The Plant Doctor / by Richard Nicholls ; illustrated by Edwina McFarlane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholls, Richard, 1949-

Contributor:

McFarlane, Edwina, illustrator.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

House plants--Diseases and pests.

House plants.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

108 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, [1975]

Contents:

First Words

1. The Patients. Shopping for Houseplants; Plant Work Area

2. The Problems

3. Plants and Pots

4. Plants and Soil

5. Plants and Food

6. Plants and Light

7. Plants and Water

8. Plants and Humidity

9. Plants and Temperature

10. Plants and Ventilation

11. Pollution

12. Animals and Children

13 "Away with All Pests" Chemical Warfare

14. Plant Diseases

15. When You Take a Vacation ... And When Your Plant Takes One

Appendix: Growing Plants from Seeds; Surgery; Terrariums; Artificial Light Gardening

Last Words.

Notes:

"Growing and healing indoor plants"--Cover.

"Art direction and Design by Jim Wilson with Tom Fetterman. Cover Art and interior illustrations by Edwina McFarlane ... Type: Optima, Composition by Alpha Publications, Inc."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy is "Third printing, December 1975".

Other Format:

Online version: Nicholls, Richard, 1949- Plant doctor.

ISBN:

0914294148

9780914294146

OCLC:

1418496