Thisisadiscoverybookaboutplants. Itisforeveryone For those
interested in the methods used and the
interestedinplantsincludinghighschoolandcollege/
sourcesofplantmaterialsintheillustrations, anexp- university
students, artists and scienti?c illustrators, nationfollows.
Foradevelopmentalseriesofdrawings, senior citizens, wildlife
biologists, ecologists, profes- there are several methods. One is
collecting several sionalbiologists,
horticulturistsandlandscapedesign-
specimensatonetimeindifferentstagesofdevel- ers/architects,
engineersandmedicalpractitioners, and ment;forexample,
severalbudsand?owersofaplant physicaltherapistsandtheirpatients.
Hereisanoppor- (see29)andbuttontomatureformsofmushrooms(see
tunitytobrowseandchoosesubjectsofpersonalinter- 50,51). Then,
somearecutopentoobservepartsand est,
toseeandlearnaboutplantsastheyaredescribed. decidehowtopresentthem,
whileothersaretousefor By adding color to the drawings, plant
structures be- ?naldrawings. Anothermethodiswaitingfortheplantto
come more apparent and show how they function in change,
whichinvolves"forcing"stems(see14), ger- life.
Thecolorcodecluestellhowtocolorforde?nition natingseeds(see40),
watchingoneleafexpand(see andanillusionofdepth. Formoreinformation,
thetext 69), anddrawinga?owerinoneseasonanditsmature explains the
illustrations. The size of the drawings in
fruitinanother(see104,109,110,111). Analternative relation to the
true size of the structures is indicated
towaitingforfruitistouseacollectionofdryorfrozen by
x1(thesamesize)to x3000(enlargementfrom specimens,
sothatasspring?owersappear, thelater truesize)and
xn/n(reductionfromtruesize).
maturingfruitscanbeseenatthesametime(see102, 105,106). The contents
re?ect a balanced selection of bota-
calsubjectmatterwithemphasison?oweringplants, Inthe?rstsection,
introductiontoplants, thereares- the dominant plants of the earth.
After a page about eral sources for various types of drawings.
Hypoth- plantnamesandterms, thebookisdividedintothree ical diagrams
show cells, organelles, chromosomes, sections. The ?rst is an
introduction to plants, show- the plant body indicating tissue
systems and expe- ingstructureandfunction;then, majorgroups,
provid- mentswithplants, and?owerplacentationandrep-
inganoverviewofthediverseforms;andlastly, one- ductivestructures.
Forexample, thereisnoaverageor seventhofthe?oweringplantfamilies,
withtheaccent standard-looking ?ower; so, to clearly show the parts
onthoseofeconomicimportance. Thesequenceinthe ofa?ower(see27),
adiagramshowsastretchedout sectionsissimpletocomplex(celltoseed),
primitiveto and exaggerated version of a pink (Dianthus) ?ower
advanced(blue-greensto?oweringplants), andunspe- (see 87). A
basswood (Tilia) ?ower is the basis for
cializedtospecialized(magnoliastoastersandwater- diagrams of ?ower
types and ovary positions (see plantainstoorchids).
Whereappropriate, an"ofinter- 28). Another source for drawings is
the use of p- est"paragraphlistswaysthesegeneraarerelevantin
paredmicroscopeslidesofactualplanttissues. Some
ourlives(categoriesincludeuseasfood, ornamentals, are traced from
microscope slide photographs such lumber, medicines, herbs, dyes,
fertilizers;noticeofwild ascross-sections, vascularbundles,
andtransections. or poisonous; and importance in the
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