The Color Dictionary of Flowers and Plants for Home and Garden

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Published in coUaboration with . ¦ ' / The Roval Horticuítural Society ¦ j ' . ír • .. \ , ' • • _ ' . " . •• • ' ' 'f. This is the compact edition (idehtical in content, but reduced to practical handbopk sizí) oft>né of the most ambitious books on garden flóra ever published: % tóm of expéft photographers has worked continuously thrbugh tRree flowering seasons to araass over 4.000 ' color photographs; From tliese^ 2,048 have been selected to illustrate the most comprehensive collection ofktíown garden plants in color. In 344 pages these supejb color plates are arranged-in alphabetical order by botanical names with in tfeir horticuítural categories. The . categories include bulbs. trees and shrubs, herbaceous perennials. - annuals and biennials, greenhouse and indoor plants and rock garden , plants. Each illustration is accompanied bv a caption giving its correct bötanic name. Supporting these captions there are 206 pages of text in the form of a comprehensive A-Z guide, The, guide... Tovább

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Published in coUaboration with . ¦ ' / The Roval Horticuítural Society ¦ j ' . ír • .. \ , ' • • _ ' . " . •• • ' ' 'f. This is the compact edition (idehtical in content, but reduced to practical handbopk sizí) oft>né of the most ambitious books on garden flóra ever published: % tóm of expéft photographers has worked continuously thrbugh tRree flowering seasons to araass over 4.000 ' color photographs; From tliese^ 2,048 have been selected to illustrate the most comprehensive collection ofktíown garden plants in color. In 344 pages these supejb color plates are arranged-in alphabetical order by botanical names with in tfeir horticuítural categories. The . categories include bulbs. trees and shrubs, herbaceous perennials. - annuals and biennials, greenhouse and indoor plants and rock garden , plants. Each illustration is accompanied bv a caption giving its correct bötanic name. Supporting these captions there are 206 pages of text in the form of a comprehensive A-Z guide, The, guide is in botanical name order with full xross-reference of Anglo-American common names. It alsó includes many practicaLand useful details concerning the cultivation and characteristics of each plánt. The authors. Roy Hay and Patrick M. Synge, are iníernationaíly - known and contribute regularly to all aspects of horticuítural literature. Roy Hay has - a following of lipiillions with his BBC gardening broadcasts and has a columri ín The Times. Ijonáon. His own garden is open to the public at various times oft he yéar. Patrick M. Synge. Fellow of the Linnean Society is Ghief Editor for the Royal Horticuítural Society and pröduces their nxonthly journah Year Books. Dictionary of Garden ing and other publications. He has alsó , travelled through many countries in search of plants. ' r 1 - ¦ ' ¦ • '. - . ' isbn: 0-51 7-524562 . / Vissza