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The Book of Bromeliads and Hawaiian Tropical Flowers (Library of Congress# 00-104739)

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The Book Of Bromeliads And Hawaiian Tropical Flowers is a breathtakingly beautiful book and a complete compendium on gorgeous Hawaiian blooms that include Aechmeas, Billbergias, Cryptanthus, Guzmanias, Neoregelias, Vrieseas, Tillandsias, as well as other Bromeliad families. There are informative chapters on commercial, collector and hybrid Bromeliads, the growing and care of Bromeliads, diseases and pests of Bromeliads, cut flowers and live floral arrangements, landscaping and interiorscaping, orchids and other tropicals, as well as products and services for gardeners and horticulturalists with regard to growing bromeliads. This catalog of superbly photographed flowers is a simple joy to page through, with a glossary and "user friendly" index enhancing its value for personal, academic, and community library gardening and horticulture reference collections.

Yes, the pictures in this book were breath taking, and yes, the piece was extremely well photographed. But as an editor myself, I was appalled at the poor quality of the text. It is obvious that Mutual Pub Co put very little, if any, funds and effort into editing this book. Did they think we weren't going to read the text? That we were just going to look at the pictures? When I buy a book about plants that claims that it will tell me about plants, I expect the book to be decently edited. I do not expect glaring grammatical errors (eg, confusing "than" and "then") and I do not expect a sales pitch in the middle of the book for canned pineapples. I returned this book to Amazon after I bought it. I'm going to go out and find a book that is actually readable AND has great pictures.

Excellent book, great condition and countless photographs which make identification of bromeliads a lot easier.