Trees for Urban and Suburban Landscapes: An Illustrated Guide to Pruning [Paperback]

Edward Gilman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0827380402 | ISBN-13: 978-0827380400 | Publication Date: February 21, 1997 | Edition: 1

This book provides guidelines for developing and maintaining sound architectural trunk and branch structure. It is written around the drawings and photographs to serve as the the main teaching tool for students to learn by acutally pruning. The concepts presented in the drawings will provide enough information to allow you to begin pruning trees quickly, correctly and more efficiently. A must for anyone who works with trees and shrubs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I would like to begin by stating…this is an excellent, well-written text. Virtually all of this text is up-to-date and theoretically sound… The text does an excellent job at describing the practices in more detail."

"The project's three greatest strengths are the use of illustrations (with a few minor modifications, in some instances), the accompanying easy to understand text, and the author's compelling, supported reasons for making his pruning recommendations." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Dr. Edward Gilman is a professor at the University of Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (February 21, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827380402
• ISBN-13: 978-0827380400
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Agricultural Sciences > Horticulture

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Written By A Pro, May 9, 2003

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Charles Laird (Kerrville, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illustrated Guide to Pruning (Paperback)

This 178 page book is one of the best I have seen so far. It is published by a web based educational company that has a broad educational scope. It is slightly textbookish but not at all difficult for anyone who is serious about having more than a magazine article knowledge about pruning. Pruning is presented as a horticultural science not as someone's idea of what might be best. The book is well organized and about as comprehensive as a 178 page book could be. It is a serious little book. For example, on page 61 there are 24 tree drawings showing different limb configurations and the required pruning cuts to develop a dominant leader. You can learn a lot from that one page.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what we needed, March 31, 2007

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B. Martinek - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illustrated Guide to Pruning (Paperback)

This book was just what we needed to be able to show our nursery employees the PROPER way (not just they way they thought it shoud be done) to prune our newly planted trees. The illustrations really help, also. I am going to make this text part of our orientation process for new hires.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Illustrated Guide to Pruning, March 1, 2008

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Eric Larusson Villager Nursery, Inc. "Mountai... (Truckee, California US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illustrated Guide to Pruning (Paperback)

This is a good TEXT book. Very Good.

I cut off the spine, punched holes in it and put it in a binder because it is a TEXT / Workbook. It is also a terribly expensive paperback book for those of us working in the trades and not IN higher education or funded research.