Ferns to Know and Grow

by F. Gordon Foster

Book Overview

Provides detailed information on fern identification, culture, and propagation. This is a black-and-white edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088192234X
• ISBN13: 9780881922349
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Belongs in the fern-collector's library

Foster's book delivers what it advertises. It is both an old-fashioned identification book and resource for shade and woodland gardeners. The beginning of the book covers necessary information about biology, natural history, cultivation, and propagation of ferns. The rest of the book is a collection of detailed species descriptions with line drawings accompanying each. The book concludes with a comprehensive chart covering the highlights of all species covered in the book.This book loses a star due to the lack of photos in the identification section. There are black and white photos in the early sections of the book, but the species descriptions have only line drawings. This gives the book the feel of a traditional botanist's identification guide, but photos would increased the utility of the ID section.