Nonfiction Books about Plants

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Seeing Flowers: Discover the Hidden Life of Flowers (Seeing Series)
Seeing Flowers: Discover the Hidden Life of Flowers (Seeing Series) 4.28 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
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The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit
The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit 4.40 avg rating β€” 141 ratings
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A Natural History of Ferns
A Natural History of Ferns 4.21 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
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Viridarium Umbris: The Pleasure Garden of Shadow
Viridarium Umbris: The Pleasure Garden of Shadow 4.60 avg rating β€” 80 ratings
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Lichens (New Naturalist, #86)
Lichens (New Naturalist, #86) 4.31 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver
Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver 3.99 avg rating β€” 114 ratings
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The Pine Barrens
The Pine Barrens 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,025 ratings
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Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers
Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers 3.97 avg rating β€” 190 ratings
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The Pollination Of Flowers (New Naturalist, #54)
The Pollination Of Flowers (New Naturalist, #54) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods
The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods 4.53 avg rating β€” 135 ratings
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The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature
The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature 4.26 avg rating β€” 876 ratings
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Out of Nature: Why Drugs from Plants Matter to the Future of Humanity
Out of Nature: Why Drugs from Plants Matter to the Future of Humanity really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History
Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History 4.39 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai 4.23 avg rating β€” 789 ratings
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Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
by: Bill Laws
3.68 avg rating β€” 777 ratings
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The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior
The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,550 ratings
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Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,162 ratings
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The Visual Dictionary of Plants
The Visual Dictionary of Plants 4.14 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees
Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees 3.76 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
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The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
by: Naoko Abe
3.90 avg rating β€” 1,339 ratings
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The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait
The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait 3.90 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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100 Vegetables and Where They Came From
100 Vegetables and Where They Came From 3.93 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
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Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape
Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape 4.21 avg rating β€” 285 ratings
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The Book of Tea: The Classic Work on the Japanese Tea Ceremony and the Value of Beauty
The Book of Tea: The Classic Work on the Japanese Tea Ceremony and the Value of Beauty 3.85 avg rating β€” 16,840 ratings
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The Hedgerow Handbook: Recipes, Remedies and Rituals
The Hedgerow Handbook: Recipes, Remedies and Rituals 4.37 avg rating β€” 130 ratings
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Delira and Excira: Visions of the Flowers of Spring
Delira and Excira: Visions of the Flowers of Spring 3.25 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Nieuwe flora in kleur: zaadplanten
Nieuwe flora in kleur: zaadplanten 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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The Top 100 Herbal Remedies: Safe, Effective Remedies for 100 Common Ailments
The Top 100 Herbal Remedies: Safe, Effective Remedies for 100 Common Ailments 3.84 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Gods and Goddesses in the Garden: Greco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants
Gods and Goddesses in the Garden: Greco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants 3.88 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species
The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,383 ratings
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Explorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures
Explorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures
by: J.Z. Hunt
4.03 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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Rare and Exotic Orchids
Rare and Exotic Orchids it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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My Garden
My Garden 3.71 avg rating β€” 800 ratings
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Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge
Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge 3.88 avg rating β€” 518 ratings
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Your Guide to Spice and Seasonings
Your Guide to Spice and Seasonings 4.06 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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The Ulcerative Colitis Cookbook - The Simple Ulcerative Colitis Diet: The Awesome Cookbook for Ulcerative colitis
The Ulcerative Colitis Cookbook - The Simple Ulcerative Colitis Diet: The Awesome Cookbook for Ulcerative colitis 3.88 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Herbaria: A Guide for Young People
Herbaria: A Guide for Young People really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses The Definitive Guide to the Identification, Cultivation and Uses of 1,000 Herbs
Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses The Definitive Guide to the Identification, Cultivation and Uses of 1,000 Herbs 4.34 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
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The Ballast Seed
The Ballast Seed 4.08 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
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The Man Who Planted Trees
The Man Who Planted Trees 4.19 avg rating β€” 18,618 ratings
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Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers 3.79 avg rating β€” 178 ratings
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Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist
Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist 3.87 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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Floriography: The Myths, Magic and Language of Flowers
Floriography: The Myths, Magic and Language of Flowers 4.02 avg rating β€” 192 ratings
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My Vegetable Love
My Vegetable Love 4.17 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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Adventures in Edible Plant Foraging: Finding, Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Native and Invasive Wild Plants
Adventures in Edible Plant Foraging: Finding, Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Native and Invasive Wild Plants 3.86 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
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The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook 4.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture
The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture 3.90 avg rating β€” 527 ratings
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Around the World in 80 Trees
Around the World in 80 Trees 4.55 avg rating β€” 2,065 ratings
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The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,761 ratings
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When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance 4.02 avg rating β€” 529 ratings
