Hardy Californians A Woman's Life with Native Plants

Name: Hardy Californians A Woman's Life with Native Plants
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ISBN: 9780520250512

ISBN-10: 0520250516

ISBN-13: 9780520250512

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lester Rowntree

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Lester G. E. Rowntree (1879-1979), free-spirited adventurer and pioneering botanist, was fifty-two when she traded a comfortable home for the life of a peripatetic traveler in the California mountains, deserts, and forests. Through hundreds of magazine and journal articles, two acclaimed books, and uncounted public lectures, Rowntree shared her vast knowledge of California native plants and at the same time argued passionately for the protection of the state's bountiful flora. A mountain mystic who worshipped on Sierra peaks, bathed in alpine streams, and lived for months on beans and bread, Rowntree has remained an inspiration in native plant horticulture and plant conservation to this…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 470
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540



List of Illustrations


Preface to the 2006 Edition


About Lester: A Biographical Sketch



A Reflective Essay



Author's Preface



Fool's Gold



On Top of the World



Coming Down the Mountain--At Timber Line



Coming Down the Mountain--The Meadows



Coming Down the Mountain--Rivers and Forests Begin



The Contemned Buckwheats



Pentstemons



Lupins



Violas



North of San Francisco



Perennial Odds and Ends



Some of California's Wild Bulbs



Some Annuals--But Not the Common Ones



How to Grow Them


Updated Species List



A Bibliography of Lester Rowntree's Publications



Index