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A natural history of conifers.


9780881928693

A natural history of conifers.

Farjon, Aljos.

Timber Press

2008

304 pages

$34.95

Hardcover

QK494

This beautifully illustrated and fascinating volume presents an overview of all the many trees worldwide that belong to the conifers, with many photos of notable and typical examples and a number of superb drawings by the author. Farjon, a world authority on conifers (he's former senior scientific officer for the Royal Botanic Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens may refer to:
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 in Kew, the UK), introduces each chapter with an anecdote anecdote (ăn`ĭkdōt'), brief narrative of a particular incident. An anecdote differs from a short story in that it is unified in time and space, is uncomplicated, and deals with a single episode.  from his own travels and research, inviting the reader's interest immediately into the topic. The text is written in an accessible style, but will be of interest to anyone in the field for its discussion of a broad range of issues relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 conifers, including specific regions, such as New Caledonia New Caledonia, Fr. Nouvelle Calédonie, internally self-governing territory of France (2005 est. pop. 216,000), land area 7,241 sq mi (18,760 sq km), South Pacific, c.700 mi (1,130 km) E of Australia. ; the discovery of new species; and problems of conservation. A glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary.  is included.

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