Books from Timber Press (OR)

The Grevillea Book
By Peter Olde, Neil Marriott
Touchell D. , Dixon K. & Tan B. ( 1992 ) , Cryopreservation of shoottips of Grevillea scapigera ( Proteaceae ) : a rare and ... Vickery J.R. ( 1971 ) , The fatty acid composition of the seed oils of Proteaceae : A chemotaxonomic study ...
Cuttings from a Rock Garden: Plant Portraits and Other Essays
By H. Lincoln Foster, Laura Louise Foster
... and our grandchildren swim in it now from frost to frost , Linc and I only venture into its frigid waters during the dog days of August . Here too , below the road , we had a large vegetable garden for many years when the children ...
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
By Douglas W. Tallamy
As this revelatory book eloquently explains, there is an unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife. Indeed, most native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants.
Ferns for American Gardens
By John Mickel
A guide to the cultivation and use of ferns in gardens offers information on more than four hundred types of ferns and suggests plant combinations.
Classic Garden Plans
By David C. Stuart
If you are unsure of what to grow or how to put a garden together in coherent planting schemes, this book is for you. Plans are given for each design, together with a plant list.
The Story of the Apple
By Barrie Edward Juniper, D. J. Mabberley
The Story of the Apple reveals the solution to a long-standing puzzle.
Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest: Tracking and Identifying Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates
By David Moskowitz
This guide includes illustrated descriptions for more than 180 mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates most common in the Northwest. Features more than 460 photographs, scale drawings, and 90 distribution maps.
Perennials: The Gardener's Reference
By Bob Lilly, Susan Carter, Carrie Becker
An alphabetical listing of more than 2,700 individual perennial plants representing 250 genera furnishes authoritative information on each plant's scientific and common names, origins, growing conditions, light requirements, cultivation, ...
The Grevillea Book: Species M-Z
By Peter Olde, Neil Marriott
... 1 127 Coochin Hills Grevillea see Grevillea hodgei Cook , James , 1 11 , 47 , 49 Cookson , Isabel C. , 1 66 ... 50 , 60 2 141 Elegant Grevillea see Grevillea concinna Ellendale Pool Grevillea see Grevillea fililoba Elliot , W.
A Garden Gallery: The Plants, Art, and Hardscape of Little and Lewis
By David Lewis, George Little
In this long-awaited book, Little and Lewis describe how any gardener can achieve this kind of excitement and space for reflection in his or her backyard.From practical advice on how to make a slow-drip natural fountain, choose ...
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees
By John White
Provides illustrations, physical descriptions, and profiles of trees such as junipers, cedars, birches, magnolias, maples, limes, dogwoods, palms, and catalpas.
The Best of Oregon
By Ken Metzler
Far Corner 108 Fashion editor 87 Faults 1420 Ferrelo , Bartolome 24 Ferris , Byron 3 Fields 153 , 160 Fine , Dr. Howard 45 Fire lookouts 74 Fish Lakes 97 Fish runs , Willamette River 100 Fishing 79 Fishing licenses 97 " Flagg , Conan ...
Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
By Wayne Lewis, Jeff Lowenfels
The straightforward text is accessible to a wide audience of gardeners who want to grow healthy, vigorous plants without resorting to chemicals.
The Genus Epimedium and Other Herbaceous Berberidaceae
By William Thomas Stearn, Julian Shaw
A definitive account of this fascinating genus of woodland perennials. With notes on horticultural selections and care of epimediums, this book covers all epimediums---many discovered only in the last decade.
A Field Guide to Tropical Plants of Asia
By David Harris Engel, Suchart Phummai
"A Field Guide to Tropical Plants of Asia is an excellent companion for the traveler, backpacker, plant hobbyist, or botanist interested in learning about tropical plants, whether studying them in Indonesian rain forests or the glass houses ...
Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon: 1850-1950
By William John Hawkins, William F. Willingham
Portland's great residential architecture is presented in the context of the history and growth of the city as well as the broader, international architectural trends.
The Tropical Look: An Encyclopedia of Dramatic Landscape Plants
By Robert Lee Riffle
Meant primarily for gardeners in USDA zones 8 — 10, The Tropical Look encompasses most of the southern U.S. and the West Coast.
The Wild Garden
By William Robinson
Featuring new chapters and photography, a rerelease of an 1870 classic on naturalistic gardens that blend hardy native and exotic plants in groupings that mimic wild landscapes incorporates modern explanations of the original author's ...
Variegated Plants: A Gardener's Index to Patterned Foliage
By Susan Conder
This book describes 700 such plants, including annuals, perennials, grasses, climbers, trees and shrubs, together with specific advice on cultivation and propagation.
God is Blue, and Other Short Stories
By Gerry Pratt
The dandelions would be coming on in the Fields of Abraham above Spanish Banks about now , and if we were home and young once more , on Sunday Momma would give us large brown paper bags to collect the yellow heads from the dandelion ...