The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Succulents

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The Illustrated
by Gordon Rowley American Consultant Charles Glass
0ver250 Species in Full Colour
Succulents are plants that store water in swollen leaves or stems, enabling them to survive long periods of drought. They incTude some of the most amazing of all forms of plant life, surrealist in form and contour, often spectacular in the beauty of their flowers and bewildering in their ability to sun/ive conditions fatal to most other plants. As house plants for a dry, sunny windowsill, or as cult objects for the connoisseur with a greenhouse or outdoor 'desert' garden, succulents find a growing band of appreciators, and their popularity has never been higher
Cacti are among the most familiar succulents, and an easy favourite with collectors for their general ease of growth and showy flowers. The Cactus Family includes about one fifth of the estimated 10,000 known succulents, distributed among many unrelated botanical Families and all richly rewarding to the collector in search... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The Illustrated
by Gordon Rowley American Consultant Charles Glass
0ver250 Species in Full Colour
Succulents are plants that store water in swollen leaves or stems, enabling them to survive long periods of drought. They incTude some of the most amazing of all forms of plant life, surrealist in form and contour, often spectacular in the beauty of their flowers and bewildering in their ability to sun/ive conditions fatal to most other plants. As house plants for a dry, sunny windowsill, or as cult objects for the connoisseur with a greenhouse or outdoor 'desert' garden, succulents find a growing band of appreciators, and their popularity has never been higher
Cacti are among the most familiar succulents, and an easy favourite with collectors for their general ease of growth and showy flowers. The Cactus Family includes about one fifth of the estimated 10,000 known succulents, distributed among many unrelated botanical Families and all richly rewarding to the collector in search of the unusual.
This book offers the first general treatment of succulents viewed as one component of the world's flora. Part one deals with their natural history: how they differ fi-om other plants, how they grow, flower and propagate, how they evolve, how they are classified and named, and how they can be cultivated indoors and in the garden. Succulents have suffered more than most plants from the destruction of their natural habitats, and suggestions are offered on the part growers can play in saving the endangered species from extinction.
The second part of the book reviews succulents in a Family by Family treatment, with simple pictorial keys to the main Families and synopses of genera within each.

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