Description
HousePlants
Montague Free
Revised by
Marjorie J. Dietz
Now in a newly updated and
expanded edition, All About
Plants is the complete book of
indoor gardening.
This revision, by noted horticulturist
Marjorie J. Dietz, provides both
beginners and experienced gardeners
with comprehensive instructions on
how to care for over 1,000 popular
plants for the home.
More than 180 new color and black
and-white photographs and illustrations
complement the text, showing
how to propagate all varieties of
plants adaptable to house culture and
to arrange them for decorative eflect.
All the helpful basic instruction
from the original edition are here
along with the latest developments in
potting soils and materials, gardening
under fluorescent lights and with
miniatures, and new aids for house
plant propagation. The making and
care of terrariums, bottle gardens, and
dish gardens are explained in detail.
Alphabetical listings of the many
different types of house plants avail-
able–along with the cultural direc-
tions for each–are provided for quick
reference.
Whether you grow, or plan to
grow, flowering plants, foliage plants,
bulbs, ferns, vines and creepers, or
cacti and succulents, All About House
Plants is an invaluable source book
for every aspect of house-plant care.
The late Montague Free was a horti-
culturist at the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden for thirty-one years, and
served as a senior editor of Flower
Grouser magazine. Among the popular
books he authored are All About Afri-
can Violets and Plant Propagation in
Pictures, which are now in new re-
vised editions.
Marjorie J. Dietz is a former editor of
Plants and Gardens, a quarterly
journal of the Brooklyn Botanic Gar-
den. Her previous books include The
Complete Illustrated Book of Garden
Magic and The Concise Encyclopedia
of Eaootite Wild Flowers. She was
editor of 10,000 Garden Questions
Answered by 20 Experts, Third Edi-
tion. Mrs. Dietz lives in East Hamp-
ton, Long Island.
365 pages
Hardcover
In good preloved condition but with worn and creased paper cover.