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9780789441164

American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780789441164

  • ISBN10:

    0789441160

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-04-26
  • Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary

AHS Plant Propagation is a comprehensive, essential guide to increasing the numbers of a huge range of plants. An extensive introduction explains the botany and plant physiology behind the science of propagation, and the encyclopedic A - Z section presents all the appropriate techniques for more than 1,000 different kinds of plants. Specialized groups such as orchids, ferns, palms, grasses, and roses are given extensive feature treatment.

Table of Contents

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 6(2)
INTRODUCTION
8(40)
LEARNING FROM NATURE
10(2)
PROPAGATION IN THE PAST
12(2)
MODERN PROPAGATION
14(2)
SEXUAL INCREASE OF PLANTS
16(6)
VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION
22(6)
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
28(4)
SOILS AND GROWING MEDIA
32(4)
PROPAGATION IN DIFFERENT CLIMATES
36(2)
THE PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENT
38(8)
PLANT PROBLEMS
46(2)
GARDEN TREES
48(44)
TAKING CUTTINGS
50(3)
SOWING SEEDS
53(3)
GRAFTING AND BUDDING
56(8)
LAYERING
64(1)
PALMS
65(3)
CYCADS
68(2)
CONIFERS
70(4)
A-Z OF GARDEN TREES
74(18)
SHRUBS AND CLIMBING PLANTS
92(54)
TAKING CUTTINGS
94(7)
DIVISION
101(1)
SOWING SEEDS
102(3)
LAYERING
105(3)
GRAFTING
108(2)
HEATHS AND HEATHERS
110(2)
ROSES
112(6)
A-Z OF SHRUBS AND CLIMBING PLANTS
118(28)
PERENNIALS
146(68)
DIVISION
148(3)
SOWING SEEDS
151(3)
TAKING CUTTINGS
154(5)
FERNS
159(5)
ALPINE PLANTS
164(4)
WATER GARDEN PLANTS
168(4)
BROMELIADS
172(3)
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
175(3)
ORCHIDS
178(8)
A-Z OF PERENNIALS
186(28)
ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS
214(16)
SOWING SEEDS
216(4)
A-Z OF ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS
220(10)
CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS
230(22)
SOWING SEEDS
232(2)
DIVISION
234(2)
TAKING CUTTINGS
236(3)
GRAFTING
239(3)
A-Z OF CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS
242(10)
BULBOUS PLANTS
252(28)
DIVISION
254(2)
SOWING SEEDS
256(2)
SCALING AND CHIPPING
258(2)
A-Z OF BULBOUS PLANTS
260(20)
VEGETABLES
280(30)
SOWING SEEDS
282(5)
CULINARY HERBS
287(5)
A-Z OF VEGETABLES
292(18)
GLOSSARY 310(1)
INDEX 311(9)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 320

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