Ginseng dreams : the secret world of America's most valuable plant / Kristin Johannsen. by Johannsen, Kristin, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Man-root -- Out sangin' -- Shang gardens -- Virtually wild -- "Come back when you have a real crime to report" -- From the hollows to Hong Kong -- Under the microscope -- -- Ginseng dreams.…”
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Urban and ecological : top 100 world's landscape / by J Tart, H K A S P.

The classical gardens of Shanghai / Shelly Bryant. by Bryant, Shelly

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Urban spaces : new city parks / [author, Jacobo Krauel ; text contributed by the architects, edited and translated by William George and Jay Noden]. by Krauel, Jacobo

Table of Contents: “…Andersson / The Anchor Park -- Rafael Iglesia / Independence Park -- Gruppe F / The Meadow Park on the Wuhle -- MET Studio Design / Hong Kong Wetland Park -- Kovács,Lendvai, Muszbek, Pozsár, Tihanyi & Wallner / Millenaris Park -- Karl Bauer / Garden fir the Southwestern Construction Union -- Florence Mercier / Le Grand Mail du Parc des Lilas -- Sergi Gòdia, Xavier Casas / MMAMB / Park Solidarity -- Park Berger, Gilles Clément, Alain Provost, J. …”

Traditional rural landscapes in island topography in East Asia / Bixia Chen and Yuei Nakama.

Table of Contents: “…Feng Shui Trees in Mainland China; 4.2.2. Feng Shui Trees in Hong Kong ; 4.2.3. Feng Shui Trees in Korea ; 4.2.4. …”
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Rooftop Urban Agriculture edited by Francesco Orsini, Marielle Dubbeling, Henk de Zeeuw, Giorgio Gianquinto.

Table of Contents: “…Designing green corridors network within cities: a case study in Vienna -- Part 5) A geography of rooftop agriculture in 20 projects -- 19 Introduction -- 19.1 Cases -- 19.1.2 Amman, Jordan - Mixed micro-farming on top of residential houses -- 19.1.2 Bangkok, Thailand - Energaia: rooftop production of spirulina -- 19.1.3 Barcelona, Spain - RTG-Lab, an experimental integrated rooftop greenhouse -- 19.1.4 Bengaluru, India – An organic terrace gardening -- 19.1.15 Bologna, Italy - The community rooftop garden of Via Gandusio -- 19.1.6 Boston, United States - Fenway Farms: a restaurant garden on a baseball stadium roof -- 19.1.7 Cairo, Egypt – Rooftop farming in informal settlements -- 19.1.8 Chicago, United States - Gotham Greens: the largest rooftop greenhouse in the world -- 19.1.9 Cincinnati, United States - The Rothenberg Rooftop Garden School; Byrna Bass, Edwin “Pope” Coleman -- 19.1.10 Gaza, Palestine - Rooftop aquaponics for family nutrition in the Gaza Strip -- 19.1.11 Hong Kong, China - Rooftop Republic at Fringe Club: an educational rooftop garden -- 19.1.12. …”
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Goldfish varieties and genetics : a handbook for breeders / Joseph Smartt ; illustrations by Merlin Cunliffe. by Smartt, J.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- Preface -- CH36;1 Introduction -- CH36;2 History and Development of the Goldfish -- Pre45;domestication -- Domestication -- Diversification -- The political dimension -- Artefacts as evidence in tracing development of goldfish varieties -- Dissemination of the goldfish -- CH36;3 Goldfish Varieties 45; a Review of Literature -- H46; T46; Wolf 40;190841; Goldfish Breeds -- Hugh M46; Smith 40;190941; Japanese Goldfish 45; Their Varieties and Cultivation -- W46; T46; Innes 40;191745;193244; 194741; Goldfish Varieties -- Hodge 38; Derham 40;192641; Goldfish Culture for Amateurs -- Hodge 38; Derham 40;192641; Goldfish Culture for Amateurs -- T46; C46; Roughley 40;193641; The Cult of the Goldfish -- The contributions of Chen 40;192541; and Matsui 40;193441; -- Chen 40;192541; Variation in External Characters of Goldfi sh Carassius auratus -- Matsui 40;193441; Genetical Studies on Goldfish of Japan -- Matsui 40;193441; Genetical Studies on Goldfish of Japan -- Hervey 38; Hems 40;194841; The Goldfish -- Frank Orme 40;197941; Fancy Goldfish Culture -- Watanabe 40;198841; Handbook of Goldfish -- P233;nzes 38; T246;lg 40;198641; Goldfish and Ornamental Carp -- Recent literature on Chinese goldfish -- Man Shek45;hay 40;198244; 199341; Goldfi sh in Hong Kong -- Li Zhen 40;198841; Chinese Goldfish -- B46; Teichfischer 40;199441; Goldfische in Aller Welt -- CH36;4 Modern Goldfish Varieties -- The Common Goldfish -- The Comet -- The Shubunkins -- The Wakin -- The Jikin -- The Fantail -- The Ryukin -- The Tosakin -- The Veiltail -- The Telescope -- The Celestial -- The Bubble45;eye -- The Pompon -- The Pearlscale -- The Oranda -- The Ranchu45;Lionhead Group -- Concluding remarks -- CH36;5 The Aesthetic Appreciation of Goldfish -- The Common Goldfish standard -- The Comet standard -- The Shubunkin standard -- The Fantail standard -- The Jikin standard -- The Fringetail standard -- The Ryukin standard -- The Veiltail standard -- The Tosakin standard -- The Pearlscale standard -- The Pompon standard -- The Telescope45;eye standards -- The Celestial standard -- The Bubble45;eye standard -- The Oranda standards -- The Lionhead standards -- Goldfish aesthetics and standards 8230; some conclusions -- Condition and deportment -- Goldfish appreciation 8230; a postscript -- CH36;6 Basic Genetic Principles for Goldfish Breeders -- The chromosome theory of heredity -- Mendelian inheritance -- Linkage -- Polyploidy -- Developmental aspects -- Quantitative genetics -- Population genetics -- Breeding strategy -- CH36;7 The Genetics of Goldfish Variety Evolution -- The xanthic mutation -- The twin45;tail mutation -- Fins 45; size and shape -- General coloration -- Eye mutants -- Hypertrophies of the head -- Scale types -- The out45;turned operculum -- Body conformation -- Evolutionary genetics of goldfish 45; some conclusions -- Evolution of the goldfish 45; a genealogy -- CH36;8 Genetics and Goldfish Improvement -- Manipulation of dominance relationships between alleles at a genetic locus -- Biotechnology and its actual and potential significance -- T$1312.…”
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Vermiculture technology : earthworms, organic wastes, and environmental management / [edited by] Clive A. Edwards, Norman Q. Arancon, Rhonda L. Sherman.

