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1	Green Immigrants: The Plants That Transformed America more books like this by Claire Shaver Haughton see all copies from $1.99! first editions
2	The world was my garden; travels of a plant explorer more books like this by David Grandison Fairchild see all copies from $8.50! first editions
3	Plants for the Future: A Gardener's Wishbook more books like this by Jerome Malitz Fascinating speculations on how desirable qualities found in tender or fussy members within various plant families might be bred into hardier species to create presently unimaginable plants for tomorrow's gardens. see all copies from $2.48! new only from $4.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Folklore & Odysseys of Food & Medicinal Plants more books like this by Ernst Lehner see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	Garden islands of the Great East, collecting seeds from the Philippines and Netherlands India in the Junk "Chêng Ho". more books like this by David Fairchild see all copies from $4.27! first editions
6	The world in your garden more books like this by Wendell Holmes Camp, National Geographic Society (U.S.) see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
7	The Story of Rosy Dock more books like this by Jeannie Baker Photo-collages illustrate this story, which warns about introducing non-native plants and animals to new landscapes. Rosy dock is a flowering red plant brought to Australia by European settlers. Although beautiful, the plant spread rapidly and now threatens to bring extinction to several native Australian flora and fauna. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.32! \| first editions
8	The world grows round my door; the story of The Kampong, a home on the edge of the tropics more books like this by David Fairchild see all copies from $10.00! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson more books like this by E M Forster Forster wrote this biography of his friend, the scholar Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, in 1934. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems more books like this by Mary Batten, Beverly J Doyle (Illustrator) Aliens are on the move! They spread out underwater, smothering sea plants and destroying fish eggs in the Mediterranean Sea. They multiply and invade wooded areas in Australia and Hawaii, killing off the native flora and fauna. They travel by air, water, boateven on the shoes and clothes of humans! Award-winning science writer Mary Batten ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	How we got our flowers more books like this by Alexander Walter Anderson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.38! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Story of England's Flora more books like this by Edward Hyams see all copies from $2.34! first editions
13	Alien Invasion more books like this by Robert S Devine, Bob Devine Endorsed by master scientist E.O. Wilson, this book probes one of the world''s major (and most under-reported) conservation issues - the environmental and commercial impact of exotics, or non-native plant and animal species.' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
14	The Collector's Garden: Designing with Extraordinary Plants more books like this by Kenneth Druse, Margaret Roach (Editor) One of the greatest challenges in creating a garden is to acquire new and unusual species, to grow and nuture rare and exotic plants that few will have ever seen. This guide shows gardeners how to collect such plants and integrate them into their own gardens or greenhouses in unique ways. Druse introduces 28 passionate gardeners who he classifies ... see all copies from $2.90! new only from $44.89! \| first editions
15	The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants more books like this by Charles S Elton Much as Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was a call to action against the pesticides that were devastating bird populations, Charles S. Elton's classic "The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants" sounded an early warning about an environmental catastrophe that has become all too familiar today--the invasion of nonnative species. From kudzu to ... see all copies from $2.11! new only from $11.45!
16	Jade Garden: New and Notable Plants from Asia more books like this by Peter Wharton, Brent Hine The Jade Garden is an authoritative guide to 130 of the most fascinating yet little-known ornamental trees, shrubs and perennials from Asia. Based on detailed research and observation at one of the largest and oldest collections of Asian plants in North America - the David C. Lam Asian Garden at the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $31.46! \| SVS
17	The Plant Hunter's Garden: The New Explorers and Their Discoveries more books like this by Bobby J Ward, Brian Mathew (Foreword by) Many gardeners are vaguely aware of the "greats" of plant exploration, such as E. H. Wilson, George Forrest, or John Tradescant. Fewer may know the names of today's plant explorers or recognize the makings of a new golden age of plant discovery. Nonetheless, a quick visit to almost any nursery will reveal the bounty of these intrepid plant ... see all copies from $10.65! new only from $34.82!
18	Feral Future: The Untold Story of Australia's Exotic Invaders more books like this by Tim Low A decade ago, Tim Low journeyed to the remote northern-most tip of Australia. Instead of the pristine rainforests he expected, he found jungles infested with Latin American carpet grass and feral cattle. That incident helped inspire "Feral Future", a passionate account of the history and implications of invasive species in that island nation, with ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $40.25! \| SVS
19	The plant hunters more books like this by Ben Healey see all copies from $2.75! first editions
20	Misplaced Animals, and Other Living Creatures more books like this by Alice Lightner Hopf Explores the ways in which man and nature have used water, wind, weather, and wings to spread plants and animals around the world with good and bad results. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	Plants and animals of Hawaii more books like this by Susan Scott A thorough treatment of the many plant and animal species found in Hawai'i. see all copies from $12.95! new only from $18.50!
22 view cover	Assessment and management of plant invasions more books like this by Luken, Thieret Biological invasion of native plant communities is a high-priority problem in the field of environmental management. Resource managers, biologists, and all those involved in plant communities must consider ecological interactions when assessing both the effects of plant invasion and the long-term effects of management. Sections of the book cover ... see all copies from $44.50! new only from $44.50! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Ecology Out of Joint: New Environments and Why They Happen more books like this by Lorus Johnson Milne see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	New agricultural crops more books like this by Gary A Ritchie see all copies from $7.92! new only from $16.99!
25	The Origins of Garden Plants more books like this by John Fisher see all copies from $23.68!

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