Floriculture:
Principles and Species - Covers most of the potted flowering crop
and greenhouse-grown flower species. Includes general production information
and details on specific crops -- cultivars, propagation, flowering
control and dormancy, temperature, light, water, carbon dioxide, nutrition,
media, height control, spacing, pinching and disbudding, support,
schedule and timing, insects, diseases, physiological disorders, and
post-harvest handling. By John M. Dole and Harold F. Wilkins.
Field
Grown Cut Flowers - Includes production systems, labor requirements
and inof on how to grow eight of the most popular outdoor-produced
cut flowers. By Alan Stevens.
Specialty
Cut Flowers - Includes brief overview of trends, domestic and
foreign production, and postharvest care. Extensive coverage of annual,
perennial, bulbous, and woody species for commercial cut flower production.
By Alan Armitage and Judy Laushman.