Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... The Hillier Gardener's Guide to Trees and Shrubspor Reader's Digest, F.L.S. J. A. Kelly
Ninguno Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Unique in its detailed and comprehensive coverage of temperate-zone trees and shrubs, and backed by the world-famous Hillier name, this book provides great expertise in a highly illustrated, eminently usable package. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNingunoCubiertas populares
Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)635.9Technology Agriculture & related technologies Domestic Gardening Flowers and ornamental plantsClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |
Preceding the plant dictionary is the 100+ page section Practicalities which covers such matters as Basic Biology, Theory and Practice, Care and Maintenance, Propagation, Pests and Diseases and more; it also includes a Plant Selector. The plant directory is divided into Trees, Shrubs and Conifers, and Climbers and Bamboos. There is also an index.
The Plant Selector section is quite comprehensive, listing plants for specific cultural conditions such as plants for different soil conditions; situations such as cold exposed sites, shade; for particular purposes such as ground cover; and plant habit such as pendulous, upright or fastigiate; and a great deal more. In addition a guide chart to Plant Characteristics covering ten pages lists the plants and highlights their specific requirements, attributes and possible uses.
In the Plant Directory each genus has a general introduction followed by the selected species or culitivars. The individual plant descriptions are often quite brief but succinct and use a number of abbreviations but also often include a more subjective comment. Plant hardiness is indicated by the Royal Horticultural Society's scale which divides plants grown in the UK: H1 to H4, which ranges from plants hardy outside to those requiring protection or heated glass.
The plant dictionary is beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Not all plants are illustrated but there are anything up to six photographs to a page, they vary in size from quite small to about 1/3 of a page. There are also many photographs, some full-page, in the Practicalities section along with a number of line drawings.
A most useful and informative book from a respected source, it is one to which I make frequent reference ( )