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| Foreword | |
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| Placement and Purchase | |
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| Some Preliminary Thoughts about Location | |
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| Which Plants Go Where? | |
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| Plants That Need Careful Handling | |
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| Poisonous Plants at a Glance | |
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| Tips for Buying Plants | |
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| Plants with Particular Needs | |
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| What You Should Know about Plants | |
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| A Brief History of Plants | |
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| Native Habitat and Plant Types | |
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| The Structure of a Plant | |
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| Successful Care and Propagation | |
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| Tools and Growth Factors | |
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| Light: Growth Factor Number One | |
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| Air and Temperature as Growth Factors | |
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| Life-Giving Water | |
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| Watering during Vacation Times | |
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| Watering at a Glance | |
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| Plant Media | |
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| Special Mixtures | |
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| Nutrients and Fertilizing | |
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| Repotting | |
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| Repotting at a Glance | |
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| Pruning, Training, and Overwintering | |
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| Pruning and Overwintering at a Glance | |
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| Why Plants Fall Ill | |
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| What to Do When Pests Attack | |
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| The Most Common Pests | |
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| The Most Common Diseases | |
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| Problems and Diseases at a Glance | |
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| Pests, Bacteria, and Viruses | |
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| Propagation from Seed | |
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| Propagation from Cuttings | |
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| Special Methods of Propagation | |
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| Propagation at a Glance | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Living Greener, Living Better | |
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| Fundamental Concepts | |
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| Different Furnishing Styles | |
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| Plant Containers and Outer Pots | |
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| Accessories | |
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| Plants in Hanging Planters | |
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| Decorating with Climbing Plants | |
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| Plant Windows | |
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| Miniature Gardens | |
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| Desert and Tropical Mini-Gardens | |
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| Four Seasons on the Balcony | |
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| Balcony Plantings | |
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| Planting Suggestions at a Glance | |
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| Plantings for the Patio | |
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| Aromatic Gardens and Herb Gardens | |
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| The Most Beautiful Plants from A to Z | |
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| How to Use This Plant Encyclopedia | |
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| Components of each Plant Portraits | |
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| How to Find A Plant | |
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| Understanding Plant Names | |
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| Abutilon-Aucuba | |
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| Bambusa-Buxus | |
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| Caladium-Cytisus | |
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| Dahlia-Dracaena | |
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| Echeveria-Exacum | |
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| x Fatshedera-Fuchsia | |
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| Gardenia-Gynura | |
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| Haemanthus-Hypoestes | |
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| Impatiens-Ixora | |
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| Jacaranda-Jatropha | |
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| Kalanchoe | |
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| Laelia-Lotus | |
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| Mammillaria-Myrtus | |
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| Narcissus-Notocactus | |
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| Odontioda-Oxalis | |
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| Pachira-Punica | |
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| Radermanchera-Ruscus | |
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| Sabal-Syngonium | |
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| Tagetes-Tulipa | |
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| Vanda-x Vuylstekeara | |
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| Washingtonia | |
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| Xanthosoma | |
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| Yucca | |
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| Zantedeschia-Zebrina | |
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| Rarities and Specialities | |
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| Useful Addresses | |
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| Index | |