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Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World
Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World 4.18 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
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Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary
Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary 4.52 avg rating β€” 300 ratings
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Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard 4.37 avg rating β€” 6,370 ratings
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To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest
To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest 4.33 avg rating β€” 2,357 ratings
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The Haunted Garden: Death and Transfiguration in the Folklore of Plants
The Haunted Garden: Death and Transfiguration in the Folklore of Plants 4.18 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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Stalking the Wild Asparagus
Stalking the Wild Asparagus 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,107 ratings
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Weeds and Wildflowers in Winter
Weeds and Wildflowers in Winter 4.05 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida 4.05 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War
Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War 3.91 avg rating β€” 222 ratings
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Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World
Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World 4.30 avg rating β€” 730 ratings
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The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms
The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms 3.78 avg rating β€” 279 ratings
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Tree: A Life Story
Tree: A Life Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 746 ratings
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Poisons in Our Path: Plants That Harm and Heal
Poisons in Our Path: Plants That Harm and Heal 3.88 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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All Plants Are Edible Once: The Stories of Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants
All Plants Are Edible Once: The Stories of Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants
The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants 3.88 avg rating β€” 222 ratings
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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees 4.27 avg rating β€” 700 ratings
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Safe Sex in the Garden and Other Propositions for an Allergy-Free World
Safe Sex in the Garden and Other Propositions for an Allergy-Free World really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Duck Hill Journal
Duck Hill Journal 3.74 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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The devil's garden: Facts and folklore of perilous plants
The devil's garden: Facts and folklore of perilous plants 3.59 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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The Wicked Plants Coloring Book
The Wicked Plants Coloring Book 4.16 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty
Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty 4.12 avg rating β€” 69 ratings
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Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife
Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife 4.34 avg rating β€” 250 ratings
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The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From a Hidden World
The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From a Hidden World 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,250 ratings
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World 4.41 avg rating β€” 3,298 ratings
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Wild Tea: Grow, Gather, Brew & Blend 40 Ingredients & 30 Recipes for Healthful Herbal Teas
Wild Tea: Grow, Gather, Brew & Blend 40 Ingredients & 30 Recipes for Healthful Herbal Teas 4.18 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
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Gossip from the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairytales
Gossip from the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairytales 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,045 ratings
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Some Flowers
Some Flowers 4.04 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
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Mimpish Squinnies: Reginald Farrer's Short Guide to Worthless Plants
Mimpish Squinnies: Reginald Farrer's Short Guide to Worthless Plants 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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The Island of the Colorblind
The Island of the Colorblind 3.88 avg rating β€” 5,100 ratings
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating β€” 77,283 ratings
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Pando: A Living Wonder of Trees
Pando: A Living Wonder of Trees 4.46 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
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Edible Forest Gardens, Vol. 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture
Edible Forest Gardens, Vol. 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture 4.48 avg rating β€” 668 ratings
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A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock
A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock 4.04 avg rating β€” 341 ratings
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100 Australian Wildflowers
100 Australian Wildflowers 4.53 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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A PaixΓ£o pelas OrquΓ­deas - Manual do OrquidΓ³filo
A PaixΓ£o pelas OrquΓ­deas - Manual do OrquidΓ³filo 4.86 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests
Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests
by: Ken Mudge
4.37 avg rating β€” 178 ratings
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Food and Fiber Plants of the North American Indians (1887)
Food and Fiber Plants of the North American Indians (1887) 4.50 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Kew: The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine
Kew: The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine 4.11 avg rating β€” 467 ratings
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Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life; or, Curiosities of vegetation
Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life; or, Curiosities of vegetation really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future
The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future 3.88 avg rating β€” 620 ratings
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The Complete Language of Flowers: A Definitive and Illustrated History (Volume 3) (Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia, 3)
The Complete Language of Flowers: A Definitive and Illustrated History (Volume 3) (Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia, 3) 4.36 avg rating β€” 561 ratings
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Orchid
Orchid
by: Dan Torre
3.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs
Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs 3.60 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast
Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast 4.51 avg rating β€” 172 ratings
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The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers
The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers 4.20 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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Hortus Curious: Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi
Hortus Curious: Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi 4.01 avg rating β€” 70 ratings
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Mystic Mandrake
Mystic Mandrake 3.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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The Compleat Squash
The Compleat Squash 4.33 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
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Remaking Wormsloe Plantation: The Environmental History of a Lowcountry Landscape
Remaking Wormsloe Plantation: The Environmental History of a Lowcountry Landscape really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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