Kew – Plant Words

Through detailed definitions of 250 words, experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew explain how plants function. They cover their component parts, from root to fruit; habitats and biospheres from alpine to tropical; plant types including conifers, ferns, grasses and succulents; methods of cultivation such as propagation, hydroponics and pruning; and ecology and the environment. A section on history profiles influential botanists such as Linnaeus, Humboldt and Banks.