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Jerry Baker's Happy, Healthy Houseplants
by Jerry Baker
ISBN: 0452262119
ISBN-13: 9780452262119
Format: Paperback
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Summary
How to keep house plants in good shape and contented, including nine emergency steps for saving plants in danger of imminent demise.
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Publisher: Penguin USA
Published date: 1991
Size: 7.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
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Jerry Baker's Happy Healthy Houseplants
Jerry Baker
Plume. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Jerry Baker's Happy, Healthy House Plants [Houseplants]
Baker, Jerry
Penguin Books, 1985. Large Softcover. Very Good. Minimal shelf wear.. CONTENTS: Introduction; What Am I Looking For? Selection; Who's Who in House Plants Brief Profiles of their Likes and Needs; Take Your House Plants Shopping for Furniture Interior Decorating with House Plants; What's a Nice Plant Like You Doing in a Dumb Pot Like This? Containers; The Light Side of House Plants Lighting; All Water Ain't Holy Watering; House Plants All Suffer from Anorexia Feeding; Getting Hot Under the Collar Just Makes People and Plants Old Quicker Temperature, Humidity, Air Circulation, and Fresh Air; No Plant Wants to Live in a Bughouse Insect Identification and Control; And You Think Herpes Is Bad? Disease Control; Would You Like to See My Incision? Or, Let Me Slip into Something Comfortable Propagation and Planting; Glasshouse Gang! Home Greenhouse Growing; You're in Trouble! Spotting Problems; Not-So-Top-Secret Tricks and Tips Better, Cheaper Plant Care; The Something-Special Plant Groups Gift Plants, hanging Baskets, Terrariums, Cacti, Orchids, Etc; Tough Questions to Find Answers to Practical Advice, Quick Solutions; Index. ( more information)
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Jerry Baker's Happy Healthy Houseplants
Baker, Jerry
Plume. PAPERBACK. 0452262119 Good Condition softcover, cover has wear, no marks on the reading pages, Cover has wear to include creases, edgewear, stains, and tears. Text has age tone and discoloration. Back cover is torn and missing, Text has stains, binding is good, spine creases, good reading copy.100% Satisfaction . Good. ( more information)
Offered by Magikal Journeys Books, Inc. (United States)
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Happy Healthy House Plants
Baker, Jerry
New York.: New American Library.. (1985).. Soft covers.. 0452262119 . Text foxed. Binding firm. ISBN 0452262119.; 268 pages . ( more information)
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JERRY BAKER'S HAPPY, HEALTHY HOUSE PLANTS
Baker, Jerry
1985 . Baker, Jerry. JERRY BAKER'S HAPPY, HEALTHY HOUSE PLANTS. NY: Plume Books, c1985. later printing. 268pp. index, illus. Erv Zachmann. Imperial 8vo. Fine softcover copy $10.00 ( more information)
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Jerry Baker's HAPPY, HEALTHY HOUSE PLANTS
Baker, Jerry
New York, New York: The New American Library, 1985. Small quarto, softcover, pictorial wraps. Pages beginning to brown else VG. (first few pages are brown at corner, maybe coffee stain) 268 pgs. If your African violets are shrinking and your fern is about finished this is your book. Everything you need to know about houseplants and what they need to thrive. Great comic drawings, a breezy, fun style and down-to-earth facts you can really use.. Illus. by Zachmann, Erv. ( more information)
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