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  1. Resurrecting the Sublime

    Director
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsber
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; Biology

    Short documentary. Using tiny amounts of DNA extracted from specimens of three flowers stored at Harvard University’s Herbaria, an interdisciplinary team of biotechnology researchers, engineers, and...

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  2. John Chittock (1928-2011)

    Date
    15 Oct 2011, 16:19
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    Post

    It is with sadness that we report the death of John Chittock. Born on 29 May 1928, John Dudley Chittock had a distinguished career as a columnist on the Financial Times from 1963 to 1987, writing about...

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  3. Patterns in Green (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the simple patterns that underlie the myriad diversity of form in plants and flowers. Despite apparent complexity most leaf patterns and flowers are variations on three basic patterns, which are...

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  4. Flowers Don’t Grow Here (2006)

    Director
    Shira Pinson
    Subject
    Politics & government; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £15.00

    Much of Eastern Europe has been devastated by the rapid transition from communism to capitalism. Fifteen years since independence from the former USSR, the Ukraine ­ Europe’s second largest country ­ is...

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  5. Trees. Unit 1: Life History of the Sycamore (1978 Multimedia)

    Producer
    T W Fyfe
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 18 min.; 49 slides. col.

    Stages of growth, leaf, flowers, explanation of trees obvious reactions to seasons, underlying processes.

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  6. Aladdin’s Garden (Hummingbirds) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the garden of Peter Rapse, in the Aripo Valley, Trinidad. Looks at the flowers and the hummingbirds which use them as a source of food. Using high-speed photography, reveals the flexibility of the...

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  7. Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens (2018)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £14.99

    In this BBC documentary, renowned gardener Monty Don travels in search of paradise gardens referenced in the Koran as green spaces filled with flowers and fruit where shade and water provide a safe haven...

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  8. Flowers on a One Way Street (1967 Film)

    Director
    Robin Spry
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Conflict between hippies in Toronto who want to make a particular picturesque part of the city into a pedestrian precinct, and the Toronto City Council who want to keep the street as a busy city link. The...

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  9. Enemies of the Oak (1986 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A year in the life of a 300-year-old oak. Begins in October when the wingless female winter moth climbs the oak to mate and lay her eggs. During late April the buds on the oak open and the catkins are ready...

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  10. Korup: An African Rain Forest (198 Video)

    Director
    Phil Agland
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

    Discusses the ecology of a tropical rainforest at Korup in Cameroon including predation, parasitism, competition and symbiosis. Sequences include one of the flowers of Parkia and the animals which visit it....

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