Author

Publication

1997-06-01 - Timber Press, Incorporated

Language

English

Word Count

154,750 words, Guess

Page Count

619 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96031934
  • Goodreads2976376
  • LibraryThing774800

Classifications

  • LCCSB413.H7 G34 1997
  • LCCSB413.H7G34 1997
  • DDC635.9/33271

Description

This book is the first definitive work in English, an authoritative reference to all the hollies in cultivation, describing many of the more than 800 species, 30 deciduous any 780 evergreen. The book is divided into four parts: the first covers landscaping and orcharding, the second includes botany and morphological characteristics, the third is an encyclopedia of cultivars and species, and the fourth offers techniques on cultivation, hybridization, and propagation.

First Sentence

There are few groups of trees and shrubs that possess such a fascinating and diverse background as do the plants belonging to the genus Ilex or, as they are more commonly called, hollies.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • HolliesHardcoverTimber Press, Incorporated1997-06-01

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