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| The Year in Trees : Superb Woody
Plants for Four-Season Gardens by Kim E. Tripp,
J. C. Raulston (Contributor) |
| Hardcover - 208 pages (October
1995) |
| The
Year in Trees looks beyond the old standards
of trees, shrubs, and vines that dominate our
landscapes. Authors J. C. Raulston and Kim Tripp
participated in the North Carolina State University
(NCSU) Arboretum’s trials of more than 9,000
new and unusual woody plants from all over the
world. This book is part of their effort to
spread the word about high-quality woody landscape
plants that, in Raulston’s words, "deserve a
chance in our gardens." It contains 150 plant
portraits divided into four parts corresponding
to the seasons, to help readers to select the
appropriate tree or shrub. Each portrait offers
a thorough description of a particular plant
and its relatives, provides cultural, hardiness,
and propagation information, and offers tips
for the best ways to use it in gardens. Many
excellent photographs, most of them taken by
Raulston, show each subject at its best. The
Year in Trees will help gardeners throughout
the country find exciting new plants to enliven
the landscape. |
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| Plants That Merit Attention :
Shrubs (Vol 2) by Garden Club of America,
Nancy Peterson Brewster (Editor), ja Poor,
Janet Meakin Poor |
| Hardcover - 2 pages Vol 2 (October
1996) |
| Don't
let the magisterial title of this large volume,
part of the Garden Club of America's ongoing
series, put you off. The authors have provided
a marvelous compendium of alternatives to
the hardy perennials of American garden shrubs:
rhododendrons, forsythias, and yews. Here
are hundreds of lesser-known shrubs (along
with the common varieties, of course), each
presented with a photograph and a brief, authoritative
text. Arranged alphabetically, the book includes
a set of appendices categorizing all the cultivars
by pest and disease resistance, soil preference,
shade tolerance, and several other factors.
This is a book that no comprehensive gardening
library can be without. |
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| Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs
: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A.
Dirr |
| Hardcover - 493 pages illustrate
edition (October 1997) |
| Dirr,
a horticulture professor at the University
of Georgia, has spent more than 25 years photographing
trees and shrubs. For this volume, 1,600 of
his color photographs were used to illustrate
500 species of U.S. northern trees and shrubs,
suitable for zones 3 to 8 of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture Hardiness Zone Map. Dirr's
photos are also used in Michael A. Dirr's
Photo-Library of Woody Landscape Plants on
CD-ROM (PlantAmerica, dist. by Timber Press).
Entries are arranged alphabetically by scientific
name and describe the habitat, foliage,
flower, fruit, landscape use, etc., of the
trees and shrubs. The author has a descriptive
and entertaining style--he writes that the
eastern redbud has "no equal, no competitor
. . . the stage is reserved for this native
species"; and mapleleaf viburnum is "this
suckering, colonizing denizen of the woods.
. . ." The descriptions of the trees and
shrubs are from three sentences to half
a column, with the rest of the page filled
with beautiful color photographs of varying
sizes. The photographs illustrate, at different
seasons, the flowers, fruit, and bark, as
well as the leaves and the whole shrub or
tree. The last part of the volume provides
numerous lists and charts of trees, shrubs,
and vines for design and cultural characteristics,
such as tolerance to drought, weeping habit,
or flowering sequence by month. The USDA
Hardiness Zone Map and a common and scientific
name index complete the volume.
A number of garden books have been published
recently, but this volume and The American
Horticultural Society A^-Z Encyclopedia
of Garden Plants [RBB Ja 1 & 15 98] will
become standard garden reference sources
in public and academic libraries. Dirr's
volume is especially enjoyable and useful
for the gardener in the eastern U.S.
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| Growing Conifers : Four/Season
Plants by Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Susan F.
