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Still a useful volume, though on the brink of being supplanted by newer references, this hefty work (now ten years old) first presents a photo gallery of thousands of color photographs taken by the intrepid author "in nearly every inhabited region on earth." The photos, occasionally of snapshot quality but nonetheless mostly adequate, are divided into 16 categories, including exotic indoor plants, bulbs and tubers, perennials, bamboos and grasses, trees, and more; then subdivided by family. Each photograph is accompanied by the plant's botanical name, common name, and the location where it was photographed. The latter part of the volume consists of a plant encyclopedia in which each plant pictured is described as to character and general use; family of origin; synonym if any; common name where available; dimension and measurements; flowering seasons; estimated zone; and more. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Map of the World showing Tropic and Subtropic Zones
• Introduction to Hortica(p. 3)
• Essays to Contents(p. 4)
• Hardiness Zone Maps(p. 6)
• Common Names Index(p. 8)
• Pictorial Colorama(p. 17)
• Exotic Plants Indoors(p. 17)
• Orchids--Queen of Flowers(p. 81)
• Palms and Palm-like(p. 99)
• Ferns and Their Allies(p. 126)
• Cacti and other Succulents(p. 144)
• Carnivores and other Curios(p. 201)
• Bulbs, Corms and Tubers(p. 209)
• Climbers and Creepers(p. 263)
• Water Plants and Near-Aquatics(p. 325)
• Perennials and Annuals(p. 339)
• Herbs and Spices(p. 523)
• Grasses, Bamboos, and Grass-like(p. 546)
• Coniferous Shrubs and Trees(p. 571)
• Hedges-Topiary-Bonsai(p. 613)
• Flowering Shrubs and Trees(p. 629)
• Edible Fruit, Nuts, and Gourmet Vegetables(p. 903)
• Metric Conversion Scales(p. 945)
• Descriptive Text with Photo Index and Hardiness Zones(p. 946)
• Bibliography and References(p. 1211)
• Botanic Terms Chart(p. 1212)
• Botanic Terms(p. 1213)
• Plant Geography(p. 1215)
• World Vegetation Map(p. 1216)
• Pronunciation of Scientific Names
• Metric Conversion

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Library Journal Review

With their immense number of high-quality color photographs (Hortica has 8100; Tropica, 7000), these are the best sources for identifying and choosing tropical and indoor (Tropica) as well as garden plants (Hortica). Plant descriptions are very limited, but that's not the focus. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.