Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants: Volume 7 [Hardcover]

Rodger Elliot (Author), David Jones (Author)

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About the Author

Rodger Elliot began propagating plants commercially in the early 1960's. Rodger is now involved in consultative projects, including export of Australian plants. He is the author of a number of horticultural and botanical books and is a contributor to Australian and overseas horticultural publications. In 1992 he received the Australian Institute of Horticulture's Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to Horticulture and then in 1995 he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Lothian Books (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0850916348
• ISBN-13: 978-0850916348
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,959,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars important asset for botanically-minded gardeners, July 3, 2005

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Karl-heinz Neuwirth "Scharlock Holmes" (Hildesheim, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants: Volume 7 (Hardcover)

The so-far 8 volumes of the Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants are remarkable for their consistency and content, in particular as they appeared over some 25 years now, and apparently still not complete as yet. What one gets is a superbly written, practically oriented,and illustrated overview of Australian native plants suitable for garden cultivation, though obviously not much for gardeners in colder climes of the Northern hemisphere, and yet satisfying the botanically-minded gardeners' curiosity, who may relish the unfamiliar spectacular of the Australian flora.

Previous volumes seem to be hard to obtain, certainly no longer available from the publishers, but I shall not wish to miss what there still is to come.