The Identification of Flowering Plant Families

This concise, user-friendly guide provides all the information necessary to identify the flowering plant families found in the wild or cultivated in northern temperate regions. Two hundred and eighty-six families are covered by the bracketed identification keys, which are accompanied by a comprehensive explanatory guide to their use. A fully illustrated discussion of floral structure and terminology precedes the keys and brief descriptions of the families (arranged according to the Engler and Prantl system) follow. A chapter giving advice on identification beyond the level of family, plus an annotated bibliography and glossary complete the volume. This new expanded edition features restructured morphology and terminology information, revised and improved keys, and more accessible and informative descriptions not found in previous editions.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Cullen, James

Gardening & Landscape Design

Cambridge University Press

Practical Plant Identification is an essential guide to identifying flowering plant families (wild or cultivated) in the northern hemisphere. Details of plant structure and terminology accompany practical keys to identify 318 families into which flowering plants are divided. Specifically designed for practical use, the keys can easily be worked backwards for checking identifications. Containing descriptions of families and listings of the genera within, it also includes a section on further identification to generic and specific levels. A successor to the author's bestselling The Identification of Flowering Plant Families, this guide is updated, and retains the same concise user-friendly approach. Cullen skillfully leads the reader from restrictive disciplines of older taxonomy, into an era of increasing numbers of plant families defined by DNA analysis. Aimed primarily at students of botany and horticulture, this is a perfect introduction to plant identification for anyone interested in plant taxonomy.

Practical Plant Identification: Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plants in North Temperate Regions

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Fundamentals of Drafting with AutoCAD? LT, the second edition of Drafting in a Computer Age, is an abundantly-illustrated instructional drafting book that teaches the fundamentals of engineering drawing through sketching, instrument drafting, and introductory CAD skills. This new edition introduces fundamental drafting skills first with freehand sketching and drawing instruments. Then, step-by-step instructions allow students to transfer their new skills to AutoCAD LT. Key terms are highlighted within the text and listed at the end of every chapter to reinforce important concepts and terminology. In addition, each chapter concludes with step-by-step AutoCAD instructions, Drafting Exercises, and Design Exercises, allowing users to practice their new skills both manually and using AutoCAD LT. (Keywords: AutoCAD LT)

Fundamentals of Drafting Using AutoCAD LT

Computers & Technology

Wallach, Paul Ross

Chowenhill, Dean

Graphics & Design

Delmar/Cengage Learning

In February of 1945, the Third Reich is in its death throes. The ideological madness that spawned murder and genocide has run its course. But one massive shudder is left in the dying beast and ten thousand American and British airmen, held captive at Stalag Luft III by their Luftwaffe counterparts, are caught up in the cataclysmic event. Hitler has ordered their execution.S General Ernst Dietrich, commander of the SS division responsible for the personal safety of the Fuhrer, is given the assignment. He in turn directs one of his field commanders, General von Hacker to carry out the job.Forewarned, Camp Commandant, Hauptman Kettenbach, is appalled by the SS order. He splits his charges into two groups and sends the smaller one, a decoy group of two thousand, to the prearranged railhead at the town of Spremberg. In command is his aide, Unteroffizier Kurt Osterman. The ruse works, allowing the remaining eight thousand POW's to be evacuated, undetected, out of the area.Colonel Jackson, the senior American officer of the decoy group, is told by Osterman of the Spremberg destination and that it is the initial evacuation point from the Russian advance; however, he is not told of the SS threat nor of his captor's duplicity. Jackson's second in command, Lieutenant Colonel Benton, rugged and obsessively anti-German, advocates a violent takeover from Osterman and a dash to the Russian lines, just 70 kilometers away. Jackson puts the suggestion on hold and is supported by the ranking British officer, Major Boyle, a tank battalion commander and the only "ground pounder" in camp.As the 150 kilometer march to Spremberg begins in below freezing weather, the drama unfolds, revealing Osterman's vendetta, as well as his plan to combat the SS column of executioners.Ultimately a strange alliance between the prisoners and their German captors is struck and the battle with the SS begins and ends with Osterman and Dietrich in mortal combat.

Osterman's War: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

iUniverse

Jim Cullen was one of thousands of "kids" who fought the air war over Europe during World War II. Those youngsters either grew up or blew up in combat. Cullen did both when his plane was shot down over Germany. He spent the next twenty-one months as a prisoner of war. Now, over fifty-five years later, he has artfully blended fact, fiction and photographs into a most fascinating and memorable account of those heroic times. A must read. Shirley Cobb, Editor

By The Numbers . . .: A World War II Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

For the enthusiastic amateur or experienced rhododendron grower, this landmark reference provides the keys to the accurate identification of the nearly 300 rhododendron species widely in cultivation. An extensive introduction places the work in context as it examines the history of Rhododendron classification and gives a full survey of plant structures throughout the many species. Species are listed in systematic order, so that similar species occur close to each other in the text. These are fully described, including complete citations of previous references and notes on the occurrence of wild-origin specimens in cultivation. Beautiful photographs include close-up shots of flower and leaf, microscope images of leaf surfaces, and easy-to-use diagnostic keys, making this the indisputable volume for plant identification. A milestone in the identification of rhododendrons, this will become an essential reference for botanists, nurserymen, and enthusiasts.

Hardy Rhododendron Species: A Guide to Identification

Timber Press

For the enthusiastic amateur or experienced rhododendron grower, this landmark reference provides the keys to the accurate identification of the nearly 300 rhododendron species widely in cultivation. Beautiful photographs include close-up shots of flower and leaf, microscope images of leaf surfaces, and easy-to-use diagnostic keys, making this a milestone in the identification of rhododendrons.

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The Identification of Flowering Plant Families

The Identification of Flowering Plant Families

Practical Plant Identification: Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plants in North Temperate Regions

Practical Plant Identification: Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plants in North Temperate Regions

Fundamentals of Drafting Using AutoCAD LT

Osterman's War: A Novel

By The Numbers . . .: A World War II Memoir

Hardy Rhododendron Species: A Guide to Identification

Hardy Rhododendron Species: A Guide to Identification