Ornamental horticulture
Subtitle: science, operations & management
By: Jack E. Ingels.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Delmar Publishers
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9780827363649
Subjects: Ornamental horticulture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 540-546) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : A brief history of ornamental horticulture; title: The green plant; title: The soil; title: Describing and identifying plants; title: Plant growth regulators; title: Plant reproduction; title: Plant pests and their control; title: Floral design; title: The interior use of plants; title: Landscape design; title: Installing landscape plants; title: Maintaining landscape plants; title: Special training techniques for plants; title: Turf : selection, establishment, and maintenance; title: Techniques of plant propagation; title: The floriculture industry; title: The nursery industry; title: The landscape industry; title: Specialized and nontraditional careers; title: Greenhouses and other growing structures; title: Greenhouse production techniques; title: Nursery production techniques; title: Beginning and promoting an ornamental horticulture business; title: Human relations : personnel management and customer sales; title: Business communications; title: Record keeping, pricing, and determining profit; title: Computer technology and the ornamental horticulture industry; title: Total quality management; title: Glossary; title: Appendixes. Professional and trade organizations for horticulture and related areas; title: Selected readings for the study of ornamental horticulture