An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms
Editorial Reviews
Review
Garden (Peterborough) : A readable, colourful and reasonably-priced book that provides a ready reference to most palms found in cultivation and will certainly set the standard for many years to come.
Nik Malik Zainal Abidin Garden Asia Magazine : Bravo! Finally, there is a book with easy reference on the palms of the world. The photography is superb, detailing the intricate leaves and stem structure. The text is crisp, clear, and very readable. . . . This book is highly recommended.
Clear Englebert FungShway.com : Cause for celebration among tropical gardeners.
Susan Knorr Fairchild Tropical Garden : This book is a "must-have" for anyone who loves palms.
R. Cox California Garden : Far and away the most comprehensive book now available on palms.
Palms : It is clearly the best popular account of palms to date.
Garden Design : You'll drool.
Clear Englebert Kona Outdoor Circle Newsletter : It's a rare encyclopedia that can double as a coffee table book . . . this book has almost everything, including some of the most poetic descriptions I've ever read.
SciTech Book News : This definitive account of tropical, subtropical, and even temperate (down to 5 degrees F) landscape and garden palms . . . is well suited to the amateur or professional grower
Avant Gardener : Tops in specialized plant books.
S. C. Awe Choice : This ultimate, expansive resource on cultivated palms will guide horticulturists with all levels of expertise.
Biology Digest : No gardener or landscaper who reads this book should ever again lose a palm solely because of lack of horticultural information.
Charles Reynolds Lakeland Ledger : This book will be useful to palm fanciers everywhere.
Don Davis Lynchburg News and Advance : The ultimate book on palms.
Daryl O'Connor Palms and Cycads Forum : An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms deserves a place on everyone's bookshelf or coffee table, and should be seriously considered by anybody who has a love of plants.
Jeff Stevens Southeastern Palms : Highly useful for beginning and advanced gardeners, Cultivated Palms is a great value and the best current popular palm encyclopedia.
S. C. Awe Choice : This ultimate, expansive resource on cultivated palms will guide horticulturists with all levels of expertise . . . Highly recommended.
Plantsman : Contains a great deal of information that will be of value to botanists, horticulturists and gardeners wishing to know more about this extensive and economically very important plant family.
John E. Bryan Gardening Newsletter : An in-depth study and is a must have for all interested in these plants. . . . An excellent book for those who live in areas where palms are grown.
Clear Englebert Hawaii Herald Tribune : No book can have everything but this book has almost everything, including some of the most poetic descriptions I've ever read.
Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society Newsletter : A valuable reference to anyone with an non-academic interest in palms. It also should provide several hours of casual browsing for any palm enthusiast.
Howard Wadell Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society Newsletter : This book would be a valuable reference to anyone with a non-academic interest in palms. It also should provide several hours of casual browsing for any palm enthusiast.
Laurie Hannah American Gardener : As a horticultural librarian, I am constantly looking for good books on palms, and I can tell you that this book is at the top of the list. Not only is it useful, accurate, and authoritative, but the authors' poetic language brought life to the book.
Elaine Juhl Chicago Botanic Garden : Palm enthusiasts, whether professional or amateur, will find everything there is to know about cultivated palms in this thoroughly researched encyclopedia.
Chicago Botanic Garden : Palm enthusiasts, whether professional or amateur, will find everything there is to know about cultivated palms presented in this thoroughly researched encyclopedia.
Book Description
Cowritten by the author of the award-winning The Tropical Look, An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms offers a definitive account of palms that may be grown in the garden and landscape. Because palms are often underutilized as a result of their unfamiliarity --- even to tropical gardeners --- Robert Lee Riffle and Paul Craft have exhaustively documented every genus in the palm family. Approximately 890 species are described in detail, including cold hardiness, water needs, height, and any special requirements. Generously illustrated with more than 900 photos, this volume is as valuable as an identification guide as it is a practical handbook. It even contains photos of several palm species that have never before appeared in a general encyclopedia. Interesting snippets of history, ethnobotany, and biology inform the text and make this a lively catalog of these remarkable plants.
An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms
An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms,Robert Lee Riffle,Paul Craft,Timber Press,0881925586,Encyclopedias,Gardening,Gardening/Plants,Life Sciences - Horticulture,Ornamental Plants,Palms,Reference,Science,Trees
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