Presented in A-to-Z format, supplemented with easy-to-use charts and lists, beautifully illustrated with drawings and color photographs, it is the only book on herbs you ever need to buy.

    Over 1,100 species and their propagation requirements by seeds, cuttings, grafting and budding, and tissue culture are discussed in exhaustive detail. Essentially a recipe book for making more trees and shrubs, this reference is a high-level how-to.

    Today, craftworkers creating textiles and other products make use of many of these same resources and methods. Thoroughly researched and charmingly written, this practical guide by a veteran botanist and horticulturist provides weavers and gardeners alike with a wealth of information on growing plants for use in weaving and dyeing projects. Beginning with the history and uses of plant fibers, A Weaver's Garden then offers valuable hints on dyeing fibers and fabrics and how to use soap plants for cleaning textiles. Readers will also find expert advice on fragrant plants for scenting and protecting textiles, what plant materials to use as tools, how to plan and create a garden containing cotton, flax, indigo, madder, fuller's teasel, woad, and many other useful plants; and much more. A glossary, pronunciation guide, and an abundance of illustrations complete this informative and inspiring volume.

    Clearly written and logically organized for easy use, this handbook has an alphabetical listing of illnesses and suggested remedies, with herbal recipes included. The author's first book, Health Through God's Pharmacy, was an international best-seller that sold four million copies in seven languages.

    Now thoroughly revised, fully updated, and illustrated with more than 2,200 digitally optimized color images in 261 full-color plates and more than 350 black-and-white photographs and drawings, the second edition is an unrivalled survey of the diseases of forest and shade trees and woody ornamental plants in the United States and Canada. The book is both an authoritative reference book and a powerful diagnostic tool. Organized according to type of disease-inducing agent, the second edition is also designed to be helpful in classroom and field instruction. Symptoms, signs, and cycles of hundreds of diseases are described and microscopic features of many pathogens are depicted in photos and line drawings. A searchable CD-ROM included with the book contains bibliographic entries for more than 4500 works that readers can consult for additional information or images. This remarkable scholarly work-praised as one of the best horticultural books of the twentieth century-lays claim to the same accolade for the twenty-first century.

    My mothers were industrious women, and our family had always good crops; and I will tell now how the women of my father's family cared for their fields, as I saw them, and helped them." --Buffalo Bird Woman

    230 full-color photographs and 100 line drawings. Size C. 50,000 paper. (Gardening/Indoor-Outdoor)

    It is a well-illustrated and very readable, practical guide for those interested in growing tropical and subtropical fruits either for the home garden or commercially. The fruits are grouped by family. Covered under each fruit are: description, origin and distribution, varieties, cultivation, climate, uses, pests and diseases, propagation and nutritional information.

    It is something in between - the record of a year of one woman's life spent in the mountain country of New South Wales. This single years reaches into the past and stretches into the future. The narrator is sharing with the reader. She writes, "it is now clear to me it is all coming and going, and then being alone and then more visitors and cooking and cups of tea and talking and picnics and writing in between. Something like that." Waterlily combines delicate perceptions with robust humour.

    This classic volume from Ann Lovejoy, the Pacific Northwest's favorite garden writer, offers year-round inspiration and instruction for gardeners of all abilities.

    The book features an outstanding collection of delicious, unique recipes, including preparations for herb butters and vinegars, and an extensive list of sources for buying seeds, plants, and gourmet foods.

    A look at all the species of azaleas and more than 6000 cultivars, this book also offers information on every aspect of growing and using azaleas in the garden, including landscaping, companion plants, culture, pests and diseases, hybridizing, and bonsai.

    "The Harrowsmith Perennial Garden" is your key to a beautiful, well-designed garden, featuring flowers that will bloom continually from spring through fall and provide a progression of eye-catching colour throughout the garden season.

