Cass Turnbull
The Complete Guide to Landscape Design, Renovation, and Maintenance: A Practical Handbook for the Home Landscape Gardener.
Whitehall, Virginia: Betterway Publications, Inc., 1991. First printing. 1558702083 192 pages.
Large-format softcover volume, measuring approximately 8.75" x 11.25", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. Text appears in double columns. Numerous textual illustrations. This edition includes index.
Contents:
Part One: Pruning
Gardening is a virus
The science of pruning
Tools of the trade
Looking for dead wood
Timing
Pruning cane-growers
Pruning mounds
Pruning tree-likes
Pruning hedges
Shear madness
Fruit trees
How to prune a tree limb
Part Two: Renovating The Overgrown Yard
Begin to bring order out of chaos
Sorting out
Adding the lower story
Speaking and understanding gardenese
Getting rid of unwanted plants
Radical renovation
My tree's too big
Part Three: Designing and Installing a New Landscape
What makes a yard look good or bad
Map and hardscape
How to choose and arrange your plants
More unheeded advice
Installation How-tos and tricks
Part Four: Maintaining. Your Yard
Taking care of your yard
Weeds: hand-to-hand combat
Herbicides
Fertilizers and organics
Watering
Pests and diseases
A woman: a plan: an organization: plant amnesty!