Re: [SG] Garden Book Clubs
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Garden Book Clubs
- From: N* S* <s*@INTERPORT.NET>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:39:32 -0500
Connie:
My most perused shade books are Ken Druse's Natural Shade Gardening and
George Schenk's The Complete Shade Gardener. Because of Schenk I realized
that I could grow Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' in shade!
Nancy S.
>Good Evening Good People.
>Cleaning out old messages and came across this...Set me to pondering all the
>various books out there pertaining to shade gardening.I'm looking at a catalog
>that lists 4+.Can anyone make a recommendation?(on the other hand I've
learned so
>much from this lists membership maybe I could get by without one
;-)Seriously is
>there a particular book that you 'just wouldnt be without'?
>Many thanks Connie
>
>Clyde Crockett wrote:
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>> In a message dated 10/22/1998 7:17:04 AM Central Daylight Time,
>> ZDST49A@PRODIGY.COM writes:
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>> Is this book a-z Clyde the one that comes with a cd rom that I might
>> have seen in a book store? colored pics? it was on sale and I thought,
>> hmmm, could it be a good reference instead of the money out for
>> hortus, but then upon looking two or three things up, I couldn't find
>> them, so- didn't get it.
>> >>
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>> There are two that rather look alike. The one I have is The Encyclopaedia of
>> Garden Plants which is much like HortusIII. The other, as I recall, is an
>> encyclo. of gardening. The one I got has all the recent name changes
which can
>> easily be overlooked.For example, on p. 1017, one might be searching for the
>> Genus Tovara.
>> There is a small-lettered entry which reads: See Persicaria.
>>
>> A better buy, imo, is INDEX OF GARDEN PLANTS (ROYAL HORT. SOC. 1994). Retail
>> price is $59.95.
>>
>> Clyde Crockett z5 <ccredux@aol.com> Indianapolis IN
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