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Old 05-04-2003, 05:08 PM
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Greetings,

Does anyone know of a good book or website that will give a beginning approach to botany? I am wanting to learn more of the science behind bonsai so that I can better understand my trees. I have a book called "Botany for Gardeners." Any additional help w
ould be appreciated.

Thank you,
Sean Nemecek - Cadillac, MI - Zone 4b or 5a


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Old 05-04-2003, 06:20 PM
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Botany for Gardeners is a pretty good book. In what areas do
you think you
need more bio that isn't covered there?

David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
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The Florida Department of Agriculture used to have "Botany
Handbook for Florida," a 50-page primer on botany. The agency
gave it away. I have no idea if it is still available. If it
is, however, the current administration makes the public pay for
tax-supported publications, so it won't be free any longer.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (!)
website is at:
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/index.html but a
quick scan failed to find that publication. You can also check
out: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/. The University of Florida's Ag
school may have something.

But as David said, I can't imagine you needing more than the book
you have can give you -- short of a degree in botany. ;-)

Go to www.abebooks.com and search for "botany" and see what
happens.

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David Thoreau - Walden

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Old 05-04-2003, 06:56 PM
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If you are serious about learning the science of bonsai, forget botany
and learn arboriculture. The best book available is;
Arboriculture - Integrated Management of Trees, Shrubs and Vines - by
Richard W. Harris. ISBN 0-13-044280-1, six hundred pages that covers
everything you need to know and then some. It is not cheap around $100
US

Anton

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Sean Nemecek wrote:

Greetings,

Does anyone know of a good book or website that will give a beginning approach to botany? I am wanting to learn more of the science behind bonsai so that I can better understand my trees. I have a book called "Botany for Gardeners." Any additional help

would be appreciated.

To me Deborah Koreshoff´s book Bonsai its Art, Science, History and
Philosophy gives me all the science and botany I need for growing bonsai.

Henrik Gistvall, Uppsala, Sweden

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Does anyone know of a good book or website that will give a beginning
approach to botany?

1. contact your local agricultural extension agent. Ours just sent us a speaker
on the subject.
2. If you have a specific question, ask it here or on sci.bio.botany.
3. Now here I am not kidding. Get out in the woods & your garden & really look
at trees close up and at a distance for 30 or 40 years. They will teach you
botany.
4. Go to your main library & see what they have. If you are near a university
or arboretum, even better.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
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Does anyone know of a good book or website that will give a beginning =
approach to botany?

Hi there,
Depending what you want from the book, I have a couple of ideas. For
some basic biology with discussions of various plant families (and with lots
of nice photos) I like Biology of Plants by Raven et al. (plus it always has
a cool cover -- Monet, van Gogh, etc...) For some fairly in depth "what's
going on behind the scenes" science my pick is Plant Physiology by Salisbury
and Ross (with unfortunately boring black and white photos and diagrams).
These are both university texts, so you should be able to find them pretty
cheap at a used book store around a campus (otherwise they're in the $80
ball park).

Happy reading!
-joe

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