Landscaping Your Home by
William R. Nelson, 2000.
| ISBN 0-87563-960-7 |
Paper List Price $31.80 |
This classic book was formerly published by the University of Illinois.
It sold thousands of copies and was regarded as the first classic book
in this field. This 2000 revised edition is an even better book and will
once again be recognized as a classic in its field.
This 2000 edition will be suitable from north to south and from the
east coast to the west coast. It will not be limited geographically in
any way. Let us know if you want to examine this book for use in your classes.
We are more than confident that your examination will result in your adoption
if you teach the appropriate course.
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants by Michael A.
Dirr, 1998.
Paper ISBN 0-87563-795-7
Hardback ISBN 0-87563-800-7 |
List Price $52.80
List Price $67.80 |
The fifth edition of Manual of Woody Landscape Plants is in its
third printing and has even added to its adoption list. We though nearly
every school that taught the course was using it. A few were not. Fewer
are not now. This fifth edition has been greeted throughout the world with
great demand and immediate praise and acceptance.
The fifth edition of this book has continued the tradition of this indispensable
title. The American Horticulture Society
named it one of the 75 great garden books published since 1922. Nobody
was surprised. We constantly hear from users throughout the world how this
is the book that is never out of reach.
If you teach an appropriate course and have not examined this book,
we certainly hope you will let us know so we can provide you with information
about this indispensable book.
This is a classic book!
Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants by Steven
Still, 1994.
Paper ISBN 0-87563-433-8
Hardback ISBN 0-87563-434-6 |
List Price $44.80
List Price $59.80 |
This fourth edition of Steven Still's book has expanded the great depth
of the widely used and accepted third edition. There are hundreds of additional
plants, hundreds of more drawings, and twice as many color prints as the
previous edition.
This is the one book that provides information about common and uncommon
annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, ornamental grasses, herbs, and hardy
ferns that are adapted to the climates of the United States and Canada.
This 814-page book with 384 color prints has become the standard in
the field and its usefulness goes from the classroom to the professional
to the interested amateur.
Landscape Construction: Procedures, Techniques, and Design by
Floyd Giles, 1999.
| Hardback ISBN 0-87563-884-8 |
List Price $44.80 |
When we first published this book we were delighted to receive many
letters thanking us for publishing it because now a proper course could
be taught on this subject. As a result, we have had hundreds of adoptions.
Professor Giles is a practical man who has written a book that reflects
his background as a landscape contractor who used this experience to orient
this book to both the professional and the homeowner.
This new edition expands, adds illustrations, includes much more extensive
drainage work and updates with many new products and materials, thus rounding
off this book to cover the subject from design to construction in a multitude
of subjects.
Planting Design: A Manual of Theory and Practice by William
R. Nelson, 2004.
| Hardback ISBN 1-58874-358-6 |
List Price $37.80 |
Planting Design has been acclaimed throughout the academic and
professional world as an outstanding book that combines the theory with
the practical in the art of planting design.
This book will serve the needs of the classroom student, the design
professional whether landscape architect, architect, designer, or the individual
interested in self-instruction in the art of planting design. Written by
the author of Landscaping Your Home, which is also a best seller,
this book has the same style and purpose--to enable the reader to deal
with the principles of design as well as the practical application of these
principles.
This third revision is an expansion of the planting design theory and
practice presented in earler editions. This classic title now includes
herbaceous plants and addresses each design quality for each herbaceous
plant considered for design.
Section one deals with woody plant material, and section two with the
design theory and practical applications using herbaceous material.
The scope of the book is both broad in dealing with the creative process,
theory of composition and the process of selection and arrangement of plants.
It is narrow in that it does not digress from the focus in planting design.
The Site Plan in Architectural Working Drawings by George T.
Clayton of the University of Illinois, 1973.
| ISBN 0-87563-252-1 |
List Price $7.80 |
This booklet is intended to serve those who have the responsibility
of preparing the site plan for a set of architectural working drawings.
It is not a compilation of site work standards. It emphasizes topography
and grading out of proportion to the other aspects of site development.
This book is used by many schools of architecture as well as at junior
colleges and technical schools.
Photographic Manual of Woody Landscape Plants by Michael Dirr,
1978.
Paper ISBN 0-87563-153-3
Hardback ISBN 0-87563-156-8 |
List Price $22.80
List Price $32.80 |
This book includes 1500 black and white photographs of woody landscape
plants. Descriptions accompanying each species include habit, leaf, flower,
fruit, bark, culture, landscape use, size, and hardiness characteristics.
The book has been recommended and adopted by many schools. Nurserymen,
garden center operators, landscape contractors, and homeowners will find
the book an invaluable reference. The book effectively accompanies Dirr's
Manual
of Woody Landscape Plants and will complement any book in classroom
situations.
Professional Landscape Management by David L. Hensley, 2005.
ISBN 1-58874-374-8
List Price $39.80
Professional Landscape Management was first published in 1994
and soon became the leading book in its field. Professor Hensley
has now brought this book up to date, and this new second edition must
be considered by anyone teaching this subject.
