Science and the garden : the scientific basis of horticultural practice /
edited by David S. Ingram, Daphne Vince-Prue, Peter J. Gregory.
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
- xviii, 350 p. : col. ill., plans ; 25 cm.
"Published for the Royal Horticultural Society."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diversity in the plant world -- Know your plant : structure and function -- Reproduction : securing the future -- Naming plants -- Selecting and breeding plants -- Soils and roots -- Soil cultivation and fertility -- The plant's environment : light and water -- Raising plants from seed -- Propagating plants vegetatively -- Shape and size -- Colour, scent and sound in the garden -- Climate, weather and seasonal effects -- Gardening in the greenhouse -- The diversity of undesirables -- Controlling the undesirables -- Maturation, ripening and storage -- Conservation and sustainable gardening -- Gardens and the natural world -- Gardens for science.