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Another good starter if you are in the western US is
Botany in a Day, by Thomas J. Elpel, for about $22. It is directed at
the herbal crowd, but the basics are very good.
Doug

On 4 Oct 2003 17:04:48 -0700, (Scott Brim)
wrote:

I need a beginning Botany text book. any idea. Used ok. The ones on
amazon.com are from $65 to $230. Phew. I just need something to read
on the plane. Thanks, scott