This text provides a survey of business, personal, practical and profit-oriented
topics. A wide variety of techniques and technology are provided.
It exposes students to landscape management as a profesion, art, science
and business. As Professor Michael Dirr has said, it is “a reference
and teaching text that has no parallel in the field.”
The 2005 edition is a complete revision and includes additional and
more extensive bidding and written specification instruction.
Vegetable Gardening Laboratories by John Masiunas of the University
of Illinois, 2000.
| ISBN 0-87563-936-4 |
List Price $19.80 |
This unique manual was developed specifically for a course on home vegetable
gardening but is flexible enough to use as a supplement in other horticulture
and gardening classes. Indoor activities are included so the student can
continue to be introduced to vegetable gardening concepts even when it
is too cold to garden outdoors. Taste-testing and recipes also expose students
to a variety of different vegetables and how they are used.
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Landscape
Plants for Texas and Environs
by Michael A. Arnold, Third Edition, 2008.
Hardback ISBN 1-58874-746-8
List Price $124.95 |
Dr. Arnold, professor of horticultural sciences at Texas A&M University,
is known by many plant people through his work at A&M and the professional
presentations he has made throughout Texas and other parts of the country.
A wonderful addition to the third edition is the inclusion of color
photos. This book is a real keeper.
Madeleine McDermott Hamm and Kathy Huber of the Houston Chronicle
had the following comments about the earlier edition:
Texas A&M University professor Michael
Arnold's hard-bound second edition is twice as big, and better, than his
first volume...an all-in-one reference for horticulture students and home
gardeners. It's packed with everything from botanical basics -- such
as leaf types and arrangements -- to regional climatic data, soil types,
a handy dictionary and descriptions of 127 plant families. The bulk of
the big book profiles individual plants and includes descriptions, assets
and limitations in the landscape, cultural requirement and growth habits.
There are numerous gardening books available, but when it comes to what's
best for Texas gardeners, homegrown is the way to go.
Wildflowers of the Great Lakes Region by Roberta
L. Simonds and Henrietta H. Tweedie, 1997.
| ISBN 0-87563-721-3 |
List Price $13.95 |
Everyone recognizes wildflowers such as dandelions, violets, daisies,
and roses, but beyond that most people need assistance. This book is a
wonderful guide to the identification of wildflowers found in the Great
Lakes region. Included are over 375 detailed illustrations drawn by the
two authors, both of whom are noted botanical artists. A short description,
with common and scientific names, accompanies each illustration. The wildflowers
are grouped by seasons-spring, summer, and fall-and in each group by habitat.
An exhaustive index assists the reader in easily locating a desired flower.
This book is a great resource for wildflower identification.
Shade Trees for the Central and Northern States and Canada by
Floyd Giles and Sharon Yiesla, 1992.
| ISBN 0-87563-379-X |
List Price $28.80 |
Beautiful line drawings and over 80 color prints highlight this book
on shade trees. Shade trees are key components of any landscape and their
size often makes them a dominant feature in landscape settings. This book
has been adopted at several schools, and the reviews indicate wide acceptance
in the classroom as well as with professionals and others.
Landscaping Herbs by Barbara Collins and Floyd Giles, 1998.
| ISBN 0-87563-796-5 |
List Price $27.80 |
The great interest in herbs created a need for a book that is oriented
towards helping people to know how herbs can work into their landscape
design. What herbs are good? Which ones won't work into a design? These
questions are answered with advice and suggestions for their use in the
overall landscape plan.
With magnificent drawings and a list of new up-to-date cultivars, this
book is an ideal supplement for your courses. Included are 136 color photographs
which add to the completeness of this book.
Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Identification and Ecology by
Russell R. Kirt of College of DuPage, 1995.
| ISBN 0-87563-573-3 |
List Price $13.95 |
This book is a tremendous resource for the identification of tallgrass
prairie plants native to the mid-continent of North America. Over 100 illustrations
are presented with accompanying plant descriptions and ecological notes.
The format is extremely user-friendly and employs a minimum of technical
terms.
Key to Common Woody Landscape Plants in the Midwest by Benton
Stidd and Robert Henry, 1995.
| ISBN 0-87563-508-3 |
List Price $14.80 |
This unique book allows the student to identify unknown woody plants
when encountered in the landscape. Vegetative characters of plants in full
foliage are used as the primary diagnostic basis for identification. This
book is a useful supplement for reference manuals and its small size and
spiral binding make it ideal for active field use.
Layout Techniques for Landscape Architecture by Gary Austin
of the University of Idaho, 1995.
| ISBN 0-87563-524-5 |
List Price $19.80 |
The first text devoted entirely to the layout of landscape architecture!
Ideal for landscape architecture students, professionals, and licensing
candidates as it draws on examples of layout problems from professional
offices and problems adopted from licensing exams. These realistic problems
are preceded by illustrations and exercises which are simplified to teach
basic concepts and methods and an appendix contains solutions for exercises
assigned in the chapters.
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