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This fully illustrated book was written in response to the need for a manual on gardening that offered relevant information on all aspects of horticulture with particular reference to Pakistan. The book provides general and specific guidance for the amateur and the professional gardener. The volume covers various aspects of gardening, including the plant kingdom, soil, manure, watering, propagation etc., with details about flowering plants, hedges, climbers, indoor plants, palms, trees, lawns etc. It also offers solutions for dealing with garden pests and other troubles by way of a diagnostic key, and a 12-month gardening calendar for planting and sowing seasons. There is also a general guide to plant troubles, pest groups and diseases and their treatment. A chapter on bonsai is informative and original. ... Read more

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A complete guide to designing, constructing, and maintaining eye-catching interior landscapes. This book covers all aspects of designing and maintaining interior landscapes. Colorfully illustrated with examples of the authors' own designs as well as of natural landscapes, it demonstrates how to realize designs for a variety of different interiors, from private homes to corporate office buildings, and in styles ranging from naturalistic to abstract. 130 color photographs, 30 line drawings. ... Read more

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Interior Landscapes
Landscapes and design (artsy, fartsy, weird wood stuff) is really ALL it is about, if you have an indoor area that is HUGE and full of light, and you love driftwood, then this is the book for you.
However, for the rest of us, it works ok as a coffee table book. ... Read more

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Autistic Adults at Bittersweet Farms is a touching view of an inspirational residential care program for autistic adolescents and adults. This compelling book focuses on adult autism treated through the concepts used at Bittersweet Farms, an 80-acre farm in northwest Ohio. Through historical rationale for a therapeutic community, a comparison between the Bittersweet Farms model and treatment settings in the United Kingdom, specific treatments and training programs at Bittersweet Farms, and staff, parent, and resident viewpoints, the innovative program--based on the premise that adults with autism continue to need special care and training throughout their lives--is brought to life.

Divided into three sections, Autistic Adults at Bittersweet Farms returns repeatedly to the concept behind the program--molding autistic adults into contributing members of society in their own ways. Section One includes a potpourri of information, giving a glimpse of the range of models available for treatment and what makes each program a success. Taking a closer look at program considerations within various community settings, the second section examines behavior modification techniques in training autistic children and educating their parents. As politics play an important role in developing an innovative care program like Bittersweet Farms, the final section delves into regulations and funding for different types of residential care programs. Ending on a very human and optimistic note, section three closes with three personal accounts of life and work at Bittersweet Farms from a staff member, a resident, and a parent, with each praising a different aspect of the total person care environment of Bittersweet Farms. Occupational and physical therapists, policymakers, educators, and parents of autistic children will be encouraged from reading this outstanding book. ... Read more

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Dated but still a good read on a unique topic
Good coverage of everything from the lack of residential options for adults with autism, to the reasons a farm residence could be a good option for some people.I thought it might be less relevant because of its age but that did not turn out to be the case, particularly given the dearth of books on this topic. ... Read more

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This fully revised, expanded and updated edition of the successful text, Onions and Other Vegetable Alliums, relates the production and utilization of these familiar and important vegetable crops to the many aspects of plant science underpinning their production and storage technologies. Chapters cover species and crop types, plant structure, genetics and breeding, physiology of growth and development as well as pests and diseases, production agronomy, storage after harvest and the biochemistry of flavour, storage carbohydrates and colour and how this relates to nutritional and health benefits.From this wide perspective it is possible to see many examples where underlying scientific knowledge illuminates, explains and can improve agronomic practice.The reader will get an insight into how molecular methods are revolutionizing the study of taxonomy, genetics, pathology and physiology and how these methods are being applied in the breeding of improved crops. ... Read more

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One of the three books on Alliums you must have.
This is one of the best general references regarding onions and other alliums. It should be on your bookshelf right between the Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases by Schwartz and Mohan and Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances by Rabinowitch and Currah. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1853 edition by John Murray, London. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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*Shows gardeners and homeowners how to enhance their yard's beauty with trees

*Packed with topnotch advice on choosing the right trees and keeping them healthy

From huge, sunny yards to small, shady patios, this book shows readers how to pick the best trees for beautifying any outdoor space. There's user-friendly information to help gardeners figure out which trees provide the greatest foliage and color, how different varieties look in each season, and what to plant around and under trees. This book also includes suggestions for conquering challenging environments, such as acid or chalky soils. It's an easy-to-follow guide for green-thumb success! ... Read more

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Charming and enthusiastic, Adventures with Hardy Bulbs is an eminently readable guide to gardening with bulbous plants that has been favored by generations of gardeners. Wilder offers introductory as well as advanced gardening techniques and advice for over three hundred species grown from bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers.Amazon.com Review
Are you a floribunda soul living with a three-tulip yard? There are at least two big advantages to planting a wide variety of hardy bulbs in your garden. The first, of course, is their perennial status in most parts of the world. The second is the continual pleasure you receive from "bulb stacking," the art of having several plants flowering at any given time in the growing season, and a constant supply of cut flowers for your home. This reprint of a 1936 classic covers more than 300 types of bulbous plants, including rhizomes, corms, and tubers, and encourages the adventure of trying something new--such as anemones or striped squills--among your trusty tulips and crocuses. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1913.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1853 edition by John Murray, London. ... Read more