Table of Contents: “…Vermicomposting projects in Hong Kong / David John Ellery and Tse Chi Kai -- ch. 32. …”
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Vermiculture technology : earthworms, organic wastes, and environmental management / [edited by] Clive A. Edwards, Norman Q. Arancon, Rhonda L. Sherman.

Table of Contents: “…Vermicomposting projects in Hong Kong / David John Ellery and Tse Chi Kai -- ch. 32. …”
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Writings on landscape, culture, and society / Frederick Law Olmsted ; Charles E. Beveridge, editor. by Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Table of Contents: “…Autobiographical Fragment B : "To make Landscape Architecture my calling" : 1822-1852 -- To John Olmsted & Mary Ann Bull : Off Hong Kong : September 1843 -- To Maria Olmsted : A Tour of Whampoa : November 1843 -- The Real China : Chinese Civilities : September-December 1843 -- To John Hull Olmsted : On a Connecticut Farm : June 1845 -- To Charles Loring Brace : "An orator for the Fourth" : July 1845 -- To Frederick Kingsbury : "Full of 'doubts'" : August 1846 -- To Charles Loring Brace : "Questions of 'Belief'" : March 1848 -- The People&s Park at Birkenhead, near Liverpool : "Forever the People's own" : May 1851 -- To Charles Loring Brace : At the North American Phalanx : July 1852 -- The South, Number Seven : "This beggarly farming" : March 1853 -- The South, Number Eight : Free Labor and Slave Labor : March 1853 -- The South, Number Nine : Slavery in Virginia : April 1853 -- The South, Number Twenty-Eight : "The laws of the South" : July 1853 -- To Charles Loring Brace : "A thorough Aristocrat" : December 1853 -- The South, Number Forty-Seven : Slaves & Non-Slaveholding Whites : January 1854 -- A Tour in the Southwest, Number Eight : German Immigrants in Texas : March 1854 -- Passages in the Life of an Unpractical Man : Politics and the Park : 1848-1858 -- Description of a Plan for the Improvement of the Central Park ("Greensward") : The Greensward Plan : April 1858 -- To Henry H. …”
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