Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. More than 1,000 brilliant full-color photographs-illustrations (illustrateur). 1st Edition. NEW First Edition (Orig. 20023) First Printing: ELEGANT color-illustrated gloss-laminated mylar-protected jackets with sharp NEW edges & corners * 8.75" x 11.25" x 1.50", 2.32 kg, 492 pp * More than 1,000 brilliant full-color photographs-illustrations * ABOUT THE SET: Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix are pioneers in the use of photography in plant illustration. "The Botanical Garden", Volumes I & II, are exciting & thoroughly modern renditions of illustrated botany books. Ten years in the making, this set combines the finest in photography w/ up-to-date, expert commentary to bridge the gap between gardener-friendly books & scientific texts. In the tradition of the great botanical illustrations, ea. featured plant has been carefully photographed--as a whole & in its parts--against a white background to reveal the plant's physical characteristics in exacting detail. Plants from more than 1,200 distinct groups are described--from oaks to violets & water lilies to grasses--and are presented in evolutionary order, from the most primitive to the most advanced. Each plant listing includes: (a) Name: genus, species and common names, date of discovery, and range; (b) Description: detailed and concise in the scientific style; (c) Key Recognition Features; (d) Ecology & Geography; & (e) Comment: cultivation needs plus notes about unusual hybrids or developments in the genus. As a pair, the 2 vols. are an all-inclusive source of information & photographs of more than 2,000 genera of temperate plants. Thorough introductory text encompasses numerous themes in botany, from the history of plant development to current DNA studies that are revolutionizing plant classification. Ea. volume includes a detailed index and bibliography. "The Botanical Garden" Volumes I and II are exciting additions to a gardening bookshelf. They are visually rich & highly accurate references that will remain interesting, useful & current for many years. Offering a discerning insight into the relationship between garden plants & their natural environments & accuracy that is unequaled outside scientific circles, this duo are truly the modern heirs to a long history of botanical references. There are simply no other works of this kind available today. * ABOUT VOLUME I: TREES AND SHRUBS: Featuring 510 genera of temperate woody garden plants w/ full details of how they are related, their origins & uses, Volume I covers trees, shrubs & climbers. From plants dating to prehistory--tree ferns, gingkoes & some conifers--to those more recently evolved, this volume includes early-flowering plants (magnolia & its family), catkin-bearing trees, fruit & nut trees, maples, the cordyline, palm & bamboo species, & many more advanced trees & shrubs. * ABOUT THE AUTHORS: ROGER PHILLIPS was trained as a painter at Chelsea School of Art. He has 30 books to his credit, which have sold well over 3,500,000 copies worldwide. Phillips has won numerous awards, including 3 for book design, and has written & presented the major television series, "The Quest for the Rose". MARTYN RIX is a botanist, plant collector & gardener. He studied botany at Trinity College, Dublin, & at Cambridge, where he wrote his doctoral thesis. After working as botanist at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley, he became an independent botanical advisor & writer & has since produced 17 books & numerous scientific papers, as well as 23 illustrated books w/ Roger Phillips. Rix is on the Picture Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society & has been awarded the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for his services to horticulture. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee. Due to its weight we ship this title to all international destinations via Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY AIRMAIL w/ our below-cost rate available on request. N� de r�f. du vendeur 009813

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