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Both The Little Book of Roses and The Little Book of Orchids make elegant gifts for the rose lover and the orchid enthusiast, putting essential facts at their fingertips in an appealing and easy-to-follow presentation. Both titles explore myriad aspects of cultivation, the flowering varieties, and the places of the featured flowers in art and legend. Key issues are highlighted in special double-page spreads and text boxes, giving an at-a-glance grasp of the most important and interesting facts. Each Little Book includes a bibliography and Buyer's Guide.

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A captivating guide to those most coveted and collectible plants - orchids. Enchanting centuries of collectors, they are one of the largest plant families in the plant world with one in twelve plants belonging to it. Their varied forms, flower shapes and colours provide endless fascination to their admirers whilst a closer inspection of one of the many varieties to be found on sale these days will ensnare the casual observer and compel them to look further. Not just decorative houseplants, they are a valuable crop in the form of vanilla and the Orchis hircina and Orchis mascula tubers, known as salep, are cultivated in the Near East for their reportedly viagra-like properties. They adorn the countryside worldwide and the rarer varieties are protected by CITES from extinction in the wild. Written by four orchid specialists, this colourful, compact guide contains a wealth of information for specialist and amateur alike. From their discovery, history, breeding, and cultivation, the work contains an endless number of anecdotes, facts and sound botanical information to give an expert and informed overview of the orchidaceae genus. Liberally illustrated with photographs, botanical paintings and old prints, it is a visual feast as well as a concise reference guide, making it a most useful addition to an orchid-lover's book collection. - Lucy Watson

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