00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862097444 Buklod 20170629161739.0 g||| | || || ta 170703s2017 ctua rb |||1 u|eng d 9781285424729 1285424727 (iLib)UPBAG-00024561238 BC-68122 Belview Php8,437.50 Dr. Teodora Balangcod DLC BAG rda eng SB 318 S57 2017 Shry, Carroll L. Jr. author. Introductory horticulture Carroll L. Shry, Jr. ; H. Edward Reiley. 9th edition. Stamford, CT, USA Cengage Learning [2017] xv, 780 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 29 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Revised edition of: Introductory horticulture / H. Edward Reiley and Carroll L. Shry, Jr. Includes additional resources and index. Section 1. Horticulture: an introduction -- Exploring the horticulture field -- Plant taxonomy: how plants are named -- Section 2. Plant science -- Parts of the plant and their functions -- Environmental requirements for good plant growth -- Growth stimulants, retardants, and rooting hormones -- Section 3. Plant propagation -- Seeds -- Softwood and semihardwood cuttings and micropropagation -- Hardwood cuttings -- Separation and division -- Grafting -- Budding -- Layering -- Section 4. Greenhouse management and crops -- Poinsettias -- Chrysanthemums -- Easter Lilies -- Section 5. Integrated pest management -- Integrated pest management and the biological control of pests and diseases -- The safe use of pesticides/biopesticides -- Insecticides -- Fungicides, rodenticides, molluscicides, and nematocides -- Herbicides -- Section 6. Container-grown plants -- Dish gardens, miniature/fairy gardens, and terrariums -- The art of bonsai -- The interior landscape: houseplants and plantscaping -- Shrubs and trees -- Section 7. Using plants in the landscape -- Annual bedding plants -- Perennials, ornamental grasses, vines, bamboos, and prairie gardens -- Narrowleaf evergreens -- Broadleaf evergreens -- Deciduous trees -- Deciduous shrubs -- Ground covers -- Bulbs -- Pruning techniques -- Principles of landscaping, maintenance, xeriscaping, water gardens, irrigation, and green roofs -- Section 8. Sustainable strategies for lawn and turfgrass establishment and maintenance -- Establishing the lawn -- Maintaining the lawn -- Renovating the lawn -- Section 9. The vegetable garden -- Planning and preparing the garden site -- Planting the vegetable garden -- Caring for the vegetable garden -- Favorite garden vegetables and herbs -- Section 10. The small fruit garden and nut crops -- Strawberries -- Blueberries -- The bramble fruits -- Grapes -- Nut crops -- Section 11. Holiday crafts and floral designs -- Wreaths and door swags -- Creating holiday centerpieces -- Enhancements and accessories for floral designs -- Floral designs -- Corsages and boutonnieres -- Section 12. Business operations -- Beginning a horticultural business -- Financial operations of a horticultural business -- Human relations: personnel management and customer sales -- Business communications -- Horticulture in the age of technology -- Leadership development in horticulture -- Appendix A: Scientific and common names -- Appendix B: Professional, educational, and trade organizations for horticulture and related areas -- Appendix C: Tools of the trade -- Appendix D: Deer-resistant plants -- Glossary/glosario -- Index. Horticulture. Reiley, H. Edward author. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN SB 318 S57 2017 Book