Re: R: What do gardeners think?

helene.pizzi@tin.it wrote:

Hello to all of you from Rome!

We have had a summer of relentless torrid heat and the previsions are that
16% of Europe risks desertification, so perhaps all our thoughts on what to
be planting must change.

Just out, or perhaps to be released in the next few days is FLORA, an
encyclopedia of 20,000 plants from all over the world, written by 167
competent authors and completely illustrated.  This book, in 2 volumns,
should save gardeners headaches in the future, and the key with it is
climatic zones of the entire world.

Anyone gardening in the Mediterranean area, with all its microclimates,
wherever in the world you are, should put it on your Christmas list - and be
very good until Dec. 25th, to be sure Santa will bring it..

Global is the Australian publisher and Timber Press in the USA.

Hi Helene

I have recently had notice of this from my favourite bookseller. It is apparently due here in November. I see there are several notable contributors from NZ, some of whom I have the pleasure of knowing personally.

I see it is to be published in two volumes, which I feel will be a great improvement on Botanica, which with its simgle volume is very hard to handle. Mine very soon also began to suffer from "back problems" due to a binding which is by no means as sturdy as it needs to be.

Sadly, I doubt I am in good enough standing with Santa for him to bring it to me however good I try to be!

Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm

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