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Title: Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat, Alan W. Meerow, P. B. Tomlinson ISBN: 0-8130-1804-8 Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Correcting misunderstandings about this book
Comment: Tim Broschat and I had no intention in writing yet another book filled with photos of palm species that would instruct readers on what palms to plant. There are already many books that provide the service that two of these reviewers ask for, including one by me ("Betrock's Guide to Landscape Palms") that gives detailed horticultural information on 102 palm species. I thought we made our intent very clear in the introduction: this a book on how to deal with palms horticulturally, not a guide on which palms to choose in a landscape.
Rating: 3
Summary: More textbook than anything
Comment: This is a useful book to have around when needing information on just about anything relating to palm horticulture. The only thing I was somewhat disappointed in though, was the lack of cultural information on specific palms. I was expecting something more like how best to grow this specific palm and then turn the page and go on to info. on how to grow the next one. This was more of a general and broad coverage of palms. But this might have been more my expectations were different, as the book is and will be very useful. But sometimes I just like to be able to look at a picture of a mature palm, read all the in's and outs of growing it, and dream or plan of fitting it into my landscape.
Rating: 2
Summary: Limited Palm Horticulture Information
Comment: I found that there was a great deal of information on possible diseases and disorders of palms. However, my main disappointment was on the real lack of information on types of palm trees and the type of soil and climate needed. I would have liked to have had more information on the cold resistant palm trees. There was hardly any information on the species of palm trees. I found much more information just surfing the internet on palm trees than what I found in the book. I think that I could have made a much more interesting book if I had done a compilation of information from contributors off the internet! I either will sell the book as used or utilize it to assist in recognizing possible diseases or deficiencies. It would have been nice to have had more information on rare palm tree distributors of seed and/or plants as well.
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Title: Betrocks Guide to Landscape Palms by Alan Meerow ISBN: 0962976113 Publisher: Betrock Information Systems, Inc. Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms by Robert Lee Riffle, Paul Craft ISBN: 0881925586 Publisher: Timber Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Palms Throughout the World by David L. Jones, John Dransfield ISBN: 1560986166 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: The Cycads by Loran M. Whitelock ISBN: 0881925225 Publisher: Timber Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas by Andrew Henderson, Gloria Galeano, Rodrigo Bernal ISBN: 0691016003 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 07 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
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