Download or read book The Ward Lock Encyclopedia of Practical Gardening written by Anita Péreire and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive gardening directory of garden plants and guide to gardening techniques, this book covers over 4000 garden flowers, plants and shrubs, with notes on cultivation and uses in the garden. It also offers advice, with step-by-step instructions, on garden design, construction and planting: pools, rock gardens, pergolas and other structures, plant propagation and pests and diseases. The book explains many other gardening skills from making mulch to grafting a fruit tree.