S.C. Dey.
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The book is designed for those who are eager to have the guidance and instructions for growing their own bonsai. Even those who purchase bonsai or semi-bonsai from the bonsai nursery invariably need the guidance for rearing their subjects. To make the text attractive and interpretative as many as 150 figures have been included in the text. All the line drawings have been drawn by the author himself. An acknowledgement expressing gratitude to the persons concerned ...
The culture of chrysanthemum, as a hobby or for commercial purpose, provides an extensive field for pleasure and study. No other cultivated flower can be compared with chrysanthemum with regard to the delicacy of lasting beauties. The range of colour is so wide, variety of forms is so great and the multitude of novelties is rushing so fast that a sensible grower can well satisfy his thirst for beauty, longing for variation and craze for the new. The primary ...
The shade-loving plants, which can be grown indoors are called Indoor Plants or House Plants. They are grouped into three heads – those which bear ornamental flowers, those of ornamental leaves and others having both these qualities. It is wrong to have an idea that the flowering indoor plants are few. Because numerous species and cultivars of cactus and orchid bear enchanting flowers in profusion. They are treated as indoor plants. According to the old idea ...
Flower growing from bulbs or storage roots is most interesting. It economizes on time, space and expenses involved in cultivation. In cold climates flower growing from bulbs can be quite profitable. Commercial floriculture largely depends on the bulbous ornamentals. For a long period of the year the bulbs can be kept indoors. Only in the growing season they are planted outdoors. On planting some species, produce flowers even before producing leaves. The bulbs in ...
This is a unique publication which contains exhaustive information on fragrant flowers. The title of the book itself is apt to indicate the contents thereof. Botany, horticulture, trade and industry relating to scented flowers have been presented scientifically in a lucid way. Information on many important related matters has been appended with proper classification. The glossary of botanical and general terms has been given at two separate places. Similarly two ...
The practice of growing plants in pots led to grow bonsai. The herbs and shrubs are grown extensively in containers. Occasionally tree species were tried in pots. They, however, could not grow tall as they do in nature. As the time passed away they gradually got the imprints of age that made them more beautiful and caught the imagination of growers and viewers alike. It is then the impetus to bonsai growing generated. Gradually ...
Gardening is a creative art with living things. It caters food for your body and mind. In other words the garden produce nourishes both body and mind. We need food to eat for sound growth and development of the body. Similarly the mind also need food which is however not concrete. The joy of creation and aesthetics can cheer your mind setting aside the monotony and gloominess. Fine arts and gardening are very absorbing any of which if taken up as a hobby or ...
Herbaceous annuals give seasonal glory to the garden. But people look for permanent greenery, whether it is in parks or gardens or balconies. Hence the popularity of shrubs and climbers, with their soothing green foliage, colourful blooms and sweet perfumes. Growing Shrubs and Climbers, the newest title in our series on gardening, has page after page of valuable information and practical tips on the care, propagation and maintenance of shrubs and climbers. The ...
Mushroom should no longer be identified with the scornful term, 'Toad-stool'. Now it is regarded as a protein-rich-wonder food and is no less useful than other indispensable fungi like yeast, Penicillium, Streptomyces, etc. The role of yeast is to cause fermentation for making malt, bread, alcohol etc. The fungus Penicillium is the source of the life-saving antibiotic penicillin. The antibiotic streptomycin to cure tuberculosis is obtained from streptomyces. The ...
The disparity between knowledge of the fisheries of the lakes and other lentic water bodies and that of the rivers is significantly palpable in India which obviously is the outcome of inchoate assiduity made on riverine ecology and fisheries research in the country. The paucity of extensive and empirical knowledge on the riverine ecology and fisheries has put the policy makers, basin managers and other competent authorities at a disadvantage situation to redress ...