries, preserving international plant collections, scientific classification and research – or have combined all these things. Sarah Rutherford here tells their story from the sixteenth-century up to their long heyday in the last two hundred years. She explains the gardens' design and architecture, the personalities and institutions associated with them, their important role in research and conservation, and their appeal to millions of visitors.
