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The Cycads

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This book on cycads is very informative without being to technical. It is an outstanding source of information for all who have an interest in cycads. I feel I received value that exceeded the price paid.

This book will prove invaluable to anyone who has ever brought a single cycad into their garden on impulse and years later found themselves with a small "forest" of these rare and fascinating ornamental plants. Written for all of us, Loren Whitelock has devoted his life to the study and cultivation of these contemporaries of the dinosaurs and the photo section is rich with shots of cycads in their natural habitat. The cultivation and propagation sections are based on years of actual experience growing cycads, but it is in the detailed species descriptions that "The Cycads" excels. Excellent line drawings by Geoff Stein accent many of the pages, but you'll find yourself wishing that there were more. If you garden and you've gotten "hooked" on cycads, this is the book to buy.

Loran Whitelock has put a lifetime of cycad knowledge and experience in this book. Its excellent photographs give both views of mature plants and close ups of leaf detail that help readers distinguish among similar species. In addition to detailed physical descriptions of all of the recognized cycads and subspecies, Whitelock gives invaluable information on habitat, geographical distribution, conservation status and horticultural characteristics. This book will be the standard reference for cycad gardeners and admirers for many years.

I 'm a frenzy Cycad lover. For this reason, I would like to collect everything related Cycad, including plants of different species, books, stamps, photos.This is second important book on Cycad(the first one is CYCADS WORLD ED 2E).I consider the author spend much efforts and time on finishing this book, he had travel (I guess) all round the wolrd to collect the imformation on Cycad. He had a lot of experience. In this book, he shared his experiences with the readers. In this regard, I would like have this book, since you will know all the author had experienced. it 's a treseaue, a fantasitic book.

For any novice collector, this book offers a wonderful general knowledgebase of the Cycad family. Whilst not filled with botanical overload as some more in-depth books, it will assist you to identify differences between key plants within a genus.

No reference collection is complete without it.

What can one say, simply the best book available on these fascinating ancient plants.Highly recommended.