Record details

• ISBN: 0789441160
• ISBN: 9780789441164
• ISBN: 078945520X
• ISBN: 9780789455208
• Physical Description: 320 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
• Edition: 1st American edition
• Publisher: New York : DK Pub., 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:

At head of title: American Horticultural Society.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

[1.] Introduction : Learning from nature ; Propagation in the past ; Modern propagation ; Sexual increase of plants ; Vegetative propagation ; Tools and equipment ; Soils and growing media ; Propagation in different climates ; The propagation environment ; Plant problems -- [2.] Garden trees : Taking cuttings ; Sowing seeds ; Grafting and budding ; Layering ; Palms ; Cycads ; Conifers ; A-Z of garden trees - [3.] Shrubs and climbing plants : Taking cuttings ; Division ; Sowing seeds ; Layering ; Grafting ; Heaths and heathers ; Roses ; A-Z of shrubs and climbing plants -- [4.] Perennials : Division ; Sowing seeds ; Taking cuttings ; Ferns ; Alpine plants ; Water garden plants ; Bromeliads ; Ornamental grasses ; Orchids ; A-Z of perennials -- [5.] Annuals and biennials : Sowing seeds ; A-Z of annuals and biennials -- [6.] Cacti and other succulents : Sowing seeds ; Division ; Taking cuttings ; Grafting ; A-Z of cacti and other succulents -- [7.] Bulbous plants : Division ; Sowing seeds ; Scaling and chipping ; A-Z of bulbous plants -- [8.] Vegetables : Sowing seeds ; Culinary herbs ; A-Z of vegetables.

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Subject:

Plant propagation.