How to Identify Flowering Plant Families A Practical Guide for Horticulturist and Plant Lover

This book will surely become the constant companion of all those who wish to become conversant with the riches of the world of plants.Designed in a convenient 6 x 9" size with flexible cover, it can be readily taken not only into gardens and arboreta, but also into fields and woods. The reader will find most of the plants commonly encountered both in cultivation and in natural populations described in this book. A key is provided to assist the user in finding his way from a specimen plant to a description of the family and related genera.While based on the current horticultural botanical literature, it does not take the reader on a journey into the shifting sands of botanic taxonomy and nomenclature, for which most gardeners will be only too thankful. It is based on the botanic information readily available to the gardener.The book is intended to serve not only as a field guide but also as a manual for use in plant identification courses and workshops.Baumgardt, John P. is the author of 'How to Identify Flowering Plant Families A Practical Guide for Horticulturist and Plant Lover' with ISBN 9780917304217 and ISBN 0917304217.