Grafters Handbook (5Th Edition) - Couverture souple

Garner, R-J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0304342742 ISBN 13 : 9780304342747

Editeur : Cassell, 1993

Synopsis

This practial manual on plant propagation by grafting is written in a lucid and concise style, and illustrated throughout with line drawings and half-tones. Since 1947, when it was first published, it has been a useful and informative reference for horticulturalists and amateurs. This is the first time that this work has been published in paperback.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Steven Bradley has written more than 30 gardening books, including Propagation Basics, winner of the Garden Writers' Guild Award for Best Practical Book. He is author of the booklets for the Ground Force series of gardening programmes and the Ground Force Weekend Workbook co-authored with Alan Titchmarsh, BBC Books. He writes for many gardening magazines, including the RHS Journal, BBC Gardeners' World, Garden Life, The Garden and Garden Answers as well as for the Sunday Express. Creator of the Masterclass series in Gardens Monthly, he is also a regular on BBC radio and lectures to students at Capel Manor College (Enfield), the Inchbold School of Design in London, leading specialist days at the English Gardening School in London.Robert John Garner was born in Fulbourn, Cambridge, in 1907. A scientist at the former East Malling Research Station from 1926 until 1972, he became an international authority on the vegetative propagation of woody plants. He was awarded an honourary MSc from the University of Reading in 1951 and the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of the art, science and practice of horticulture in 1980. Former President of the Horticultural Education Association and the Great Britain & Ireland region of the International Plant Propagators Society, and author of The Grafter's Handbook (1947) and The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees (1976), he also wrote numerous research papers for technical journals including The Journal of Horticultural Science and CAB's Technical Communications series published by the Imperial Bureau of Horticulture and Plantation Crops. After his death in 1993, East Malling Research Station opened the Robert Garner Laboratory in remembrance of his life's work.

Présentation de l'éditeur

R. J. Garner's The Grafter's Handbook is the classic reference book on plant propagation by grafting and has now been revised and updated for a new generation by respected horticulturalist, Steven Bradley. Everything the dedicated amateur, student and professional horticulturalist wants to know about grafting is here, clearly written in a concise and straightforward style. Chapters include Compatibility & Cambial Contact, Rootstocks & their Propagation, Tools & Accessories, Methods of Grafting and Grafting Established Trees.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cassell
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0304342742
• ISBN 13: 9780304342747
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible