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Leapman, Michael

Summary: By the early eighteenth century, botanists were inching toward the shocking truth that plants had male and female organs and reproduced sexually. The first person to realize the practical implications of this was Thomas Fairchild, a London nurseyman, and celebrated author of The City Gardener. Leapman, a brilliant horticultural writer, has unearthed fascinating and colorful detail about the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9152 FAIRCHILD, THOMAS LEA

Stemple, Heidi E. Y.

Summary: "Kids can learn how to help protect bird species, with Counting Birds - the real-life story of bird counting and watching. Frank Chapman loved birds. He created bird exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, and started a magazine "Bird-Lore." Back then, some sports hunters had a "Christmas Day bird hunt". People shot every bird they could see and counted them at the end of the hunt....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Seagrass Press 2018

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