Thoreau's Garden: Native Plants for the American LandscapeStackpole Books, 1996 - 242 páginas GARDENING 'Thoreau's Garden' is an imaginary place where the plants Thoreau knew in 19th-century New England still thrive and where we can 'learn their history, their uses, and their charms.' Well-known garden writer Loewer (The Evening Garden, LJ 1/93) profiles nearly 50 shrubs, trees, grasses, flowering plants, fungi, and ferns, using generous excerpts from Thoreau's journals. Each essay mentions the use of the plant in cultivation, but in most instances this information is very limited compared with coverage in other books on natura l gardening. This work's strength lies instead in its conveying Thoreau's delight in the natural world and some interesting and unusual facts about the plants in his vicinity. One learns, for example, that Jack-in-the-pulpit can grow to three feet high or that barberries were once widely made into jams and jellies. Recommended for natural history collections in most libraries, especially in the eastern half of the United States. Elizabeth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va.- |
Contenido
Preface | 1 |
On Scientific Names | 19 |
The Bearberry | 37 |
A Number of Milkweeds | 53 |
The Common or European Barberry | 69 |
The Cardoon | 77 |
The Horsetails | 89 |
The Desmodium Path | 102 |
The Whirligig Beetles | 144 |
Puffballs and Earthstars | 149 |
The Evening Primrose | 163 |
The Sundrops | 169 |
The Blackeyed Susan and Other Coneflowers | 177 |
The Goldenrods | 193 |
The Cattail | 201 |
The Hemlocks | 207 |
The Turtleheads | 108 |
The Wild Geraniums | 117 |
The Water Flowers | 127 |
Thoreaus Fern Bed | 219 |
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Thoreau's Garden: Native Plants for the American Landscape H. Peter Loewer Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
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