About this title: This vast and comprehensive volume brings together an incredible 15,000 garden plants, along with 6000 color illustrations. With a detailed description of each plant (each listed alphabetically under its proper botanical name) that includes not only planting and maintenance information but its place of origin and the pests that might infest it, this hefty tome is an invaluable reference work for the serious gardener.
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Description: Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 1092 p. Contains: Illustrations. American Horticultural Society Practical Guides. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: DK ADULT
Date Published: 9/1/1997
ISBN-13:9780789419439ISBN:0789419432
Description: Fair. 0789419432 Overstock copy with light wear to edges from shelving. Spine is split but sound on both sides and has cosmetic tears to top and bottom. Dust jacket is missing. read more
Description: New. 0789419432 Brand NEW ~ Hardcover with beautiful Dust Jacket ~ slight shelf-wear to Jacket ~ all books carefully examined & well packaged. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: DK ADULT
Date Published: 1997-09-01
ISBN-13:9780789419439ISBN:0789419432
Description: Like New. Stated FIRST EDITION, First Printing with FULL numberline. *EXCELLENT CONDITION*Clean text, clean cover, clean dust cover, tight binding, BEAUTIFUL BOOK! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: DK Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780789419439ISBN:0789419432
Description: Very Good in Very Good DJ. 1095 pp. 4to. Hardcover in dustjacket. Scuffing and minor edge wear to jacket, bumping to spine ends and corners. Light shelfwear to book, bumping to spine ends, little white stain to front cover. Illustrated with 6, 000 photographs. Includes descriptions of over 15, 000 plants. Interior clean and bright. Full title: "The American Horticulture Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants". read more
"The only annoying thing about this incredible book is you have to know the Latin name for a plant in order to look it up. Otherwise, it's as comprehensive as anyone could wish, and also "correct" (for instance, it lists pelargoniums under pelargoniums, not geraniums, one of my pet peeves)."
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