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Diana Wells 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names
Algonquin Books 1997 1565121384 / 9781565121386 Hardcover New
1565121384 From Library Journal The title of this book is somewhat misleading, as Wells (contributing editor of the gardening magazine Greenprints) does not focus strictly on the simple derivation of plant names. (Another recent book on plant names, Martha Barnette's A Garden of Words, Times Bks., 1992, provides much more etymological detail.) Wells instead describes the mythology and history behind 100 favorite garden plants, emphasizing the exploits of botanists and plant explorers who brought them out of their native habitats. Their exploits make for engrossing reading, though it is sobering to learn how many of them suffered from disease and assault, lost their hard-earned collections, or were killed outright just trying to bring back plants for our gardens. Not an essential purchase but definitely worth a place in most horticultural or botanical collections.?Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist From abelia to zinnia, here is a short history--and illustrations--of 100 common flowers. Take the poppy, for example; the botanical name Papaver is from the Latin, possibly going back to pap, a milky food that could have associations with the opium poppy's milky juice. The field or corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, takes its botanical name from the Greek rhoeas, possibly from the root rho, meaning red. Wells, who keeps a six-acre garden on a farm near Philadelphia, reminds us that corn poppies thrive in soil that has been freshly turned, because the seeds need light to germinate; and this is the sad reason they flourished in the battlefields of France during World War I--the ground had been churned up by guns and soldiers. This is a delightful book for browsing when it's too cold to be out in the garden. George Cohen May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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White, Cherie C./Souder, Sharon A./Anderson, Rebecca J./Wells, Lynn Advanced Integrated Software/Applications and Cases by White, Cherie C./Souder, Sharon A./Anderson, Rebecca J./Wells, Lynn
International Thomson Publishing Company First Printing Soft Cover Very Good
Very Good- 4to - over 9?¾" - 12" tall 0-7985-0032-9 c. 1996, 161pp., disk in back pocket, (lt.edge wear, some notations?? marks written in text, some crinkling to pages where turned)
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Wells, Carveth Adventure! by Wells, Carveth
New York The John Day Company 1931 Second Printing Hardcover Good
Good/No Jacket 8vo - over 7?¾" - 9?¾" tall c. 1931, blue cloth, frontis, illus., 338pp., (wear to head?? of spine????? bumped, covers rubbed, spine sunned, some lt.scratch markings on covers, page ends yellowed, spine somewhat cocked, content clean)
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Rosemary Wells Bunny Money (Max and Ruby)
Dial 0803721471 / 9780803721470 Hardcover Fair
0803721471 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Martha Wells City of Bones
Tor Books 0312856865 / 9780312856861 Hardcover Good
0312856865 Clean inside and out May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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H. G. Wells Empire of the Ants
Putnam Pub Group (T) 0448144557 / 9780448144559 PAPERBACK Good
0448144557 Mass Market Paperback, . G. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid unmarked copy. General Used condition. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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