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Botanical Garden Volume I Roger Phillips

Botanical Garden Volume I By Roger Phillips

Botanical Garden Volume I by Roger Phillips


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Summary

This major two-volume reference work covers over 1,000 genera in outstanding colour photographs and authoritative, detailed text.

Botanical Garden Volume I Summary

Botanical Garden Volume I: Trees and Shrubs by Roger Phillips

This major two-volume reference work covers over 1,000 genera in outstanding colour photographs and authoritative, detailed text. Bridging the gap between scientific texts and everyday horticultural books, this guide provides an unrivalled insight into the relationships between garden plants and their environments, the history of plant development (as studied through fossils), and the most up-to-date DNA studies, set to revolutionise classification. It will become an indispensable aid to any aspiring gardener. Volume I: Trees, Shrubs and Climbers covers over 450 genera of woody plants listed in botanical order. It starts with descendants of the Jurassic - tree ferns, ginko, conifers, through the earliest flowering plants,, on to catkin-bearing and fruit trees, ending with maples and other advanced flowering plants. The distinctive cordyline, palm, and bamboo families are treated separately.

Botanical Garden Volume I Reviews

The ultimate Christmas gift for garden lovers, this is as valuable an addition to a gardener's library as the RHS Guide to Garden Plants. Published in two volumes, they are divided into trees and shrubs and perennials and annuals, ordered to reflect new developments in DNA identification and classification. A photographic record of the genera of trees and shrubs/herbaceous plants of interest to the gardener is an understatement. It is a visual feast of garden plants, gloriously illustrated with the pioneering botanical-drawing style photographs of Roger Phillips. The accompanying text by Martyn Rix is of the standard expected by someone so highly regarded in the horticultural world and holder of a Gold Veitch Memorial medal from the Royal Horticultural Society. He gives descriptions, key recognition features, ecology and geography and a personal comment for each genus making this a comprehensive guide to today's horticultural offerings. The author's partnership of nearly 30 years has resulted in a work totally in tune with and complemented by each other: a work of beauty and botanical fact combined making this an important new definitive work on the subject of garden plants. - Lucy Watson

About Roger Phillips

In 1975 Roger Phillips began his life's major work of photographing and publishing pictures of the world's garden plants. He set out to develop an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses and annuals. His first book, Wild Flowers of Britain (1977), was a huge success, selling 400,000 copies in the first year. He since wrote over thirty additional volumes (often with his co-author Martyn Rix) selling over 6 million copies worldwide. Roger has written and presented two major six-part TV series on gardening (BBC & Channel 4). Famed for his ebullient personality and garish red glasses, he was a well-recognised figure in the world of gardening. He received an MBE for his work on London's garden squares. Roger Phillips died in November 2021. Martyn Rix is a leading botanist, plant collector, gardener, independent botanical advisor and writer. He and award-winning photographer Roger Phillips have collaborated on over twenty-five books such as Vegetables.

Table of Contents

Chapter - 1: DICKSONIACEAE Section - i: Tree ferns Chapter - 2: GYMNOSPERMAE Section - ii: Gingko, Larch, Cedar, Pine, Yew and Cycas Chapter - 3: ANGIOSPERMAE Section - iii: Magnolia, Bay and Calycanthus Section - iv: Berberies, Mahonia, Clematis, and Romneya Section - v: Liquidamber, Corylopsis, and Witch Hazel Section - vi: Beech, Oak, Hazel, Birch, and Walnut Section - vii: Box, Willow and Hibiscus Section - viii: Elm, Mulberry, and Fig Section - ix: Camellia, Rhododendron, and Heather Section - x: Hydrangea, Rose, Apple, and Cherry Section - xi: Acacia, Wisteria, and Broom Section - xii: Elaegnus, Myrtle, ad Eucalyptus Section - xiii: Nyssa, Davidia, and Dogwood Section - xiv: Ceanothus, Buckeye, Maple, and Choisya Section - xv: Kalopanax, Ivy, and Bupleurum Section - xvi: Oleander, Solanum, and Desfontainia Section - xvii: Lavender, Ash, Jasmine and Buddleja Section - xviii: Honeysuckle, Viburnum, and Olearia Chapter - 4: MONOCOTYLEDONES Section - xix: Palm, Cordyline, and Bamboo Chapter - 5: GLOSSARY Chapter - 6: BIBLIOGRAPHY Index - 7: INDEX

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GOR002176126
9780333730034
0333730038
Botanical Garden Volume I: Trees and Shrubs by Roger Phillips
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
20021011
492
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