Horticulture (The Green World) - (Gail M Lang) Chelsea House 2007.pdf

Horticulture
Ethnobotany
Forestry
Horticulture
Photosynthesis and Respiration
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Cells and Tissues
Plant Development
Plant Diversity
Plant Ecology
Plant ics
Plant Nutrition
Horticulture
Gail M. Lang, .
Series Editor
William G. Hopkins
Professor Emeritus of Biology
university of Western ontario
Dedicated to my husband Jonathan, and to our parents Ron, Jane, and
Annie who nurtured a love for things green and growing
Horticulture
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lang, Gail M.
Horticulture / Gail M. Lang.
p. cm. —(The Green world)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7910-8961-4 (hardcover)
1. Horticulture—Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series.
2006
635—dc22 2006025585
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