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Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts and Other Miniatures

A delightful book that encourages gardeners to pay closer attention to the subtle beauty of miniature landscapes and introduces one of the glories of Japanese gardens into American designs.

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The author writes entertainingly of mosses on rocks and walls, in containers, and as a lush ground cover, and he presents a gallery of his favorite moss species.

Awards for this book: American Horticultural Society Book Award Garden Writers Association of America Award of Excellence.

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Author: George H. Schenk

Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated

Date: Mar. 1, 1997

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