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Dangerous Flora (Encyclopedia of Danger)

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Missy Allen
December 1993
I've not seen this book but it sounds like fun.


Hydro Greenhouse

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Tabletop hydroponics mini-greenhouse demonstrates advanced agriculture technology. Grows real vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers using liquid nutrient instead of soil. Automatically feeds and waters via a Passive Osmotic Nutrient Transport System. Fourteen piece set comes complete with planting bed, fold-away greenhouse incubator, gallon nutrient reservoir, refill indicator, inert growing medium, year supply of nutrient, integrated trellis twist ties, multi-gardening tool and illustrated "Guide to Hydroponic Gardening" Just add seeds and water and watch 'em grow.


Kitchen Botany Kit

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For the horticulturally challenged child: The Kitchen Botany set. Now kids can learn something other than growing ... bored. The set touts 18 different botany-influenced craft projects. Kids will learn and have fun as they grow a beanstalk or watch corn sprout. Their creativity will flow as they make a potato head family and decorate plant markers and containers. The Kitchen Botany set comes with quick-grow beans, grass, and corn, and planting materials for sprouting and growing plants. There's also a magnifying glass for observing and measuring the growth process. It even comes with acrylic paint and stick-in eyes for potato heads! This set has everything to keep a budding botanist busy. (Ages 7 and older)


Plant Press

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The simple silhouette of a pressed leaf has a perfection that appeals to the artist and scientist in all of us. Educational Insights' wooden Plant Press is the ideal take-along for leisurely strolls in the park or through the woods, or even on a backyard picnic. It's a lightweight 7.75 inches square and comes complete with sturdy nylon straps and cardboard ventilators to keep your specimens securely in place. The accompanying easy-to-read activity guide is packed full of tips on collecting and pressing your finds, as well as ideas for projects to showcase your treasures once they're dry and ready for display. (Ages 7 and older)


Reaching for the Sun : How Plants Work

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John King
April 1997

Strasburger's Textbook of Botany

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Eduard Strasburger
June 1976
A classic textbook covering the whole range of plants. For the enthusiast or advanced student.


The Evolutionary Biology of Plants

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Karl J. Niklas
May 1997


The Private Life of Plants : A Natural History of Plant Behaviour

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David Attenborough
September 1995


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