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Botany for artists / Lizabeth Leech.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire [England] : Crowood Press, 2011.Description: 224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781847972781 (pbk.) :
  • 1847972780 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 580.247 22
LOC classification:
  • QK98.2 .L44 2011
Contents:
Flowers -- Dicotyledons -- Monocotyledons -- Some specialized flower structures -- Fruits and seeds -- Leaves, roots, stems and carnivorous plants -- Cacti and succulents -- Trees that flower -- Cone-bearing trees and shrubs -- Ferns, clubmosses and horsetails -- Mosses and liverworts -- Fungi and lichens -- General topics of interest to botanical artists.
Summary: An accessible introduction to the world of plant science, aimed at anyone who is interested in plants and flowers, especially those who wish to draw or paint them without sacrificing technical accuracy to aesthetic quality.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Main Collection QK98.2 .L44 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700013913
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An accessible introduction to the world of plant science, aimed at anyone who is interested in plants and flowers, especially those who wish to draw or paint them without sacrificing technical accuracy to aesthetic quality.

Flowers -- Dicotyledons -- Monocotyledons -- Some specialized flower structures -- Fruits and seeds -- Leaves, roots, stems and carnivorous plants -- Cacti and succulents -- Trees that flower -- Cone-bearing trees and shrubs -- Ferns, clubmosses and horsetails -- Mosses and liverworts -- Fungi and lichens -- General topics of interest to botanical artists.

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