Filter by
A Handbook of Plant-Form For Students of Design, Art Schools, Teachers and A…
Written and richly illustrated by the Derby-born artist Ernest Ellis Clark (1869–1932), this guide was originally published in 1904 to demonstrate the decorative possibilities of certain plants, mainly English wild flowers, to art students sitting examinations in plant drawing and design. Clark emphasises the importance of retaining a certain amount of botanical accuracy and provides examples…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781107262225
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
- Call Number
- -
A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (1707–88), father of modern taxonomy, was one of the most important scientists of the eighteenth century. This biography was written by Richard Pulteney (1730–1801), a physician and botanist who greatly admired Linnaeus' methods and aimed to promote them in England. The first edition was published in 1781 and contains a thorough account of the major works of Linnaeus and his u…
- Edition
- William George Maton
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781139095945
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
- Call Number
- -
A Garden of Pleasure
Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825–1916), who re-created the gardens of Huntercombe Manor in Berkshire in the 1870s, was a talented artist as well as an author, illustrating both poetry and books for children. Coming from an aristocratic family, and in later life a friend of Queen Alexandra, she produced sketches and watercolours admired by Ruskin and Landseer, and Tennyson and Bulwer Lytton contribute…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781107741805
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
- Call Number
- -
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India
A Scottish doctor and botanist, George Watt (1851–1930) had studied the flora of India for more than a decade before he took on the task of compiling this monumental work. Assisted by numerous contributors, he set about organising vast amounts of information on India's commercial plants and produce, including scientific and vernacular names, properties, domestic and medical uses, trade statis…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781107239159
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography