Reveals how pine trees have inspired and been utilized by humanity throughout history.
BotanicalSeries
Embark on a captivating journey into the intricate world of plants and their secrets. This series delves into the complexity of nature, exploring everything from medicinal properties to hidden symbolism. It offers engaging insights for botany enthusiasts and anyone seeking a deeper connection with the natural world. Immerse yourself in beautifully illustrated guides that unveil the science and beauty behind every leaf and bloom.
Recommended Reading Order
Today geraniums can be found throughout the world, their widespread use in food and perfume manufacture as well as floral display exemplifying the global industrialization of plant production. This book details how the amenable geranium remains a plant that many love and others love to hate, but above all it is a flower that is seldom ignored.
Bamboo
- 184 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Bamboo is even a new material for today's modern bicycles.
Richly illustrated throughout, Birch presents a fascinating overview of their cultural and ecological significance, from botany to literature and art, as Anna Lewington looks both at the history of birches and what the future may hold in store for them.
A beautifully illustrated botanical and cultural history of Europe's most ancient species of tree, the yew.
Apple
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
This book explores the apple's history and the latest debates about the use of agrichemicals, the rise of organic and heirloom orchards, and the hopes and fears of genetic crop modification.
Willow
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Willow tells the rich tale of this many-sided plant, exploring its presence in literature and art, and importance across human history.
Sunflowers
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Sunflowers unravels the interplay between the biology of sunflowers and human cultures over the last 6,000 years. It explores our fascination with the family and how our uses of the plants have changed over millennia.
Rose
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
With vibrant illustrations and tales of medieval best-sellers, nurserymen's rivalries and changing tastes in the flower bed, this book traces the journey of the rose across the centuries, from battles to bouquets, charting its botanical, religious, literary and artistic history.
Grasses
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Humble yet vital, grasses are the ultimate staple crop, influencing our lives throughout humanity's biological, sociological and cultural history. This book explains the profound and oft-neglected importance of the botanical marvel.
An exploration of the botanical and cultural history of the popular snowdrop.
Cactus
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Dan Torre uniquely explores the natural, cultural and social history of cacti - with particular emphasis on how these remarkable plants have been represented in art, literature, cinema, animation and popular culture around the world.
Poppy
- 199 pages
- 7 hours of reading
In Poppy Andrew Lack explores all aspects of one of our most familiar but declining flowers, combining history and biology with symbolic associations and connections with the arts.
Oak
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
More than any other tree, the Oak has been a symbol of strength and durability. The Oak has been adopted by many countries as a national symbol, particularly in Western Europe and the United States. This book examines this magnificent and ubiquitous tree, tracing its biological history in its many manifestations, natural and cultural.
Weeds
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A scientific and cultural history of weeds, which shows that regarding certain plants as weeds and not others is purely a matter of context. Weeds reveals just how interesting and useful these seemingly annoying plants can be.
Palm
- 232 pages
- 9 hours of reading
In Palm Fred Gray portrays the cultural and historical significance of this iconic and controversial plant over thousands of years. Superbly illustrated, this lively and engaging book is the first of its kind.
Rhododendron
- 236 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Explores the many ways in which rhododendrons have influenced human societies, as well as the extraordinary story of the plants' evolution.
Carnation
- 221 pages
- 8 hours of reading
As it ranges from the traditions of the medieval marriage bed to Renaissance paintings of the Madonna and Child, this lavishly illustrated book will entertain anyone with an interest in history, art or culture. It is full of unexpected delights that will charm the mind and invigorate the senses - just like the carnation itself.