Complete Handbook of Cacti and SucculentsDetails the characteristics of succulents in their natural environments and describes their cultivation as indoor and greenhouse plants |
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Contents
Foreword by Maurice Mason | 7 |
General Distribution | 13 |
Epiphytes and RainForest Cacti and Succulents | 21 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Complete Handbook of Cacti and Succulents |
| Author | Clive Innes |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 8, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0442241224, 9780442241223 |
| Length | 272 pages |
| Subjects | › Gardening / General |
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