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| Key Tables and Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Forward: A Brief History of Ornamental Horticulture | |
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| The Science of Ornamental Horticulture | |
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| The Green Plant | |
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| The Value of Plants in our Lives | |
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| Classifying Plants | |
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| Parts of a Plant | |
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| The Structure of Plant Parts | |
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| Juvenility and Maturity in Plants | |
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| Major Plant Processes | |
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| What Plants Need for Growth | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Soil | |
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| What is Soil? | |
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| Why Soils Differ | |
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| Soil Separates and Soil Texture | |
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| Soil Nutrients | |
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| Soil Structure and Organic Material | |
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| Soil Acidity and Alkalinity | |
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| Cation Exchange | |
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| Fertilizers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Describing and Identifying Plants | |
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| Plant Taxonomy | |
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| Horticultural Descriptions of Plants | |
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| How Plants are Identified | |
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| Visual Descriptions of Plants | |
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| The Assimilation of Terminology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Plant Growth Regulators | |
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| Growth Regulators Defined | |
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| Types of Growth Regulators | |
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| Commercial Growth Regulators | |
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| Summary | |
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| Plant Reproduction | |
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| Plant Reproduction Defined | |
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| Sexual and Asexual Reproduction | |
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| How Plants are Propagated | |
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| Plant Improvement | |
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| The Contribution of Gregor Mendel | |
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| Summary | |
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| Plant Pests and Their Control | |
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| Plant Injuries and Their Causes | |
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| Insects | |
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| Plant Diseases | |
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| Symptoms of Injured Plants | |
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| Weeds | |
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| Other Causes of Injury | |
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| The Control of Plant Pests | |
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| Pesticides | |
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| Biological Control | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Crafts of Ornamental Horticulture | |
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| Floral Design | |
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| The Value of Flowers | |
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| Floral Design--Art or Craft? | |
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| Materials Needed to Arrange Flowers | |
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| Containers for Floral Arrangements | |
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| Care of Cut Flowers | |
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| Forms of Arrangement Materials | |
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| Principles of Floral Design | |
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| Patterns of Arrangements | |
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| Using Color to Advantage | |
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| Wiring Flowers for Design | |
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| Making Bows and Puffs | |
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| Assembling the Arrangements | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Interior Use of Plants | |
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| Background and Status Update | |
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| Uniqueness of Interior Plantscapes | |
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| Light and Interior Plantings | |
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| The Growing Medium | |
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| Watering and Drainage | |
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| Other Concerns | |
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| The Interdisciplinary Team | |
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| The Future | |
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| Summary | |
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| Landscape Design | |
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| The Need for Gardens | |
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| Landscaping Today | |
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| The Outdoor Room | |
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| The Principles of Design | |
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| Selecting Plants for Landscapes | |
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| Designing Plantings for Landscapes | |
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| Enrichment Items | |
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| Selecting Construction Materials | |
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| Materials and Methods | |
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| Creating a Residential Plan | |
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| Summary | |
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| Installing Landscape Plants | |
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| The Importance of Proper Installation | |
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| The Necessary Tools | |
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| Root Forms of Landscape Plants | |
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| The Time to Transplant | |
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| Methods of Installation | |
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| Installing Bedding Plants, Groundcovers, and Bulbs | |
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| Problems of Arid Regions | |
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| Planting in the Southeast | |
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| Summary | |
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| Maintaining Landscape Plants | |
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| Sustained Care of Plantings | |
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| Pest Control | |
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| Pruning Trees and Shrubs | |
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| Flower Plantings | |
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| Winterizing the Landscape | |
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| Summary | |
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| Special Training Techniques for Plants | |
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| Selecting and Using Vines in the Landscape | |
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| Installing and Training Vines | |
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| Espaliers | |
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| Installing and Training Espaliers | |
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| Topiary Pruning | |
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| Bonsai Development | |
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| Summary | |
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| Turf: Selection, Establishment, and Maintenance | |
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| The Many Uses of Turfgrass | |
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| Comparison of Turfgrasses | |
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| Purchasing Grass Seed | |
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| Mixtures Versus Single-species Blends | |
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| Methods of Installation | |
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| Proper Lawn Construction | |
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| Calibrating a Spreader | |
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| Maintaining an Established Law | |
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| Summary | |
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| Techniques of Plant Propagation | |
