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Summary: ferns for everyone
Review: I love ferns and this is a great book full of usful info on where the plant comes from and how to grow them. The intro sections of the ferns are great, giving general info on the genus. The Photos are just fantastic and not just few but tons of them. Most of the entries have a little cheat sheet that gives the basics on every plant before the description. I especially liked the availability entry. It was all good and it felt easy to read. If I saw a fern in a book or store I could look it up and see if I should get it. A great job.
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Summary: A must for shade gardeners.
Review: Mickel's book is a treasure for fern-lovers. The opening chapters cover technical aspects of fern biology and propagation - but only to the extent necessary to familiarize the gardener. This is not a book written for botanists. The rest of the book is a description of fern species suitable for temperate gardens of North America. The information and advice is sound and the descriptions are strewn with gorgeous color photographs.There is some good bibliographical information in the back and some contact information that might be dated, but is useful nonetheless.
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Summary: A must for shade gardeners.
Review: Mickel's book is a treasure for fern-lovers. The opening chapters cover technical aspects of fern biology and propagation - but only to the extent necessary to familiarize the gardener. This is not a book written for botanists. The rest of the book is a description of fern species suitable for temperate gardens of North America. The information and advice is sound and the descriptions are strewn with gorgeous color photographs. There is some good bibliographical information in the back and some contact information that might be dated, but is useful nonetheless.
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Summary: Authoritative and comprehensive
Review: This book should never have been allowed to go out of print. It is a wonderful, well-illustrated reference and is by far the best I have found so far with regard to growing ferns outdoors. The book is comprehensive enough to satisfy the fern fancier (particularly in the listing of genera and species), but has enough basic information (particularly regarding culture and propagation) to be useful to the gardener who just wants to incorporate some ferns in his or her garden.
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Summary: Authoritative and comprehensive
Review: This book should never have been allowed to go out of print. It is a wonderful, well-illustrated reference and is by far the best I have found so far with regard to growing ferns outdoors. The book is comprehensive enough to satisfy the fern fancier (particularly in the listing of genera and species), but has enough basic information (particularly regarding culture and propagation) to be useful to the gardener who just wants to incorporate some ferns in his or her garden.
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