Mary Moody Editor Kenneth Beckett (1 results)

Hardcover, 9¾" x 12½" (lacks jacket) 306 pages Illustrated board covers (colour photographic), full-colour photo endpapers & half-title page, full-colour frontispiece ('Iris germanica'), over a thousand full-colour photographs, glossary, three indices (Common name, Botanical names, Synonyms). This book is divided into five colour groups: orange-red, pink, purple-blue, white and yellow. Each colour group is further divided into six plant types: annuals, bulbs, climbers, perennials, shrubs and trees. Within each of these groups entries are listed alphabetically by botanical name (a comprehensive index of botanical names will help you locate the entry within these major groupings). Plants with more than one botanical name are listed in the index of synonyms. Flower names, their climatic zones, flowering times, cultivation, and colours are provided every flower. A magnificent book, which weighs 2½kgs when packed (shipping outside Australia will be expensive). Book in AS NEW condition.