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Taylor's Guide to Houseplants.
LIBRA - Blank Collection SB419 .T355 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Taylor's guides to gardening
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- House plants.
- Indoor gardening.
- House plants--Encyclopedias.
- Indoor gardening--Encyclopedias.
- House plants--Pictorial works.
- houseplants.
- indoor gardening.
- Genre:
- encyclopedias.
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works.
- Encyclopedias.
- Pictorial works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 463, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First Edition
- Other Title:
- Guide to Houseplants
- Houseplants
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Preface; How to Use This Guide; Basic Botany; Choosing Your Plants; Plant Care; Potting Plants; Propagation; Plant Chart
- The Color Plates. Visual Key; Hanging Plants; Small Foliage Plants; Orchids; Bromeliads and Flowers; Showy Foliage Plants; Lacy Leaves; Succulents and Others
- Encyclopedia of houseplants. Plant Descriptions A-Z.
- Notes:
- Based on: Taylor's encyclopedia of gardening. 4th ed. 1961.
- "A Chanticleer Press edition."
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Taylor's guide to houseplants.
- ISBN:
- 0395430917
- 9780395430910
- OCLC:
- 14097284
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