The third book in Dr Alfred Byrd Graf's series of pictorial encyclopaedias on ornamental plants in horticulture, "Hortica" presents, in a kaleidoscope of 8000 colour photographs, more than 10,000 ornamental and fruited plants and trees including herbaceous perennials and annuals, cacti and other succulents, flowering shrubs and trees, water plants, climbers and creepers, bamboos and grasses, fruits and berries, and exotic plants for indoors, for climates worldwide. Each entry includes a description of the plant's native ...
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The third book in Dr Alfred Byrd Graf's series of pictorial encyclopaedias on ornamental plants in horticulture, "Hortica" presents, in a kaleidoscope of 8000 colour photographs, more than 10,000 ornamental and fruited plants and trees including herbaceous perennials and annuals, cacti and other succulents, flowering shrubs and trees, water plants, climbers and creepers, bamboos and grasses, fruits and berries, and exotic plants for indoors, for climates worldwide. Each entry includes a description of the plant's native habitat and its climatic preferences, including its USDA zone.
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GOOD in ACCEPTABLE jacket. Size: 11x9x0; Almost 4"-thick book with 1216 clean, unmarked, tight pages; foxing/spotting on upper edge of textblock; bright green cover is clean and sturdy with slightly worn corners; dust jacket has tanning on edges and spine, light shelf wear and wrinkling, and a small tear at upper front corner; sorry, no international or expedited shipping.
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Near Fine. 0025449958. Hardcover, no dustjacket, color-illustrated cover, first printing as stated on copyright page, book has moderate dust-tanning to the top outer page-edge as its only flaw and is in excellent condtiion otherwise, this massive tome features 8100 photographs in color with hardiness zone maps, "While the companion volume "Tropica" presents essentially the fantastic flora of warm climate and tropical latitudes, "Hortica" extends into the colder zones, to include the widest possible selection of attractive ornamentals, and of edible fruit, found in gardens or in habitats experiencing frigid winters"; 1216 pages.