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Author : Hugh Fraser Macmillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCAL:$B70218
Author : H. F. MacMillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:67705406
Author : H.F. Macmillan
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 8120614151
With Special Reference To Ceylon.
Author : Acmillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243639368
Author : Acmillan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1330267052
Excerpt from A Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting: With Special Reference to Ceylon The need for a practical work of this nature, especially adapted for the Tropics, has apparently been long felt, judging by the demand for information on the subjects treated in this handbook. Of books on horticulture in temperate countries, there is no end, but they are generally of little guidance in tropical regions, where the conditions of climate, labour and methods of working are so different. A writer in the Ceylon Observer recently remarked: "How much more attractive and interesting our bungalow gardens and compounds might be made if the right sort of information regarding their care were available. Too often they are tended only by the garden-cooly, who has no pretensions to any knowledge of gardening, and things which grow, do so more by luck than good management." The aim of the author has been, therefore, to supply as concisely as possible and in a manner to suit the practical man in the field or garden, the kind of information which is most generally sought for, not only on horticultural matters, but also on general planting or agricultural subjects. In practice there is no sharp line of distinction between Planting or tropical farming and Horticulture, and the main principles underlying both are the same. "Agriculture in the tropics," said Sir William Thiselton Dyer, "is essentially extended gardening; it has little relation to the agriculture of temperate countries, and its methods are those of horticulture." According to Liebig, "perfect agriculture is the foundation of all trade and industry, the foundation of the riches of state." "Scientific horticulture," said Dr. Bailey, "joins hands with the plant biologists on the one hand, and with commerce on the other." Gardening or horticulture is obviously advancing in Ceylon, as in other tropical countries, and it is being recognised, slowly but surely, that it plays an important part in home adornment and comfort, as well as in rural improvement and sanitation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Hugh Fraser Macmillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCAL:B4312895
Author : James Beattie,Edward Melillo,Emily O'Gorman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441108678
19th-century British imperial expansion dramatically shaped today's globalised world. Imperialism encouraged mass migrations of people, shifting flora, fauna and commodities around the world and led to a series of radical environmental changes never before experienced in history. Eco-Cultural Networks and the British Empire explores how these networks shaped ecosystems, cultures and societies throughout the British Empire and how they were themselves transformed by local and regional conditions. This multi-authored volume begins with a rigorous theoretical analysis of the categories of 'empire' and 'imperialism'. Its chapters, written by leading scholars in the field, draw methodologically from recent studies in environmental history, post-colonial theory and the history of science. Together, these perspectives provide a comprehensive historical understanding of how the British Empire reshaped the globe during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book will be an important addition to the literature on British imperialism and global ecological change.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Crops for the Future
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Nigel J. H. Smith,J. T. Williams,Donald L. Plucknett,Jennifer P. Talbot
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781501717949
The tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, other tropical fruits and vegetables are being introduced into our markets to offer variety to our diet. Now, as tropical forests are increasingly threatened, we face a double-fold crisis: not only the loss of the plants but also rich pools of potentially useful genes. Wild populations of crop plants harbor genes that can improve the productivity and disease resistance of cultivated crops, many of which are vital to developing economies and to global commerce. Eight chapters of this book are devoted to a variety of tropical crops—beverages, fruit, starch, oil, resins, fuelwood, fodder, spices, timber, and nuts—the history of their domestication, their uses today, and the known extent of their gene pools, both domesticated and wild. Drawing on broad research, the authors also consider conservation strategies such as parks and reserves, corporate holdings, gene banks and tissue culture collections, and debt-for-nature swaps. They stress the need for a sensitive balance between conservation and the economic well-being of local populations. If economic growth is part of the conservation effort, local populations and governments will be more strongly motivated to save their natural resources. Distinctly practical and soundly informative, this book provides insight into the overwhelming abundance of tropical forests, an unsettling sense of what we may lose if they are destroyed, and a deep appreciation for the delicate relationships between tropical forest plants and people around the world.
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OSU:32435025086695
Author : Donald Frederick Lach,Edwin J. Van Kley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Asia
ISBN : 0226467562
First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.
Author : Donald Frederick Lach,Edwin J. Van Kley,Edwin J.. Van Kley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Asia
ISBN : 0226467546
Author : Mildred E. Mathias
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520317482
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
Author : Joan Gill Blank
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Key Biscayne (Fla.)
ISBN : 9781561641031
Using many photographs, the author reveals a fascinating piece of geography, Key Biscayne - America's southernmost barrier island.
Author : J.K. Maheshwari
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789387991194
The book contains 150 papers on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants and Economic Plant of Indian Sub-continent.