The Plant Messiah
Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species
New York : Doubleday, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First United States edition.
Description: 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
A scientist offers an impassioned memoir of saving extraordinary plants on the brink of extinction, describing his search for exotic plants in remote locations and his laboratory efforts to encourage vulnerable plants to propagate and thrive.
Contents:
Genesis -- Kew calling -- Resurrection in Rodrigues Island -- The messiah in Mauritius -- Talking tortoises -- River deep, mountain high -- The recycling plant -- Water babies -- Victoria's secrets -- Warm waterlilies -- Hot property -- Bolivian botany -- Peruvian plants -- Flora of Australia.
ISBN:
9780385543613 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Plant Mag | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SCIENCE Plant Mag | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.