    Now the dean of American horticulture has revised this classic once again. In addition to offering the best general advice on gardening practice, this updated and expanded edition includes: * Up-to-the-minute information on safe use of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, along with a list of products that have been banned as unsafe since the publication of the last edition. * New lists of quarantined plants, with the countries from which their importation is prohibited. * Updated requirements for importing plants with minimum trouble. * The newest and most popular varieties and hybrids now available, for hundreds of plants, along with their characteristics and requirements. Whether you're an expert or an amateur, you'll find everything you need to know about planning, planting, and maintaining any kind of garden. Covering trees, shrubs, fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and lawns, Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia features: * 9,500 different plants listed alphabetically by scientific name, cross-referenced for common names. * The rating of all species for hardiness, keyed to the six-color Hardiness Zone map of the United States and Canada. * Boldface listing of scientific name, height, hardiness rating, and common name for easy reference. * Description of the ornamental value for each plant, so you'll know what it will contribute to your garden before you plant. * 53 lists of plants and display gardens for quick, expert help in choosing plants for specific purposes and locations. * 59 major articles on horticultural practices, from air-layering to greenhouse management, from mulches to tree surgery. With nearly 1,300 pages, 10,000 articles, 206 drawings, and more than 100 photographs, Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia is the most complete, authoritative one-volume gardening sourcebook on the market today.

    Over 1200 beautiful photographs and illustrations accompany straightforward expert advice on planting, pruning, and propagation.

    This volume explains basic terminology; discusses plant geography; and describes special botanical features of the mountain ranges, basins, and plains. Interesting anecdotes and introductions are given for each plant family, and hints on recognizing the largest families are provided as well. Each volume includes a complete glossary, an index to common and scientific names, and hundreds of illustrations. Ideal both for the student and scientist, Colorado Flora: Western Slope, Third Edition, remains essential to readers interested in Colorado's plant life."--BOOK JACKET.

    Resurrect the forgotten art of the formal garden, full of elegance and enchantment, even in the smallest backyards. Intimate and complex or simple and streamlined, these 24 arrangements--worthy of a king but suitable everywhere--share such wonderfully theatrical devices as a mirror-image pair of beds or ornamental focal points to draw the eye along a vista. Once you understand the principles behind the grand style, you'll find them surprisingly easy to implement and to maintain--and every scheme comes with a ground plan, three-dimensional drawings, and a wealth of alternative suggestions and planting ideas. And, with such classic features as rose-covered pergolas, twists of topiary, apple tunnels, and scalloped hedges, they all bring year-round satisfaction.

    Common names and their variations, as well as standard botanical classification and nomenclature, are given for all flowers. A Ready Identification Chart lists the flowers by their distinctive features and facilitates identification of all the flowers represented and their related species. A detailed Glossary provides full explanation of botanical terms.This encyclopedic work is based on an authoritative publication of the Smithsonian Institution: The Mary Vaux Walcott color plates in this book are reproduced by permission from the famous portfolio set “ North American Wild Flowers” by Mary Vaux Walcott as published by the Smithsonian Institution. The magnificent and completely accurate paintings, which are accorded top-ranking by artists as well as botanists throughout the country, have been supplemented by additional paintings by Dorothy Falcon Platt.

    "For libraries needing a good general introduction."—LJ. "All you need to know from one of the world's top experts."—N.Y. Times. 160 pages (93 in color), 7 1/2 X 9 3/4.

    Both concentrate on nature in its own right, and invite the visitor to find refreshment in the atmosphere of quiet beauty. Japan's noted garden photographer, Haruzo Ohashi, here demonstrates his knowledge of and sensitivity to this subject, and Japanese Gardens of the Modern Era, is an appropriate sequel to the classic landscapes of Japanese Garden. Here the time span is from the end of the Edo Period to present-day Showa. Some gardens are shown in seasonal variety, but all combine energy and serenity, the contrasts and harmonies of the design principles. The author Asako Muroo writes the foreword to this book, and the appendix gives information on the gardens, as well as photographic details. The book is an invaluable reference for gardener and photographer alike.

    A stunning, beautifully illustrated guide to more than 800 rose varieties with hundreds shown in glorious photographs.

    

    The characteristics, cultural requirements, and most suitable environmental settings are identified for each plant.

    Each flower is identified by its common name, but a detailed key at the end of the book gives more information.

    Full-color illustrations.

    This easy-to-follow guide demystifies home gardening for the novice and provides the more experienced gardener with the benefit of the author's years of experience in the field of horticultureInside you will find a discussion of soil, along with tips on soil improvement. The basics of landscape design and putting in a lawn are covered, as well as details on regular garden maintenance and the effective use of fertilizers. This colourful book includes extensive lists of annuals and herbaceous perennials best suited for prairie conditions, and information on a wide range of trees and shrubs. Successful fruit and vegetable growing is featured, along with a discussion fo greenhouses. The chapters on insect pests and plant diseases describe common symptoms and the best control methods. The most effective methods of weed control are also examined.A step-by-step monthly planner tells what to do and when; features of a wide variety of garden equipment and tools are explained. The glossary provides a quick reference for commonly used horticultural terms.

