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Sow, Grow, & Learn with the Library: Bulbs |
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Bulbs
by Marco Leone
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Bulbs in containers
by Rod Leeds
635.94/LEE
Fantastic color photographs and excellent writing make this an inspirational and accessible guide for specialty plant collectors, alpine and rock gardeners, and city gardeners, as well as anyone gardening in small spaces. Readers will learn about the ease and practicality of growing bulbs in containers — bringing year-round color and interest to one's home. Popular classic bulbs are included, as well as a range of more unusual varieties such as the delicate-looking but surprisingly unfussy corydalis, and graceful, late-spring-flowering scillas. The book details how to plan and prepare for a year of flowering bulbs — how to store bulbs during the dormant period and get them ready for planting, how to make homemade shelters to protect plants during the growing season before they begin to flower, and how to create simple accessories that show off the final display. Detailed advice on seed propagation provides gardeners an inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and satisfying method of increasing their range of species bulbs.
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Bulbs for all seasons
by Kathy Brown
635.94/BRO
Every season bulbs provide a display of spectacular colors and dramatic shapes. Kathy Brown shows how this colorful flamboyance can be used to transform both the garden and the home.
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
by Charles MacKay
Today, as in the time of the South Sea Bubble, human nature is drawn like a moth to flame by the speculative fads of the marketplace. The excitement of new glamour issues in electronics or medical technology, the general euphoria over a rising market; these lure even many experienced investors. Their optimism overcomes their better judgment. They abandon critical analysis of the investment's fundamental value. Like gamblers in a casino they play against the odds, paying inflated prices and dreaming of quick profit.” — from the foreword by John Marks Templeton Mackay's classic, first published in 1841, studies the psychology of crowds and mass mania throughout history, including accounts of classic scams, grand-scale madness, and deceptions. Some of these include the Mississippi scheme that swept France in 1720, the South Sea Bubble that ruined thousands in England at the same time, and the tulip mania of Holland, when fortunes were made and lost on single tulip bulbs. Other chapters deal with fads and delusions that often spring from valid ideas of causes, many of which still have their followers today: alchemy and the philosopher's stone, the prophecies of Nostradamus, the coming of comets and judgment day, the Rosicrucians, and astrology. Time and again we can avoid disastrous pitfalls and learn to profit by seeing the ways that history repeats itself. Fascinating, mesmerizing, strikingly strange, and amazingly shrewd, this book will never be forgotten and cannot be ignored.
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Flowering bulbs for dummies
by Judy Glattstein
Complete with full-color photos, this handy guide provides tips for creating a garden in the winter, picking the appropriate bulbs, caring for delicate plants, and arranging flowers in a garden. Original.
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Growing bulbs in the natural garden : innovative techniques for combining bulbs and perennials in every season
by Jacqueline van der Kloet
New nonfiction
635.9/KLO
From the earliest snowdrops to alpine violet, tulips, and late autumn crocuses, bulbs add interest and color to the garden throughout the year. Renowned naturalistic garden designer Jacqueline van der Kloet has mastered a nonchalant and magical style, where bulbs emerge playfully, dancing among perennials and grasses. Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden provides inspiration and insights gained from van der Kloet's career, using nature as a model. This exquisitely photographed guide offers advice on bulbvarieties, planting methods, and handy tools for gardeners working in spaces large and small
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Botanical watercolours through the seasons : an all-year-round guide to painting flowers and plants
by Sandrine Maugy
"This stunning book follows the rhythm of nature through the year and begins with a detailed introduction to Sandrine's ethically-sourced materials and tools, her workspace and an exploration of the key techniques employed in painting botanical watercolors. Sandrine explains color theory in relation to botanical subjects, as well as color bias and the key to creating realistic shadows without resorting to an unnatural 'gray'"
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Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants : Annuals, Bulbs, Herbs, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetables, Fruits and Nuts
by Derek Fell
A valuable resource for gardeners furnishes comprehensive information on more than seven hundred recommended plants--including bulbs, annuals, perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees, vegetables, fruits, and nuts--along with facts on each plant's growth habits, zone ratings, suggested uses, soil conditions, water and light requirements, planting tips, and other essentials.
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How to window box : small-space plants to grow indoors or out
by Chantal Aida Gordon
635.967/GOR
The founders of The Horticult, a gardening and lifestyle site, shows both renters and homeowners how to create a window box—the most accessible garden for any skill level, space or quality of light—through 16 indoor and outdoor projects ranging from succulents to vegetables.
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A master guide to the art of floral design
by Alisa A. de Jong-Stout
Beautiful, full-color photography and illustrations combine with practical, hands-on information about color, lighting, floral care, containers, construction, and technique to provide a thorough grounding in the art of flower arranging and floral design.
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The seasonal gardener : creative planting combinations
by Anna Pavord
This classic book reveals how best to group plants in a garden to create a year-long display. Ranging from hydrangeas, salvias and ferns to dahlias, tulips and snowdrops, each star plant is paired with two partners, offering gardeners creative planting solutions to achieve stunning results, season by season.
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A flower is a friend
by Frieda Wishinsky
This peaceful and poignant ode to the natural world celebrates the relationships between flowers and the birds, insects and four-legged friends with which they share their world. Illustrations.
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Bloom boom!
by April Pulley Sayre
A latest entry in the series that includes Raindrops Roll shares introductory flower profiles and combines vibrant photography with simple verses to celebrate the vibrancy and science behind the bursting blooms of floral color in natural springtime environments.
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Fancy flowers
by Nadia Higgins
The text of a children's song explains flowers and their importance to the ecosystem
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Flower talk : how plants use color to communicate
by Sara Levine
A cantankerous cactus narrator reveals to young readers how the colors of flowers attract specific pollinators, from bees and bats to birds and butterflies. By the award-winning author of Fossil by Fossil.
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Flowers
by Kathryn Clay
"Simple nonfiction text and full-color photographs present flowers in spring"
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Flowers
by Grace Hansen
Introduces readers to flowers, looking at what they do and the process they go through to reproduce
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Flowers and plants
by Andrea Debbink
"This field guide highlights 100 flowers and plants found throughout the world. Readers will gain a greater understanding about these living things and will be able to identify them in the wild"--Provided by publisher
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Have you ever seen a flower?
by Shawn Harris
A child experiences a flower by seeing its colors, smelling its fragrance, and imagining a tiny world within it
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How to speak flower : a kid's guide to buds, blooms, and blossoms
by Molly Williams
From asters and zinnias to baby's breath and forget-me-nots, this beautifully illustrated guide to the history and symbolism of flowers teaches plant lovers the magical, meaningful language of flowers. Includes personalized quizzes and handy charts. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Outside your window : a first book of nature
by Nicola Davies
A sumptuously illustrated treasury of poems reflects the experiences of very young children as they encounter nature for the first time, peppering verses about buzzing bees, bird tracks in the snow and crisp fall apples with engaging facts and activity suggestions. By the award-winning author of Surprising Sharks.
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Redouté : the man who painted flowers
by Carolyn Croll
An introduction to an artist who has been called the most accomplished flower painter follows his small-village, underprivileged youth and his services under Queen Marie Antoinette and the Empress Josephine.
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Spring flowers
by Katie Peters
"Watch flowers bloom inside this colorfully illustrated nonfiction title featuring carefully leveled text about the wonders of spring"
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What blossoms in spring?
by Jenna Lee Gleisner
Looks at the flowers that blossom in spring, including tulips, water lilies, poppies, and dandelions
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3110 Martin Lane, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008
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