Flowers: From Seed to Bloom

Flowers: From Seed to Bloom

Author: George Pendergast

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 1482416611

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Enjoying the view of a field of flowers on a nice day is delightful, but knowing how those beautiful flowers got there is even more interesting. Readers will follow the process seeds undergo from tiny shells to roots, stalks, and eventually flowers. These little seeds create the blooms we love to admire on nice summer days, and this book explains why water, sunlight, and other elements are necessary to create these beautiful flowers.


Seeds

Seeds

Author: Carolyn Fry

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 022622449X

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From the magnificence of a towering redwood to the simple elegance of a tiny dandelion, seed-bearing plants abound on planet Earth. The sheer diversity of plants thriving today is largely thanks to the evolution of the seed, as this made plants resilient to environmental changes by enabling them to await optimum conditions for growth before springing to life. In a time of declining biodiversity, studying seeds is now helping scientists preserve this plant diversity for future generations. With Seeds, Carolyn Fry offers a celebration of these vital but unassuming packages of life. She begins with a sweeping tour through human history, designed to help us understand why we should appreciate and respect these floral parcels. Wheat, corn, and rice, she reminds us, supply the foundations of meals eaten by people around the world. Countless medicines, oils, clothing materials, and building supplies are available only because of the versatility and variety of seed-bearing plants. Fry then provides a comprehensive history of the evolution of seeds, explaining the myriad ways that they have adapted, survived, and thrived across the globe. Delving deeper into the science of seeds, she reveals the fascinating processes of dormancy, reproduction, germination, and dispersal, and showcases the estimable work conservationists are doing today to gather and bank seeds in order to prevent species from going extinct. Enriched by a stunning array of full-color images, Seeds offers a comprehensive exploration of some of the most enduring and essential players in the natural world.


Garden and Forest

Garden and Forest

Author: Charles Sprague Sargent

Publisher:

Published: 1894

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13:

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A journal of horticulture, landscape art, and forestry.


The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds

The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds

Author: Robert Edward Gough

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1603425748

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A full-color resource explains how to gather, clean and store seeds for 300 different kinds of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees and shrubs, as well as how to propagate and care for new seedlings. Original.