| Breeding Ornamental Plants Revised Edition Contributor(s): Callaway, Dorothy J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604690941 ISBN-13: 9781604690941 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: The editors have brought together the expertise of fourteen plant specialists to present the principles and techniques for breeding a range of garden favorites. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Ornamental Plants - Nature | Plants - Flowers - Gardening | Garden Design |
| Dewey: 635.915 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.06 lbs) 359 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Breeding plants to encourage specific traits is usual in agriculture but less common in ornamental horticulture. Daffodils, daylilies, hostas, lilacs, magnolias, and rhododendrons are among the 15 subjects covered by experts in the field. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white. |
Contributor Bio(s): Callaway, Dorothy J.: - Dorothy J. Callaway was born in Alabama and grew up in Bishop, Georgia. She was exposed to natural history (plant science in particular) at an early age through her parents. She attended the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, and received a B.S. in horticulture, followed by an M.S. in botany from the L. H. Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Her thesis research involved the taxonomic study of magnolias cultivated in North America. Since then she has written a number of articles on magnolias for major botanical and horticultural journals. Her aims in writing this book are to compile scattered information into a single reference and to introduce others to the fascinating variety of the genus. Dorothy Callaway has served as the official registrar for magnolia cultivars and as a member of the board of trustees of the Magnolia Society, Inc. |