AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GERANIUM PLANT FAMILY
Is your favorite flower box plant really a geranium? Or is it a pelargonium? This question continues to haunt the horticultural world. It may be difficult to know just what plant is really being discussed when a gardener asks for a "geranium" .. [... more]
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and ...
 Easiest book for everyone: I've been teaching in the outdoors using field guides with novices for 18 years, so I offer this advice to assist beginners in choosing a wildflower guide. I have used both this book and the Newcomb book and greatly prefer this [... more]
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The Gardener's Atlas: The Origins, Discovery and ...
it could be a great book: It is a beautiful book with very interesting informations. I liked to know the history of many plants, but the autor doesnt't know almost anything about South American flowers. All the flora of Atlantic forest was forgotten. [... more]
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The Gardener's Atlas: The Origins, Discovery and ...
it could be a great book: It is a beautiful book with very interesting informations. I liked to know the history of many plants, but the autor doesnt't know almost anything about South American flowers. All the flora of Atlantic forest was forgotten. [... more]
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Plant Prejudices
Don't dismiss a plant family because you dislike one member! Many of us are guilty of this rampant plantism - dismissing whole families of plants because one member is distasteful to us. Yet such prejudices can lead to us missing out on the ... [... more]
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A New Bromeliad Book
Bromeliad fans have longed for a new book on this plant family. The Book of Bromeliads partly meets this need. Bromeliad collectors have longed for a new book on their favorite plants. Ronald Parkhurst calls this book "Your Bromeliad Guide to ... [... more]
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The Plantfinder's Guide to Daisies
The aster or daisie family is one of the largest plant families in existence. It comprises 1500 genera with 25000 species. This book describes a selection of those genera. The Asteraceae plant family is sometimes called the "daisy" family. This [... more]
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THE FASCINATING WORLD OF EUPHORBIAS
The Euphorbia plant family could keep a collector busy and fascinated for a lifetime. Most of the Euphorbias we grow indoors come from the desert regions of southern Africa. I find this family fascinating because of the wide range of plant forms ... [... more]
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STRANGE ORCHIDS!
Orchids have some of the Strangest flowers in the plant family. This month we discover some of the strangest! The orchid family (Orchidaceae) contains more species than any other family of flowering plants except for the Daisies (Asteraceae). ... [... more]
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Sansevierias
Hundreds of households and offices have pots of "Mother-in-law's tongue" or "Snake plant" sitting in a dark corner gathering dust. For many of us, this is the only exposure to the wonderful Sansevieria plant family. After reading this [... more]
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Learn to Grow Orchids
This is an outstanding general book on the orchid plant family. You'll find a basic discussion of how orchids came into general circulation, early attempts at maintaining the plant in greenhouses and individual homes. This is an outstanding ... [... more]
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Do You Really Recognize a Poppy?
There are 250 poppy family species. How many do you recognize? Reading this book will open your eyes to the wide variety found within this plant family. Christopher Grey-Wilson, a former scientific officer of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Great ... [... more]
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