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| Science and Craft | |
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| The Media for Propagation | |
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| The Structures for Propagation | |
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| Propagation by Seeds | |
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| Propagation by Plugs | |
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| Propagation by Cuttings | |
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| Propagation by Grafting | |
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| Propagation by Budding | |
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| Propagation by Layering | |
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| Propagation by Tissue and Organ Culturing | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Professions of Ornamental Horticulture | |
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| The Floriculture Industry | |
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| Careers in Ornamental Horticulture | |
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| The Professions of Floriculture | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Nursery Industry | |
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| The Scope of the Business | |
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| Different Types of Nurseries | |
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| The Link Between the Nursery and Landscape Industries | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Landscape Industry | |
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| The Landscape | |
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| Different Types of Landscapers | |
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| Educational Requirements | |
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| Summary | |
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| Specialized and Nontraditional Careers | |
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| Choosing or Changing a Career | |
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| Part-time Work | |
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| Cooperative Extension Specialists | |
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| Horticulture Therapists | |
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| Arborists and Lawn Care Specialists | |
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| Communications | |
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| What Else? | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Production Techniques of Ornamental Horticulture | |
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| Greenhouses and Other Growing Structures | |
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| The Purpose of Growing Structures | |
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| Types of Growing Structures | |
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| Materials Used to Cover the Structures | |
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| Typical Structural Plans | |
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| Heating the Greenhouse | |
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| Ventilating and Cooling the Greenhouse | |
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| Conserving Energy in Greenhouses | |
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| Greenhouse Benches | |
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| Summary | |
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| Greenhouse Production Techniques | |
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| Crop Production Scheduling | |
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| Greenhouse Root Media | |
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| Pasteurizing the Media | |
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| Soil Tests | |
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| Greenhouse Containers | |
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| Reproduction Methods | |
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| Spacing and Labeling a Crop | |
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| Watering | |
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| Fertilizing | |
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| Growth Retardants | |
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| Pest Control | |
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| Selecting Crops to Grow | |
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| Summary | |
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| Nursery Production Techniques | |
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| Container Versus Field Nurseries | |
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| Crop Selection | |
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| Determining the Number of Plants to Grow | |
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| Media Consideration for Nursery Crops | |
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| Layouts for Field Production | |
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| Maintaining Nursery Crops | |
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| Labeling Nursery Crops | |
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| Field Pruning Nursery Stock | |
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| Harvesting | |
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| Overwintering | |
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| Cover Crops and Crop Rotation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Beginning and Promoting an Ornamental Horticulture Business | |
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| Why Have Your Own Business? | |
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| Forms of Business Organization | |
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| Market Surveys | |
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| Sources of Capital | |
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| Selecting the Business Site | |
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| Using Space Efficiently | |
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| Organization Plans | |
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| Building the Inventory | |
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| Laws and Regulations | |
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| Advertising the Business | |
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| Summary | |
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| Human Relations: Personnel Management and Customer Sales | |
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| The Importance of Human Relations | |
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| Personnel Management | |
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| Matching the Employee With the Job | |
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| Customer Relations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Business Communications | |
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| The Purpose of Business Communications | |
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| The Technology of Business Communication | |
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| Written Communications | |
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| Telephone Communication | |
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| The Language of Business Communications | |
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| Summary | |
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| Recordkeeping, Pricing, and Determining Profit | |
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| Keeping Business Records | |
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| Interpreting Financial Statements | |
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| Financial Ratios | |
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| Pricing Merchandise and Services | |
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| The Mathematics of Profit Calculation | |
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| Alternative Pricing Methods | |
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| Summary | |
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| Ornamental Horticulture in the Age of Technology | |
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| Technology is Dynamic | |
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| The Benefits and Limitations | |
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| Other Uses of Modern Technology | |
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| Probabilities and Possibilities for the Future | |
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| The Flip Side of Technology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Total Quality Management | |
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| A New Concern for an Old Idea | |
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| Quality Defined | |
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| Total Quality Management (TQM) Defined | |
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| Internal and External Customers | |
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| Implementing TQM | |
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| Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Professional and Trade Organizations for Horticulture and Related Areas | |
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| Selected Readings for the Study of Ornamental Horticulture | |
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| Index | |