STEM Summer Research Institute: Natural History of Plants: Where Science, Art and History Meet

This book shows extraordinary plants and their associated stories supported by a wide selection of images produced over the last 400 years. These paintings, prints and drawings, and supporting documents are reproduced from originals held in the Library and Archives of the Royal Botanical Gardens.

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden holds many of the most beautiful botanical and horticultural works ever created. The materials in this volume are diverse and reflect the creative efforts of eminent explorers, scientists, artists, publishers, and printmakers. Included are rare books, botanical artworks, manuscripts, Renaissance herbals, nursery catalogs, and explorers' notebooks.

A comprehensive, critical, illustrated survey of the portrayal of plants through more than three thousand years. Includes 126 color plates and 140 black and white illustrations provide numerous examples of the work of great botanical illustrators past and present.

This volume represents a contemporary artist's tribute to the endangered plants and flowers of the world. The book has detailed illustrations of each plant's structure, and captions describe the plants' history, uses, and status. An appendix provides contact information for more than 100 organizations.

Traces the journeys of more than 80 pioneering botanists who explored the unknown world and collected thousands of unusual plants. Each spread in the book describes the journey and the naturalist, with a map tracing the routes taken. Includes 80 maps, 150 photographs, drawings and engravings, complete with notes, seeds, pollen, and identifying documents, often in the botanist's own hand.

European explorers sailed forth on grand voyages of discovery from the fifteenth century onwards. Their encounters with exotic plants and animals fanned intense scientific interest. In Amazing Rare Things, renowned naturalist and documentary-maker David Attenborough join with expert colleagues to explore how artists portrayed the natural world during this era of burgeoning scientific interest. This volume includes natural history drawings and watercolors by Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Mark Catesby.

Part I. Plants of the ancient and classical worlds: from the dawn of time to the 1450s -- Part II. The great age of maritime exploration: from the 1450s to the 1750s -- Part III. Scientific imperialism and exotic botany -- Part IV. Living fossils: the 1900s and beyond.

A scientific history of how seeds have influenced evolution and determined where and how we live. Concludes with current debates about genetically modified crops, seed conservation, and plant ownership in the contemporary world. 42 color and 8 black-and-white illustrations.

A collaboration between National Geographic and the world-renowned Missouri Botanical Garden, this book explains the intertwined histories of the plant world and human civilization.

150 photographs of orchids and their pollinators taken on five continents in environments ranging from tropical cloud forest to semi desert. Accompanying text explains the flowers’ evolution and struggle to survive due to habitat loss and over-collecting.

Combines photography with commentary to bridge the gap between gardener-friendly books and scientific texts. Plant from more than 1,200 distinct groups are presented in evolutionary order, from the most primitive to the most advanced. The text includes the history of plant development to current DNA studies that are revolutionizing plant classification.