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Synopsis This unique dictionary of gardening is an essential reference book for all students of agricultural sciences. It covers the whole range of terms related with gardening and includes essential entries from such fields as garden layouts, garden planning, terrace garden, kitchen gardens, hill gardens, floral arrangement, lawns, bonsai and dwarfing, garden sundries, nursery, garden operations, pots and pot culture. It also includes terms related with breeding cultivation, propagation processing, marketing and preservation and protection of garden plants viz fruits, flowers, vegetables, hedges, shrubs, annuals, palms, climbers, orchids, ferns, trees etc. Entries on many modern field, industrial and laboratory techniques are also included. Bold headwords provide quick and easy access to over 11000 entries chosen and written on the expert advice from experienced advisory board. Each entry in the dictionary has been defined with the utmost accuracy, completeness and easy readability to be readily accessible for students and professionals in agriculture. This dictionary achieves its purpose to give you an authoritative source to which you can turn with confidence for meaning and knowledge of the common, specialized and latest terms which have been introduced with the recent developments in horticulture. It also includes a guide to the use of the dictionary.