Floriculture
Subtitle: Designing & Merchandising
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cengage Delmar Learning
Published: November 9, 2000
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780766815605
Subjects: Floral crafts; Horticulture; Juvenile literature; Florists; Science; Crafts / Hobbies; Vocational guidance; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Horticulture; Careers - Other Specific Fields; Flower Arranging; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Agriculture - General; Flower arrangement
First sentence: To explore careers in the retail flower business.
Table of contents: title: Exploring careers in the retail flower business; title: The history of floral design; title: Principles of design; title: Selection of cut flowers and greens; title: Conditioning and storing cut flowers and greens; title: Mechanics and supplies used in floral design; title: Selecting wire and wiring flowers; title: Selecting ribbons and tying bows; title: Boutonnieres and corsages; title: Bud vases; title: Circular arrangements; title: Triangular arrangements; title: Line arrangements; title: Constructing wreaths; title: Holiday arrangements; title: Wedding flowers; title: Sympathy flowers; title: Drying flowers; title: Arranging permanent flowers; title: Selecting indoor plants; title: Decorating potted plants; title: Pricing strategies; title: Selling in the flower shop; title: Displays; title: Delivery; title: Professional organizations; title: Appendixes. Cut flowers; title: Cut foliages; title: Dried materials; title: Foliage houseplants; title: Permanent flowering potted plants; title: Temporary flowering potted plants; title: Flower arrangement rating scale; title: Floral design-related web sites; title: Suggested ideas for supervised agricultural experience; title: The interior uses of plants; title: Glossary