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Reference Books

Botanical Illustration: the Essential Reference
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2016
Comprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations in black-and-white and color from medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts to the early 20th century.
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and cultivation of over 3000 tropical plants
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference QK474.5 .F39 2010
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference QK99.U6 F68 2000
The Oxford Book of Health Foods
Call Number: ebook
World Spice Plants
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference SB305 .S45 2005

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