About the Book: Commercial Ornamental Crops: Cut Flowers
A book which deals with 36 individual cut flower crops (Achillea, Alstroemeria,
Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, Anemone, Anthurium, Antirrhinum, Callistephus
chinensis, Campanula, Centaurea, Dahlia, Delphinium, Dendranthema, Dianthus
caryophyllus, Digitalis, Eustoma, Gaillardia, Gerbera, Gladiolus, Gypsophila,
Helianthus, Heliconia, Iberis, Lilium, Limonium, Matthiola, Narcissus, Orchids,
Polianthes tuberosa, Rosa, Salpiglossis, Scabiosa, Solidago, Strelitzia, Tulipa,
Zantedeschia and Zinnia), and two separate groups of plants which are either
axillary to cut flowers or have included many other individuals to be used as
cut flowers, i.e. "Cut Foliage/Cut Greens and Other Fillers" and "Proteaceous
Ornamentals". Individual crops have covered almost all the aspects, viz.
Introduction, Origin, Uses, Botany, Classification