Suggested Reading
Spring 2008
Dirr’s
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants - Michael A. Dirr
The Bible of plant descriptions and culture. This classic
text is essential to anyone who needs complete and solid information.
It is the greatest source of knowledge for woody landscape
plants. 1007 pages
Soft cover $59.95
Hard cover $69.95
Dirr’s Hardy
Trees and Shrubs - Michael A. Dirr
An illustrated Encyclopedia. This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia
shows both habit and details of more than 500 species and including
some 700 additional cultivars & varieties.
494 pp, 1656 color photo’s $69.95
Manual of Herbaceous
Ornamental Plants - Steven M. Still
First guide to herbaceous plants to be organized so students
and consumer can easily find references to growth habits, season
of bloom, propagation, diseases and insects, hardiness, and
suggestions for plants in specific sites. The reference for
herbaceous plants. 814 pages
Soft cover $39.95
Hard cover $55.95
Plants That Merit
Attention - Volume I: Trees - Janet Meakin Poor
349 pages - 429 color photos, 6 line drawings, 1 map 8 ½ x 11.
Hard cover $63.95
Plants That Merit
Attention - Volume II: Shrubs -Janet Poor & Nancy
Brewer
Two superb volumes intended to encourage more adventurous selections
of trees & shrubs for planting in gardens, parks & other
public places. “Shrubs” was awarded the American
Horticultural Society’s Award of Merit for 1996.
364 pages - 694 color photos, 4 b/w figures, 1 map 8 ½
x 11.
Hardcover $65.95
Conifers: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, 2 vol. set - Gelderen/Hoey Smith
709 pp in 2 volumes (not sold separately) 2347 color photos, 113 illustrations, hard cover. This magnificent pictoral encyclopedia includes not only the latest cultivars but also rarities. From towering redwoods photographed in their coastal habitat to recent dwarf varieties so popular in small gardens.
$135.00
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