Woody Ornamentals for Deep South Gardens by Rogers, David J. & Constance Rogers - 1991

Pensacola: University of West Florida Press, 1991. 296 pp. 23.5 x 16 cm. Dark green cloth covered boards with titling in yellow on spine, in a glossy pictorial dustjacket. Very light rubbing and light bumping to top and bottom edges of dustjacket, which are consistent with normal shelfwear. Light offsetting to front and rear endpapers. Interior clean and unmarked. Binding firm.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Edwards, Mitzie Briscoe (drawings); Rogers, David J. (photographs).

Hardcover, octavo, pp. xix, 296. Illustrations. Map. Very good in the publisher's green cloth over boards with yellow spine lettering. Color illustrated dust jacket very good and ensconced in a sheet of protective mylar.

Very Nice Copy. "This book will be extremely useful for gardeners, nurserymen, extension agents, students, and others interested in woody landscape plants of the Deep South. . . . The text contains much information based on first-hand observations of the authors in a personal style that is most attractive. The Table of Horticultural Characteristics and Landscape Planning Aids is a welcome addition."--Dr. Frederick G. Meyer, National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.Woody Ornamentals will take its place alongside the spade and trowel as an indispensable gardening tool for plant lovers in the Deep South. No other book offers such complete information about trees, shrubs, woody vines, and ground covers for USDA Zone 8, an area beginning at the Texas-Mexico border and cutting a wide swath across the Deep South. When David Rogers retired after a life's work in botany and returned to his native Deep South, he discovered that many new cultivated plants and rare species from all over the world had been introduced… Read More

An As New octavo volume in As New dust jacket.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.