Aroids : Plants of the Arum Family
Editorial Reviews
Hawaiian Horticulture
"I started out reading this book with an interest in aroids. I finished so excited...I started looking ...for an aroid society to join here in Hawaii."
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Hull Daily Mail : The first [edition], published in 1988, was greeting as 'ground-breaking' and this is equally compelling.
Allen Lacy Homeground : In 1988, Deni Bown published the first edition of this book, to universal acclaim. Now Ms. Bown has come forward with a second edition that is far richer than her first.
Georgia Tasker Miami Herald : Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, published in 1988 by Timber Press, became a bible to lovers of philodendrons, elephant ears, anthuriums and related plants. It was the first time someone had compiled that plant family into an understandable, comprehensive and entertaining reference. This year the book has been revised, enlarged and enhanced with Bown's exquisite photographs.
Clear Englebert FungShway.com : This book is extremely well written. . . . It's a fascinating book, and you'll be a better gardener for having read it.
Susan Knorr Garden Views : What a fascinating book!
Amateurs' Digest : This second edition of Aroids offers the same high quality of information, photos and writing that made the prior edition a classic.
Susan Knorr Garden Views : While she certainly doesn't stint on scientific information, Bown has given us an eminently readable book.
Rudolf Schmid Taxon : Revisions cannot get much better than this one. How does Timber Press of Portland, Oregon, which consistently releases botanical and horticultural masterworks, continually defy the laws of economics to produce excellent works that are so inexpensively priced?
Hawaii Horticulture : I started out reading this book with an interest in aroids. I finished so excited about them I started looking in the phone book and on the Web for an aroid society to join here in Hawaii.
Hawaii Horticulture : Once you read this book you'll start noticing aroids all over the place. And the stories told by Deni Brown will bring either a knowing smile to your face or a smirk of amusement.
Choice : It makes for some fascinating reading.
Marty Figley Michigan Observer and Eccentric : Will astound readers with the unusualness of the plants . . . Most interesting.
World of The Rhodedendron Newsletter : A well produced high quality book with masses of useful information . . . worth buying (or persuading someone to give you it as a present) for the hardy species alone.
Fergus Garrett Gardens Illustrated : A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids...Evocative, stimulating and accessible even on the most scientific aspects of her work. Captures the essence of this extraordinarily weird and wonderful family in a mouth-watering way.
Suite101.com : This book will take you to a new level of understanding about genera within the aroid family.
Guy Nesom Botanical Research Institute of Texas : The new edition Bown's "Aroids" conveys so much interesting information with as much clarity and wit as anything botanical I've ever read.
Plant Science Bulletin : Aroids flies far above many academically oriented books. Written with an easy flow and packed with fascinating and useful facts.
Plant Science Bulletin : It belongs in any college or university library. Any amateur interested in plants, not just those who are amateur botanists, will find this book hard to close.
Hawaii Horticulture : If you have any interest in this large plant family at all, Deni Bown's book is a must-have for your library.
Scottish Rhododendron Society Newsletter : A well produced high quality book with masses of useful information.
Stephen Pategas Ornamental Outlook : A scholarly review of this amazing family... Puts into context the origins and habits of aroids and their cultivation.
Aroids : Plants of the Arum Family
Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family: Plants of the Arum Family,Deni Bown,Timber Press,0881924857,Araceae,Ecology,Gardening/Plants,Life Sciences - Botany,Life Sciences - Ecology,Plant Ecology,Science,Taxonomic Botany,Utilization,Botany & plant sciences,Flowers
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