In The Herbarium

Author : Barbara M. Thiers
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781643260525

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Herbarium by Barbara M. Thiers Pdf

“A sweeping history of the origins, development, and future of herbaria and their role in plant consternation.” —The American Gardener Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grew around them, organizing the specimens into collections. Known as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor. Herbarium is a fascinating enquiry into this unique field of plant biology, exploring how herbaria emerged and have changed over time, who promoted and contributed to them, and why they remain such an important source of data for their new role: understanding how the world’s flora is changing. Barbara Thiers, director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden, also explains how recent innovations that allow us to see things at both the molecular level and on a global scale can be applied to herbaria specimens, helping us address some of the most critical problems facing the world today.

Author : Kelly LaFarge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1935641212

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Herbaria by Kelly LaFarge Pdf

"What good is a dead plant? A lot! Herbaria, a picture book for grades one through eight, explains why, leading readers on an accessible, engaging exploration of who loves dead plants--and why. In these pages, we learn about famous historical plant collectors and the paths they established investigating plants. Readers join today's field botanists as they go far and wide to discover new species, and we get to look in the herbarium at how specimens are mounted and organized for everyone to use and enjoy. The book as a whole helps kids to visualize themselves as botanists gathering, preserving, and unlocking the mysteries of plants. In addition to beautiful watercolor illustrations and photos, the book includes interactive features such as lift-a-flaps, overlays, and a foldout." --Publisher's description.

Author : Maura C. Flannery
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300271409

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In the Herbarium by Maura C. Flannery Pdf

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowing them to describe and differentiate species and to document and research plant changes and biodiversity over time—including changes related to climate. Maura C. Flannery tells the history of herbaria, from the earliest collections belonging to such advocates of the technique as sixteenth-century botanist Luca Ghini, to the collections of poets, politicians, and painters, and to the digitization of these precious specimens today. She charts the growth of herbaria during the Age of Exploration, the development of classification systems to organize the collections, and herbaria’s indispensable role in the tracking of climate change and molecular evolution. Herbaria also have historical, aesthetic, cultural, and ethnobotanical value—these preserved plants can be linked to the Indigenous peoples who used them, the collectors who sought them out, and the scientists who studied them. This book testifies to the central role of herbaria in the history of plant study and to their continued value, not only to biologists but to entirely new users as well: gardeners, artists, students, and citizen-scientists.

Author : Helen Humphreys
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781773057767

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Field Study by Helen Humphreys Pdf

Award-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need to look for beauty in whatever nature we have left — no matter how diminished Award-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and illustrated book that takes a deep look at the forgotten world of herbariums and the people who amassed collections of plant specimens in the 19th and 20th centuries. From Emily Dickinson’s and Henry David Thoreau’s collections to the amateur naturalists whose names are forgotten but whose collections still grace our world, herbariums are the records of the often-humble plants that are still with us and those that are lost. Over the course of a year, Humphreys considers life and loss and the importance of finding solace in nature. Illustrated throughout with images of herbarium specimens, Humphreys’s own botanical drawings, and archival photographs, this will be the perfect gift for Humphreys’s many fans, nature enthusiasts, and for all who loved Birds Art Life.

Author : Robyn Stacey,Ashley Hay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-18
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780521842778

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Herbarium by Robyn Stacey,Ashley Hay Pdf

This stunningly beautiful book throws open the closed doors of the Sydney herbaria, and the history of Australia's flora.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780744046311

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Flora by DK Pdf

Let the experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens guide you around the beautiful and mysterious world that is the plant kingdom. From regulating the air we breathe to providing food, clothes, fuels, and medicines - plants are fundamental to our lives. Discover an extraordinary diversity of species, which includes a grass that grows a meter a day, roots that breathe air, and "queen of the night" cactuses whose rare blooms vanish before dawn. In a combination of art and science, Flora celebrates plants from majestic trees to microscopic algae, explaining how they germinate, grow, and reproduce. It presents species that have evolved to accommodate pollinating insects such as the foxglove, and plants that have adapted to flourish in even the most hostile of habitats. Pierre-Joseph Redoute in the 18th-century was described as the "Raphael of flowers". Flora showcases his botanical paintings as well as those of Georg Ehret and others in this gorgeous visual celebration of plants through the ages. Whether you are a keen gardener, naturalist, or botany student, this beautiful book is a treat that will entice, inform, and amaze.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05
Category : Botanical specimens
ISBN : 1910877212

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Guide to Collecting Herbarium Specimens in the Field by Anonim Pdf

Author : Diane M. Bridson,Leonard Forman,Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UOM:39015050179418

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The Herbarium Handbook by Diane M. Bridson,Leonard Forman,Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pdf

"Contains chapters on the conservation of herbarium sheets and on the collection and curation of the larger algae. The chapter on computers has been completely rewritten and much enlarged, as have those on pests and treatments, larger fungi and economic botany. The sections on liquid preservatives and on pesticides have been revised to take into account new health and safety regulations. An essential reference work for herbarium managers and technicians and for all those who are involved with the making and maintenance of herbarium collections." --NHBS Environment Bookstore.

