By Lisa Laughy - Systems Librarian May 13th, 2013
Everything’s coming up roses:
The botany section of the Scientific Association has found between April 20, and May 20, seventy-one varieties of the flowering plants and trees. The greatest number found on a single walk was forty-three.
By Lura Sanborn - Research & Instruction Librarian May 15th, 2012
The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World by Peter Roberts and Shelley Evans, University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 579.5 R54b
600 fungi are pictured and given a full page of treatment. Includes family, distribution and spore color among other fungi facts.
Examples:
Helpful for: Ecology, Biology, Eco-Action, Botany
By Lisa Laughy - Systems Librarian March 26th, 2012
The fragrance of spring:
Another school record broken! A flower in full blossom (the skunk cabbage) was found by a botany walk on March 15. This is the earliest date on which a flower has been found during the School’s history, and is a sure sign that spring will come a fortnight earlier than usual.
By Lura Sanborn - Research & Instruction Librarian April 12th, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance by Arthur O. Tucker and Thomas Debaggio, Timber Press, 2010.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 635 T79E
Noted as a best Reference of 2009 by Library Journal.
An alphabetical list of of herbs meant to identify and describe cultivation and uses. Examples include:
Helpful for: Botany, Science, Fine Arts, Herbology
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