Cynthia Wickham

Lots of organized information. Some is purely "historical" -- The Madonna lily, presented with a Leonardo drawing, "was carried all over Europe by Roman soldiers" [7]. It's wonderful to think that intrepid travelers often carried living plants with them on their journeys. Most of the information is practical, for the comprehensive practice of gardening in and around the home.

"A pot-bound plant is unable to get sufficient nourishment. The tips of the leaves are affected first. They turn a pale yellow color. The growth rate of the plant slows or stops altogether." [108]
Even the work on "plant psychology" by Luther Burbank, GW Carver, Chadra Bose, and the lie detector expert, Cleve Backster, is mentioned!

Includes 5 dictionaries: foliage, ferns, flowering, bulbs and succulents.… (mehr)