From bob@interstate.net Wed Dec 21 22:53:52 EST 1994
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From: bob@interstate.net (Bob Batson)
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Subject: Has anyone seen the book _Index of Garden Plants_?
Date: 17 Dec 1994 19:42:57 GMT
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Has anyone seen the new book _Index of Garden Plants_ by Mark Griffiths 
(ISBN 0-88192-246-3)? At a suggested list price Of $59.95, it's been 
recommended as an inexpensive replacement to _Hortus III_ by the editors 
of "HortIdeas." I'd be interested in hearing (?) what anyone else thinks 
of this book.

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From sean@hand.timeinc.com Wed Dec 21 22:55:05 EST 1994
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From: Sean Callahan <sean@hand.timeinc.com>
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Subject: Re: Has anyone seen the book _Index of Garden Plants_?
Date: 19 Dec 1994 06:51:54 GMT
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bob@interstate.net (Bob Batson) wrote:
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> Has anyone seen the new book _Index of Garden Plants?

It's a condensation of the 4-volume, approx $750 RHS encyclopedia.
What's missing is all the detailed professional/scientific botanical
descriptions. What's left is useful and authoritative for the home
gardener. It doesn't have very many illustrations; this is straight
data, not a wish book.

It's probably the best single up-to-date reference volume currently
available.

Sean Callahan
The Virtual Garden
Time Life

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