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Non-Circulating
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Publication
London : Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2002.
Description
This Kew classic is anaugmented edition ofWilliam Stearn's classicmonograph onEpimedium published in1938. Retaining theunmistakable stamp ofscholarship andaccessibility thatcharacterised all his work,it is an essential botanical reference and a practicalhandbook for gardeners. Part I is a detailedtaxonomic treatment of Epimedium andVancouveria including cultivars, plus chapters onhabit, classification, morphology, cultivation andgeographical distribution; Part II coversCaulophyllum, Ranzania, Jeffersonia, Leontice andother herbaceous Berberidaceae; and Part III isJulian Shaw's revision of Podophyllum. With 27botanical paintings, 31 line drawings and 77 colourphotographs.
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Physical description
xi, 342 p.; 25 cm
ISBN
1842460390 / 9781842460399