The Bamboos : A Fresh Perspective / F. A. McClure.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClure, F. A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bamboe.

Bamboo.

Bambou.

Grassen.

Grasses.

Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin.

Bamboo--Classification.

Bamboo--Propagation.

Local Subjects:

Bamboo--Classification.

Bamboo--Propagation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1966, this book remains an indispensable classic of botany and horticulture, the only such work on bamboos in any Western language.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part I. The Bamboo Plant

1. Vegetative Phase: The Maturing Plant

2. Reproductive Phase

3. Vegetative Phase: The Seedling

Part II. Elite Bamboos and Propagation Methods

4. Selected Species

5. Propagation

6. Flowering and fruiting behavior in bamboos of different genera and species

7. Bamboos from the point of view of taxonomy

Appendix I. Generic Key to Bamboos Under Cultivation in the United States and Puerto Rico

Appendix II. Bamboos Offered and Nurseries Offering Them in the United States

Glossary

Literature Cited

Index of Scientific Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-42871-4

OCLC:

1013946226