- CD-ROM: 325 pages
- Publisher: Timber Press; Cdr edition (15 Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0881924792
- ISBN-13: 978-0881924794
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,155,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This electronic version [not only] offers much more flexibility in access, [it also] offers about 200 plants and 200 photographs not found in the book."--Choice, April 2002
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Timber Press is proud to announce a CD-ROM version of a distinguished horticultural reference: "The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses on CD-ROM." More than just an electronic version of Rick Darke's critically acclaimed "Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses," the CD version includes nearly two dozen new plants and more than 200 striking color photos not found in the hardcover book. "The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses on CD-ROM" is the most complete reference on ornamental grasses available in any format and a perfect companion to the celebrated book.
The CD-ROM contains 721 high-resolution color photos of grasses in gardens and the wild that can be printed for use in design work, plant identification, and nursery signage. It also includes an interactive USDA zone map to assist in choosing plants for cold hardiness. Other features include the ability to search for particular plants, to add notes directly to encyclopedia entries for personal use, and to mark important pages and photos for easy access.
The CD-ROM contains 721 high-resolution color photos of grasses in gardens and the wild that can be printed for use in design work, plant identification, and nursery signage. It also includes an interactive USDA zone map to assist in choosing plants for cold hardiness. Other features include the ability to search for particular plants, to add notes directly to encyclopedia entries for personal use, and to mark important pages and photos for easy access.
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133 of 134 people found the following review helpful
Excellent information, awesome photographs
28 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
Excellent and complete information about ornamental grasses. A great book.
Thirty pages on the botany, anatomy, and classification of grasses. Twenty pages on native habitat, thirty pages on designing with grasses, and twenty pages of growing and propagating grasses. 170 page encyclopedia listing 400+ species / varieties of grasses. Each species is described in a paragraph or two of text along side a clear photograph of the plant. In the back of the book, you find a 2 page glossary, 5 page bibliography, 2 page grass nursery listing, USDA and European hardiness maps, and a complete index of all grasses by common name. Very complete book.
As a bonus, the book is also filled with awesome photography.
If you garden with ornamental grasses, this book is a must buy. Excellent information, well worth the money!
61 of 67 people found the following review helpful
Excellent information and beautiful photos
3 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
If you have no grasses in your garden now, your yard will be transformed by this book. The cultural information is well researched and thorough, but it is the incredible photographs that will keep you reading. I often look up a particular grass and find myself still reading hour later.
38 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Buy 2 copies...
23 Jan 2001
Format:Hardcover
This book is structured, written, photographed and edited with parallel purpose and effect: communication of the author's respect and regard for the book's subject and for its readers. Mr. Darke sets out to inform and does so with enconomy but in full course; when he instructs, he teaches the novice and gives pause to the critic; when he photographs he shows his passion and inspires with the nature and wonder of his subjects. The book is encyclopedic, yet its prose is always to the point with the agreeable dryness of a good, well-bodied wine. Credible, trustworthy, enlightening. This is the best gardening book I have ever read. Negatives? Only one: Mr. Darke's standards are unimpeachable; those of the book's typographer and designer, however, are not.
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