Science and the garden:the scientific basis of horticultural practice
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Published: |
Blackwell Pub.,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xviii, 350 p.: col. ill., plans ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781405160636 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405160632 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | S6 |
CLC: | S6 |
Call Number: | S6/S416/2nd.ed. |
Contents: |
"Published for the Royal Horticultural Society." Includes bibliographical references and index. Diversity in the plant world -- Know your plant : structure and function -- Reproduction : securing the future -- Naming plants -- Selecting and breeding plants -- Soils and roots -- Soil cultivation and fertility -- The plant's environment : light and water -- Raising plants from seed -- Propagating plants vegetatively -- Shape and size -- Colour, scent and sound in the garden -- Climate, weather and seasonal effects -- Gardening in the greenhouse -- The diversity of undesirables -- Controlling the undesirables -- Maturation, ripening and storage -- Conservation and sustainable gardening -- Gardens and the natural world -- Gardens for science. |