THE want of special works introductory to the study of the botany of the principal tropical and southern countries of the globe has long been felt. The medical man, the student, and the amateur ...

THIS text-book, we are informed in the English preface, “was written by Prof. Prantl, to meet a growing demand for a work on botany, which, while less voluminous than the well-known work of Sachs, ...

As physical monuments go, the 3-foot stack of botany books hardly looks imposing. But as a legacy of plant-science scholarship and education, the UC Davis texts tower above the rest. The set of ...

Winterfat, Feathery False Solomons-Seal, Hairy Beggarticks, Stinking Brickelbush, Parry’s Lousewort, Spotted Lady’s-Thumb, Scrambled Eggs, Giant Lousewort. These names could easily moonlight as the ...

Decades of searching uncovered the brilliantly illustrated plants and detailed notes made by a U.S. woman living in Cuba in the 1800s. Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering shrub found in ...