Martin (Editor), Kim Tripp (Editor), R. William
Thomas (Editor) |
| Paperback - 112 pages (September
1997) |
| Conifers,
the most underrated plants in the landscape
world, provide the garden with strong form,
color and texture in each season. These versatile
low-maintenance plants come in an array of
shapes other than the ubiquitous pyramid and
in umpteen colors - yellows, blues, grays
and maroons. This essential guide will help
you select the conifers that will set your
garden's stage - every day of the year. |
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| American Horticultural Society
Encyclopedia Of Gardening by Christopher Brickell
(Editor), Elvin McDonald (Editor), Trevor J.
Cole (Editor) |
| Hardcover 1 Amer Ed edition (October
1993) |
| This
is a comprehensive garden book, with nearly
700 pages and more than 3,000 color photographs.
(The index alone is 56 pages of small type,
from "Aaron's beard" to "zygote.") The first
section, on creating the garden, deals with
garden planning and design and major plant groups:
trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and biennials,
rock gardens, bulbous plants, succulents, herb
gardens, fruit gardens, rose gardens, indoor
gardens, and climbing plants. The second section,
on maintaining the garden, covers tools and
equipment, greenhouses and frames, structures
and surfaces, climate, soils and fertilizers,
plant problems, and propagation. The book was
researched and written by 50 garden specialists
and was four years in the making; it's the only
reference book a gardener will ever need. |
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| Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening
by Frances Tenenbaum (Editor), Roger Holmes
(Editor), Rita Buchanan (Editor) |
| Hardcover - 612 pages (October
1994) |
| After years in preparation, here
is the landmark one-volume reference that American
gardeners have been awaiting. Includes more
than 3,000 detailed descriptions of species,
the essentials for creating a garden, and a
complete, environmentally sound approach to
garden maintenance. 1,300 color photos and illustrations;
330 line drawings. |
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| America's Garden Book by Louise
Bush-Brown, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Howard
S. Iriwn, Howard Irwin (Editor), James Bush-Brown
(Contributor) |
| Hardcover Revised edition (December
1996) |
| Drawing
on the expertise at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
one of the most acclaimed botanic gardens in
the country, this fully comprehensive reference
is replete with advice for every garden contingency.
More than 1,000 color photos and more than 3,000
plant recommendations make this the one-stop
book for all gardening questions. 100 line drawings.
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| The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gardener's
Desk Reference by Janet Marinelli (Editor),
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Stephen K- Tim |
| Hardcover - 800 pages 1 Ed edition
(October 1998) |
| The
ultimate gardening work has been compiled by
two dozen of the world's leading plant experts
under the auspices of one of the world's greatest
botanical gardens. All plant lists are organized
by region and every recommended species has
been chosen by an experienced landscaper and
tested by years of gardening in the area. 150
line drawings.
The
Gardener's Desk Reference unlocks the door
to a vast assortment of plant knowledge from
around the world. There is enough information
in this single volume to serve any plant enthusiast
- beginner and professional alike - for a
lifetime. The hundreds of indispensable sidebars,
graphs, tables, plant lists, maps, and illustrations
found throughout the reference make it even
more accessible and attractive. To do justice
to the North American continent's breathtaking
diversity of climates and plant communities,
all plant lists are organized by region, and
every recommended species or cultivar has
been chosen by an experienced landscaper tested
by years of gardening in the area.
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| Handbook of Plant Virus Diseases
by Dragoljub D. Sutic (Editor), Richard E. Ford
(Editor), Malisa T. Tosic |
| Hardcover - 432 pages (June 1999)
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| Plant Disease Control : Principles
and Practice by Otis C. Maloy |
| Paperback - 360 pages (June 1993)
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| A blend of theoretical and practical
information for students and practitioners of
plant disease control in agronomy, forestry,
horticulture, and related fields. Focuses on
infectious diseases, rather than on such conditions
as nutrient deficiency and chemical injuries.
Maloy (plant pathology, Washington State U.)
uses examples mainly from forest pathology in
the Pacific Northwest. |
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