The Genus Hosta - Hardcover

Schmid, W.George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881922013 ISBN 13: 9780881922011

Publisher: Timber Press, 1992

Synopsis

This classification for the genus reflects the author's fascination with hostas. All hostas known at the time of writing are detailed, including their 3500 names and synonyms in many languages (300 in Japanese kana).

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Review

Beautified by finely rendered botanical illustrations. Avid gardeners who simply love peonies and professionals horticulturists wishing to expand their expertise will be equally enticed by the scope of the information catalogued here. Booklist

Paintings and line drawings of the plants, including the foliage details, which are important for identification in this genus, are the heart of the book. American Reference Books Annual

Unveils the beauty and the botany. Horticulture

A must-have monograph for devotees of peonies. Plant Science Bulletin

Already a classic. Kansas City Gardener

There is no other comparable book available and I wholeheartedly recommend The Genus Paeonia to all peony afficionados. American Peony Society Bulletin

Distinguished. Avant Gardener

The Genus Paeonia, a new book co-written by. . . . plant hybridizer Jim Waddick and botanist Jarmila Haldova, is a resource for the veteran and the novice gardener and a beauty in its own right. Omaha World-Herald

Josef Halda is a botanist who has traveled to see every known peony species and subspecies in the wild. He documents 25 species in this book, including forty subspecies and varieties. It is an especially helpful resource for those gardeners who wish to grown uncommon as well as common varieties. National Gardener

What sets this book apart. . . . are the beautiful paintings and line drawings by Jamila Haldova. An artistic experience as well as a scientific one. E-Streams"

"Beautified by finely rendered botanical illustrations. Avid gardeners who simply love peonies and professionals horticulturists wishing to expand their expertise will be equally enticed by the scope of the information catalogued here." --Booklist

"Paintings and line drawings of the plants, including the foliage details, which are important for identification in this genus, are the heart of the book." --American Reference Books Annual

"Unveils the beauty and the botany." --Horticulture

"A must-have monograph for devotees of peonies." --Plant Science Bulletin

"Already a classic." --Kansas City Gardener

"There is no other comparable book available and I wholeheartedly recommend The Genus Paeonia to all peony afficionados." --American Peony Society Bulletin

"Distinguished." --Avant Gardener

"The Genus Paeonia, a new book co-written by. . . . plant hybridizer Jim Waddick and botanist Jarmila Haldova, is a resource for the veteran and the novice gardener and a beauty in its own right." --Omaha World-Herald

"Josef Halda is a botanist who has traveled to see every known peony species and subspecies in the wild. He documents 25 species in this book, including forty subspecies and varieties. It is an especially helpful resource for those gardeners who wish to grown uncommon as well as common varieties." --National Gardener

"What sets this book apart. . . . are the beautiful paintings and line drawings by Jamila Haldova. An artistic experience as well as a scientific one." --E-Streams

About the Author

W. George Schmid studied botany, horticulture, and landscape architecture at the University of Munich. An avid gardener of shade plants, he is author of The Genus Hosta and the award-winning An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials. George gardens at Hosta Hill in northern Georgia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881922013
• ISBN 13: 9780881922011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 468