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Title: Tropical Plants for Home and Garden by William Warren, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Luca Invernizzi ISBN: 0-500-01795-6 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 24 November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Showy Book Loses Stars for Imbalance, Lack of Variety
Comment: Neither a good specimen guide nor glamorous coffee table showpiece, this nonetheless fills a gap in my growing library of tropical gardening books. It could be a nice introduction to tropical plants, but anyone who wants to actually garden with tropical specimens would be better served by other books, perhaps best of all, Gardening in the Tropics, ISBN: 0881923095 .
As one reviewer points out, there are several silly mistakes. It is telling that the publisher is known for style & design books. It needed an editor with a little more botanical savvy.
The format is clear and attractive, with huge photos and a little, nicely written text for each. The content is somewhat inconsistent. While many photographs are clear and nicely illustrative of the whole plant, some specimens are photographed in a massive mixed border some distance away. Identification, therefore, can be very frustrating. For every delight (there are, indeed, many gorgeous photos), there is a disappointment.
Nomenclature seemed inconsistent, and local names (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) could have been supplied by these contributors who spend much of their time in southeast Asia.
There is no practical advice for a gardener (beyond the occasional note about something tolerating dry conditions or some such), but book doesn't pretend to be a guide book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good reference
Comment: This book is a good reference for everyone who love tropical plant and garden, many beautiful photographs from good garden and healthy plant, I note some mistakes:
(pg 50) pict 1 is not jackfruit or breadfruit
(pg 50) pict 2 is not breadfruit, it's a jackfruit
(pg 105) pict 2 is also Dracaena marginata, not a wild type
(pg 226) pict 4 is Epidendrum radicans not a Dendrobium
(pg 226) pict 3 is not Arundina, probably Arachnis hybrid
(pg 228) pict 2 is not Phalaenopsis hybrid, probably Miltonia
(pg 232) pict 2 is not Vanda tricolor
(pg 236) pict 2 must be rotate clockwise
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful & Informative
Comment: I really loved this book. As a novice gardner I was able to learn more about plants, their correct names, how they reproduce and view spectular picturers. I keep wanting more and more. I've have read it several times and I refer to it frequently. It is informative without being too long winded. A must buy for the novice gardner.
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Title: Plants for Tropical Landscapes: A Gardener's Guide by Fred D. Rauch, Paul R. Weissich ISBN: 0824820347 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Tropical Look: An Encyclopedia of Dramatic Landscape Plants by Robert Lee Riffle ISBN: 0881924229 Publisher: Timber Press Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: The Tropical Garden by William Warren, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Luca Invernizzi ISBN: 050028198X Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Subtropical Garden by Jacquelyn Walker, Gil Hanly, Jacqueline Walker ISBN: 0881923591 Publisher: Timber Press Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation by Kirsten Albrecht Llamas ISBN: 0881925853 Publisher: Timber Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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