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Two Titles Are Essentially the Same Book
Well-written and detailed first-hand account by an adventurous British horticulturalist of nineteenth century tea cultivation in China and India. (Note: The two Robert Fortune titles from Elibron Classics, A Journey to the Tea Countries of China, and Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Volume II, are virtually the same works in fascimile with very minor differences in just the first chapter and in the back matter: A Journey... has a few color plates, and Two Visits... has a 1853 bibliography of works published by the original British publisher of these two titles.) ... Read more

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On gardening, fruit growing, and viticulture. Surveys bothchronologically and geographically the development ofhorticulture in the US. A reprint of the Oxford UP edition(1950). Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) ... Read more

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An excellent book on the development of the American garden
Interesting and informative. An excellent source on the development of gardens and the people who were instruemental in their development. One of the few books that ties together various aspects of historical horticulture in an in-depth way. While not a reference text where you can scan the index to see its value, it is worthy of a full read..

A good reference for Master Gardeners interested in the stories of how gardening came to be here in the States. ... Read more

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"The best gardening is experimental as well as ephemeral," Christopher Lloyd writes. Among the great joys of gardening, as this book demonstrates, are changing one's mind, striking out in new directions, and trying something new. In short, Lloyd encourages all gardeners to be adventurous and offers ways to make new and exciting such familiar chores as weeding, taking cuttings, reseeding, and pruning roots and branches.Both the neophyte and the experienced gardener will benefit from Lloyd's advice and inspiration. ... Read more

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For reading pleasure, not how to.
I picked this book up used somewhere about 5 years ago, with much less gardening experience.I remembered it as a good read; amusing and opinionated.It gave me ideas about things to try, and reduced my fears.I picked it up this summer and reread it, and loved it even more as I've gained gardening perspective.Christopher Lloyd knew an enormous amount about horticulture and gardening; he was also very honest about his plant losses as well as his plant loves.The same goes for his opinions of people, which rival Beverly Nichols for humor. He was an unusually creative gardener, and his ideas have had increasing influence over the past 20 years or so. The book was written in a time when gardeners were not expected to be shopping at Lowes for flats of identical plants, and were expected to have enough imagination to envision plants without lots of photographs.It is, as other reviewers mention, about gardening in Britain, and some of the plant information is not relevant to the US.However I've learned much from this book, finding his stories a spur to trying new ideas, renovating or planning a new garden, and general experimentation the book is my favorite.

An excellent, informative read
Like other Christopher Lloyd books, The Adventurous Gardener is a pleasure to read for any gardener.He has any number of tips for making cuttings, pruning shrubs and trees, foundation planting, color combinations and other subjects fascinating to gardeners.This book is directed to those who garden for pleasure--and both experienced and novice gardeners will learn something fromit.
Negatives:He writes for the British climate which is milder than most of the USA, so gardeners here must take that into account.A good plant guide will help a great deal, to look up plants he mentions (the black and white illustrations aren't particularly useful) and to see whether they'll grow in your area.He also has an enormous yard, seemingly unlimited time, large greenhouses of his own, and people who help him garden.
Nonetheless, this is a wonderful book I've gotten lots of ideas from--and it's always fun to read again.
I can't give it less than give stars; as the previous reviewer said, I can't judge it for not being something it wasn't intended to be.I will judge it by Lloyd's intentions, great ideas and techniques, and the joy I had in reading it.

Essential reading for all serious gardeners
The Adventurous Gardener provides a brilliant gardener's take on any number of practical, as well as aesthetic, judgments. The first 11 chapters concern maintenance and propagation, such as "Unusual Ways with Rose Cuttings," "Maintaining Mature Hedging," and "Some Reactions to Cutting Back" (which covers the results of radical pruning on scores of genuses of shrubs and trees).

The next 8 chapters cover trees and shrubs, Lloyd's experience and opinions of hundreds of species and cultivars, and the best ways, culturally and aesthetically, to use them in the garden. The rest of the book covers a variety of herbaceous plants, design concepts, the theories of Gertrude Jekyll, "Planning a Border," you name it. Of course, the book, at 250 pages, is not comprehensive. For that matter, Lloyd's "The Well-Tempered Garden" is in a sense basically the same book, except that there is very little overlap. Each is a series of essays which stands on its own. (Similarly, the estate of the late Henry Mitchell has 3 such books out, made up of his newspaper gardening columns; but Mitchell's columns are shorter, more about literary style than detail, and his 3 books overlap each other considerably.)

This book's greatest weakness: it only has 18 low-resolution black & white photos. These are in the book's center, and do little to illustrate the text. So in order to follow many of the chapters, which concern specific varieties of, say, crabapple trees, or concern combinations of plants, you will have to have the "A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants" or a similar reference at hand. That said, this keeps the book small and dirt cheap. I suppose I could, for lack of hundreds of glossy color photos, rate the book less than the perfect 5 stars, but I can't see criticizing a book for not being what it is not, especially when it is so good at being what it is. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more