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The ideal gift for gardeners - discover more than 15,000 beautiful plants and learn how to successfully grow each one with this definitive planting guide now in its fully updated 4th edition. The RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants has been compiled by an unrivalled team of over 70 plant experts led by Chris Brickell, the former Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society and a globally renowned plantsman. This latest edition of the world´s most comprehensive garden plant encyclopedia has undergone the greatest update since its first publication, with more than 5,000 new entries added and 6,000 superb images featuring fresh new photography. Whether you´re looking for inspiration for an unusual new flowering plant to grow, want to identify an amazing orchid you´ve seen, or need to find out how to keep alive the cactus you´ve been gifted - the A-Z is bound to have the answer.

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1: Foreword

1: HOW TO USE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA 1: Page and text elements
2: Understanding hardiness
3: Care under glass
4: Pruning groups
5: Propagation techniques

2: BOTANY FOR THE GARDENER 1: The plant kingdom
2: The life of a plant
3: Leaves
4: Flowers

3: THE A-Z PLANT DIRECTORY 1: Glossary
2: Acknowledgements

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An ideal gift for any gardener The Garden

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Brickell, Christopher

Formerly Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society, Christopher Brickell is an eminent plantsman. In 1976 he was awarded the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour for his services to horticulture, followed by the CBE in 1991. A former editor of The Plantsman, he has published many botanical and horticultural papers and articles and chaired the International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants. In 1990 he was editor-in-chief for the first edition of Dorling Kindersley´s bestselling RHS Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers (now in its 6th edition and with sales of over three million copies). This was followed by RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening, RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and RHS Pruning & Training. He has recently completed full updates of the RHS A-Z of Garden Plants, RHS Pruning & Training, as well as RHS Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers.
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