1 comments about Random House Book of Old Roses, The.

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   A wonderful book about roses, 5.75" X 8.25", with soft laminated full color cover. The inside illustrations, several on each page of the book, are beautifully photographed older varieties of roses, all in full color and very well done. If you want to be able to identify a particular variety of old garden rose (not bred for exhibition at a rose show or the florist's shop), this may be the book for you. If you are a rose lover, it is certainly a book you will want in your library.

   Joseph Pierre

No comments about Arreglos Florales/ Floral Arrangements.

2 comments about Old-Time Flowers and Butterflies Stickers (Pocket-Size Sticker Collections).

1. Average size is 1 inch by 2 inches. They are attractive stickers using more primary colors than pastels.



2. Old fashioned type stickers. Worth the money. Nice little booklet they come in makes them easy to keep track of. I would buy more stickers in this format.

1 comments about Dried Flower Techniques Book: Over 50 Techniques for Creating Beautiful Arrangements.

1. Gives a few basic pages on how to dry flowers using several different methods, then progresses to how to store and prepare them for arrangements. The rest of the book it taken up with detailed instructions on how to build a variety of different arrangements in different styles and for different occasions, like Christmas, thanksgiving, weddings etc. The Each double page offers several photographs along with the detailed instructions so you can build the finished arrangement they are showing. Excellent book for those wanting to get a feel for things or trying out a new method or arrangement.

No comments about Larger Rhododendron Species.

1 comments about Diseases and Pests of Ornamental Plants, 5th Edition.

1. Look up your plant and read through a whole list of common insect and disease problems for that species. It's that simple. The descriptions are concise and most of the major plant species and their problems are covered.
   
   A stong word of caution about this book. Pesticides come and go and the lables change. Since this book was published (1979), most of the chemicals recomended in it have gone off label and are no longer available. Check with your local Extension office for current control recomendations. Aside from that, this is still an excellent place to start for pest identification.

No comments about Preserved Flowers: Pressed & Dried.

1 comments about Flowers for the Table: Arrangements and Bouquets for All Seasons.

1. Such a beautiful book--I bought this book less for practical instruction and more for inspiration, and I was not disappointed. The arrangements are lush, elegant, classic with a twist. This is truly floral art. There are practical suggestions, and information about each of the flowers used is listed at the end of each section.

   I'm not sure how useful this book is for the novice (such as myself) but it offers beauty and inspiration, regardless of skill level.

3 comments about The Bridal Bouquet Book.

1. A really great book to get ideas for your bridal bouquet. I looked for something like this for my own wedding, but the only books available showed a couple dozen different bouquets or were how-to's (NOT for me!). This book shows hundreds and hundreds of different bouquets. You will absolutely find the bouquet style you want in this book. Dividing it by color was the best choice since that is how brides choose flowers - at least I did. I bought it to help my sister choose her bouquet and that of her attendants, but now the hard part is choosing from so many really beautiful pictures. Really fun to see this many bouquets in one book.



2. As a special event florist specializing in exclusive, high-end, wedding design, I own nearly 40 floral and floral design books that I use as reference (for myself and my clients) for my business. In my opinion, out of all the wedding design books I've ever seen, this book is the best bridal bouquet photo book in existance today. It's not a step-by-step, "how to" book so readers won't see any instructions for how to re-create the designs in the book. However, what they will see is a large, hardcover book that showcases a HUGE volume of photos of diversely-styled bouquets designed by many different floral designers (some well known and some up-and-coming) from across the US. The book also contains wedding resources pages and an introduction/foreward from the President of the Association for Wedding Professionals International.
   
   While many of the most recently published design books contain styles by only one or two designers, and often many of the pages in those books contain a great deal of filler text and filler photos (with only 1 bouquet photo per 1-2 pages, for example), this book contains multiple bouquet photos on the majority of pages. Overall (and I counted) throughout the book's 176 pages, there are 351 large and small photos of bouquets and 71 photos of bouts, corsages, hair flowers, etc. (that doesn't even include the 9 photos on the back and front cover). To see a sample of a few actual pages from the book, look at "See all customer images" in Amazon's photo gallery for this book listing.
   
   The bouquet styles, colors, and floral combinations pictured are current and not outdated like in many other wedding books that are still on bookstore shelves, and the majority of bouquets shown are in the highly popular "hand-tied" style. No price references are given in the book, but as a professional florist I can tell that a wide range of price points are represented. That's helpful so brides can see examples of beautiful bouquets in a variety of price ranges, including those that best fit their budget. Since purchasing the book, every client I've shown the book to has bookmarked an average of 7-15 bouquets they absolutely love, and the majority have selected a photo from this book for either their exact bouquet(s) or as a starting point for designing their bouquet(s). I cannot say enough good things about this book and how truly helpful it has been for my clients.
   
   One of the handiest features of the book is that it is organized by bouquet colors and feeling (such as Traditional, Fresh, Vibrant, Stately, Feminine, etc), and that has been extremely helpful as well as a time saver for my wedding/bridal clients. Although the book's cover photo isn't the most eye-catching (and does the book a huge injustice as many people do truly judge a book by it's cover) and the book's publisher isn't one of the powerhouse publishers that gets a lot of promotion or hype in the big bridal magazines, don't let either of those things fool you about what's inside of this book. There are more bouquet photos in this book than any other I've ever seen, the photography is nice, and the book's paper is weighty, high quality, and durable so it makes a great reference book. I highly recommend this to both brides and fellow florists who are looking for a a wide variety of bouquet colors and styles in one, comprehensive photo reference book.



3. Just bought this book because of the previous reviews. What a mistake. I've been doing highend weddings for 15 years and this stuff is sloppy and tacky. Lot's of photos but I think I counted 5 that I wouldn't be ashamed of.

1 comments about Mathematics for the Green Industry: Essential Calculations for Horticulture and Landscape Professionals.

1. I'm terribly math-challenged/phobic and have a terrible time with "creative math", but this text has greatly eased my fears of calculating fertilizer amounts, etc. This is easy to read and to follow, using the model problems. Well worth the time invested in reading through from cover to cover.