Desert Plants A Curator's Introduction to the Huntington Desert Garden

Name: Desert Plants A Curator's Introduction to the Huntington Desert Garden
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ISBN: 9780873282314

ISBN-10: 0873282310

ISBN-13: 9780873282314

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gary Lyons

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This year the Huntington celebrates the centennial of its spectacular desert garden, one of the largest such collections of cacti and other succulents in the world. Visitors to the twelve-acre garden marvel at its more than 3,000 species, including the vivid blue and green Puya, a rare type of bromeliad; the Lithops, or "living stone," whose camouflaged leaves mimic the shape and color of rocks; and the dazzling red, orange, and yellow torch-like blooms of the winter-flowering aloe. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Lyons draws on decades of experience with these unusual specimens to explore the Huntington's desert garden. He tells of its early development, describes its principal…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
Publication date: 7/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Gary Lyons, curator of the Huntington's desert garden, is a member of the World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission, a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and the author of numerous articles on desert gardens.



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