    Complete with 135 vegetables and 75 herbs, this guide includes tips for growing many varieties of tubers, corn, tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, melons, berries, and much more. Helpful advice on harvesting vegetables and herbs is also included.

    

    M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf.

    It will look at flowering plants, fruit and some vegetable plants, and how to make the most of every available space in your garden.Includes:* creative ideas for using climbing plants and wall shrubs effectively in the garden* quick lists of climbing plants for specific purposes, conditions or effects * A-Z profiles of recommended plants * practical advice on training, pruning and propagation* illustrated step-by-step guides to essential techniquesAlan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive practical guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. Step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions guide you through the basic gardening skills and on to the advanced techniques, providing everything you need to successfully grow climbers and wall shrubs.

    Whether it's trouble with southern blight, noxious weeds, nematodes, or aphids, or sage advice about what, how, and when to plant--when question arise about problems or maladies in the garden, many immediately say, I'll ask Felder!Having lived in Texas, Virginia, and Mississippi, Rushing is a horticulturist whose knowledge is linked to the Magnolia Zone, a region shaped, he says, somewhat like a sweet potato, with Austin on the western border and Shreveport, Jackson, Montgomery, and Richmond on the east. Gardens just a few miles north of the Gulf Coast, from Houston to Pensacola, fall within this zone.Rushing focuses each chapter on one aspect of gardening south of the Mason-Dixon Line: Planning the Successful Landscape, Choosing and Caring for Trees and Shrubs, The Well-Kept Lawn, Fruit in the Landscape, Vegetables Year Round, Annuals, and Perennials Indoors and Out, and Southern Gardening Month by Month.

    Originally published in 1979, Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands introduced many naturalists to the beauty and diversity of the native plants of the wooded communities that once covered more than 6 million acres of the state. Now redesigned with updated names and all-new images, this reliable field companion will introduce woodland wildflowers to a new generation of outdoor enthusiasts in the Upper Midwest.The species accounts are accompanied by brilliant full-page color photographs by Larry Stone, Thomas Rosburg, Carl Kurtz, and Linda and Robert Scarth. In clear, straightforward, and accessible prose, authors Sylvan Runkel and Alvin Bull provide common, scientific, and family names; the Latin or Greek meaning of the scientific names; habitat and blooming times; and a complete description of plant, flower, and fruit. Particularly interesting is the information on the many ways in which Native Americans and early pioneers used these plants for everything from pain relief to insecticides to tonics.Iowa’s original savannas, woodlands, and forests were cleared with amazing thoroughness, yet enough beauty and diversity remain to give joy to hikers, birders, and mushroomers. Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands will inspire both amateurs and professionals with the desire to learn more about the wonders of today’s woodlands.

    Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens explains the fundamental principles of this tradition and describes how those principles may be applied to a much wider range of environments than exists in Japan.In the first section the author draws on his own experience as an apprentice to a master gardener in Kyoto, as well as his considerable knowledge of Japanese classical texts, to present the garden design process in terms of three primary aesthetic considerations:Scenic effects-reproductions of appealing natural landscape forms.Sensory effects-varieties of scale, framing, rhythm, motion, and spatial quality.Cultural effects-the incorporation of allusions to classical literature, poetry, and painting.The final section comprises a complete translation of a classic gardening manual used by Buddhist monks in medieval Japan. Its rules for planting trees and setting rocks still make good design sense today, and the author includes numerous garden descriptions as examples of how ancient masters practiced their craft.This clear, authoritative work, fully illustrated with diagrams and photographs, elucidates much about the Japanese compositional sense. But at the same time it is a plea for a more holistic approach to landscape design-a recognition that a garden should conform to certain natural principles as well as meet the emotional needs of those who view it.

    It tells readers all they need to know about designing and planning a framework of evergreens and garden features, and discusses, season-by-season, the best plants for constant appeal throughout the year.The book is illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs and watercolours of gardens. John Kelly is the co-presenter of BBC Television's "Gardener's World" and is the author of "Amateur Gardening", "The Garden" and "Foliage in Your Garden".