Author : Giovanni Aloi
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783791385334

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Lucian Freud Herbarium by Giovanni Aloi Pdf

As intimate and meticulous as his revered portraits, Lucian Freud's magnificent paintings and drawings of plant life are gathered for the first time in book form. Lucian Freud's portraits are known for their spectacular detail and unflinching gaze. Although Freud brought the same qualities to his paintings and drawings of plants, flowers, and landscapes, these are largely unknown. This elegant book shows how working with plants emboldened Freud to experiment with style and composition. Reproduced in sumptuous plates that allow readers to indulge in exquisite detail, seventy-five works--including Two Plants, Bananas, Cyclamen, The Painter's Garden, and Interior at Paddington--reveal Freud's singular approach to plant life. Readers unfamiliar with this aspect of Freud's work will find many similarities to his portraits--earthy palettes, unconventional rawness, and assiduous attention to detail. From the delicate realism of the cyclamens' petals to the bold brushstrokes that immortalize his overgrown garden, readers will appreciate Freud's ability to portray plants in new and personal ways. Comparative illustrations from throughout art history accompany essays on the history of plants in art and an appreciation of Freud's oeuvre. This monograph is a tremendous contribution to Freud's legacy, one that will enrich his admirers' discernment while also introducing his thoroughly original depictions of plants to a new audience.

Author : H. B. Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Botanical specimens
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215153623

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Field Manual on Herbarium Techniques by H. B. Singh Pdf

Author : Sheila C. Byers,Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections,Royal Ontario Museum
Publisher : Preservation of Natural History Collections
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015043232332

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Managing the Modern Herbarium by Sheila C. Byers,Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections,Royal Ontario Museum Pdf

A joint project by The Society for Preservation of Natural History Collections & The Royal Ontario Museum.

Author : Klaus Carl
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781780422121

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Herbarium by Klaus Carl Pdf

Mega Square Herbarium is based on the work of Basilius Besler, the famous plant expert who, for the first time in history, described, painted and engraved over a thousand species of plants. His drawings are of great scientific as well as artistic value, and offer vivid insights into Europe’s eclectic flora.

Author : Claudette Sartiliot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015029113902

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Herbarium/verbarium by Claudette Sartiliot Pdf

As poetic symbols or scientific models, flowers have often been invoked to explain nature's harmonizing of expression, attraction, and reproduction. Words can lie, but flowers seem to speak plainly nature's own language. Flowers thrive as both botanical and literary phenomena in the works of Goethe, Rousseau, and Ruskin and serve as essential points of reference for Rilke, Proust, Genet, Ponge, Cixous, Derrida, and many others. This book explores the links between the flowers of nature and the flowers of metaphor. No longer rooted in a system of symbols, as they have been in many times and cultures, the flowers of modern literature are ambiguous and changeable. As examples of nature's finery and plenitude they justify not only finery and plentitude, but also questions and contradictions. They are flagrantly colorful or delicate and secretive. Yet throughout the Western traditional flowers have most frequently been considered feminine by male and female writers alike. It is this attachment that Sartiliot pursues to the end, questioning the place of flowers in Cixous's writings and in contemporary feminism.

Author : Lena May Mccauley
Publisher : Kirk Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781444635218

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The Joy of Gardens by Lena May Mccauley Pdf

FOREWORD: The facts and fancies of this book were discovered in various gardens, some centuries old, fruitful of memories of those whose hands have long since turned to dust, others in the joyous public gardens with parterres, and the most precious of all in the quiet gardens of my friends..... This early works is an extensively illustrated and delightful look at gardening and will appeal to all gardeners. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Maura C. Flannery
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780300247916

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In the Herbarium by Maura C. Flannery Pdf

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowing them to describe and differentiate species and to document and research plant changes and biodiversity over time--including changes related to climate. Maura C. Flannery tells the history of herbaria, from the earliest collections belonging to such advocates of the technique as sixteenth-century botanist Luca Ghini, to the collections of poets, politicians, and painters, and to the digitization of these precious specimens today. She charts the growth of herbaria during the Age of Exploration, the development of classification systems to organize the collections, and herbaria's indispensable role in the tracking of climate change and molecular evolution. Herbaria also have historical, aesthetic, cultural, and ethnobotanical value--these preserved plants can be linked to the Indigenous peoples who used them, the collectors who sought them out, and the scientists who studied them. This book testifies to the central role of herbaria in the history of plant study and to their continued value, not only to biologists but to entirely new users as well: gardeners, artists, students, and citizen-scientists.