- Hardcover: 1104 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0756606160
- ISBN-13: 978-0756606169
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 24.5 x 6.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 4.6 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #417,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Genus of about 30 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs found on hillsides and in open woodland from the Himalayas to E. Asia, and in Mexico. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Genus of about 30 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs found on hillsides and in open woodland from the Himalayas to E. Asia, and in Mexico. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Gorgeous Reference,
By ThreeDogPeople "TDP" (Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (Hardcover)
This book is not only very useful, informative and educational; it is absolutely beautiful. Color photographs, elegant paper and a logical lay - out make this a pleasure to use. This tome is so well done that it is being used as a text book for some college level courses.
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Best reference book for Serious Horticulture,
This review is from: American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (Hardcover)
This is one of the most complete reference books for the serious horticulturalist and yet, it is very readable for the amateur gardener.I volunteer at a Botanical garden's gardening hotline and this is one of our favourite "go to" reference books. It is out of print and hard to find but worth the search for a second hand copy. It should go along with Michael Dirr's Manual of Woody Plants on the refernce shelf.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heavy Stuff!,
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This review is from: American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (Hardcover)
...So I get home, make my dinner, and camp out in my favorite easy chair for my nightly dinner read. Unfortunately, this book was soooo heavy, I couldn't balance it very well. It was uncomfortable on my lap (and the print was too small to read from there), but holding it up was a chore. I actually sprained my wrist trying to find a comfortable way to read this book!What I did manage to see during that first viewing was impressive....It's still a bit like not knowing how to spell a word, but trying to look it up in the dictionary. Unless you have some idea of what you might be dealing with, you may not find the right article. On the plus side, there are many, many pictures, not just one for a whole family of plants. Few varieties don't have a decent illistration. And the descriptions are very concice. If you're not sure what a term means, it's easy to find a definition. Now if I could just find a way to read this book without hurting my wrist! They should have really broken this encyclopedia into multiple volumes -- volumes that would be easier to hold while reading...All in all, ...I'd still have to say this is a great value, and an essential book for anybody interested in more than marigolds and roses...
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