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Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation Hardcover – January 1, 1993

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    208 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Timber Press
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1993
  5. Dimensions
    1 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0881922323
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0881922325
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Timber Press; First Edition (January 1, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0881922323
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0881922325
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches
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theFoodist
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book!
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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Beautiful book, I bought as a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law. She and my son both really liked it. It has great photographs, and lots of useful information.
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5.0 out of 5 stars als review
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2010
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i hiley recomend this for beginers or indestrey bying this book was the best thing i could have done to laern all i needed to about growing or coltevating popies of all spiecies and how they grow in the garden or in the wild
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Warren Magliacano
4.0 out of 5 stars Poppies A guide to poppies in the wild and in cultivation
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2001
Poppies is a well written and well organized book covering the main subfamilies and genera of the poppy species. Illustrations are included to clarify the in depth descriptions. This book is best suited for someone with a biology/botony background. I would not recomend this book to the casual gardener, as it is more of a college level text, complete with scientific names. The color plate in the middle of the book was a nice addition.
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Linda
3.0 out of 5 stars Defective pages
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2020
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PDJ
2.0 out of 5 stars Decent book, but I was expecting more.
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2008
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This is definitely a good book for a general overview on poppies. It has info on tons of different strains and species of the plant, but that's exactly where I think this book has it's weakness.

This book is very much quantity over quality. The author covers many different types of poppies but doesn't give too much information on them other than a basic overview. I was hoping the book would focus on the few popular species of poppy (rhoeas, orental, somniferum, Eschscholzia, etc.) giving thorough information then dividing the various species into less detailed strain descriptions.

The pictures are nice, but I wish they were with the various sections and not only in the middle pages.

Overall I say this book isn't that great. I don't know of one, but there must be a better book on poppies out there.
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1.0 out of 5 stars worthless
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2018
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Flower illustrations only on cover. Very sparse.
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suecitysue
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2015
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Not as colorful as the cover shows. But, it's okay.
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yap
2.0 out of 5 stars nice book from a botanical point of view !!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2011
plus - great for botanists

minus - how to grow, not so many images, images should have been on each page.

however it is a detailed book.
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P.Ilou
4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive.
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2015
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Comprehensive, exactly what I was looking for.
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Noel
5.0 out of 5 stars Addicted
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2014
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Addicted to poppies? This will feed the need, a wonderful book about all the different branches of the poppy family and how you can make them your own. Add to that wonderful photographs and what more do you need to be in poppy heaven other than perhaps a couple of acres of land in full dry sun, with shadey moist valleys and oh - an exposed himalayan mountainside for those Meconopsis Napaulensis.
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Linda dobson
3.0 out of 5 stars not practical
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 12, 2014
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very detailed book, but not what i required. i thought this book would be more practical.
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David Parnham
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2015
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Beautiful book well written and the main reference for the genus
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