Ancient plants, being a simple account of the past vegetation of the earth and of the recent important discoveries made in this realm of nature study

About the Book

The number and importance of discoveries made in the field of fossil botany over the past five or six years have greatly altered the aspect of the subject and greatly expanded its horizons. Until relatively recently, the rather narrow horizons and technical difficulties of research made it such that only specialists could appreciate. This was gradually changed thanks to the detailed anatomical work that could be done with coal plants and which proved to be very important from a botanical point of view. About ten years ago, textbooks were written in English, and the subject was included in the work of excellence in botany at universities. Today, the importance of the results of this field of science for a number of others, as well as its intrinsic value, is so great that anyone who is even a little familiar with general science, and especially with botany and geology, should find a lot of interesting things in it. Gardening books deal with the cultivation of plants that include flowers, and shrubs at one end of the spectrum, to vegetables and fruits. Gardening is undertaken as a hobby by many people, although professional gardening is undertaken at commercial and government institutions. Example of gardening titles are as follows: A Book About Roses: How to Grow and Show Them, Amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen gardens, Popular Flowers, and How to Cultivate Them, The British Winter Garden, The Orchid-Grower's Manual, The Tree Doctor; A Book on Three Culture, Water-Lilies and How to Grow Them, and The Miniature Fruit Garden.

Also in this Book

Books on Traditional Crafts relate to work undertaken by hand or with the help of simple tools to make practical and /or decorative objects or tools. Hobbies can include traditional crafts, i.e. making things for pleasure and skills development, collecting things of interest, such as stamps or butterflies, or looking after a garden. Titles include: Dutch bulbs and gardens, Photography Indoors and Out, and How to form a library.

And in this Book

Books on Education examine the process of transferring knowledge, skills, and beliefs to students. This is generally undertaken in educational institutions where teachers or trainers impart the knowledge viastructured programs, but may also be achieved through "self-teaching" by the student. The usual progression is through middle and high school, to college and / or university. The act of teaching is called pedagogy. Books in this category are about the institutions or teaching techniques: Common Sense in School Supervision, Education by Plays and Games, Habit and Its Importance in Education, Notes on the History of Trinity College, Cambridge, Universities and Scientific Life in the United States, Three Lectures on Liberal Education, Yale Yarns; Sketches of Life at Yale University.

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