The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants by Christopher Brickell (HC/DJ)

Comprehensive, detailed, and beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, this alphabetical guide to some 15,000 ornamental plants is an essential reference for all gardeners and horticulturists.

Plants are arranged alphabetcially by their botanical names for fast, straightforward access, and previous names and common names appear as cross-references throughout the main text. There is also a separate common name index at the end of the book, so any plant can be quickly located, even without its current botanical name.