Description ABOUT THE BOOK This book includes brief description and methods of growing ornamental plants like trees, shrubs, climbers, annuals, palms, ferns, grasses and cacti and succulents, etc. Moreover, principles of landscaping, garden styles and different types of gardens have also been included in the book. There is a special mention on the role of ornamental plants in controlling environmental pollution. Designing of gardens, maintenance of lawn, hedges and edges, rockery, topiary, etc. all have been beautifully placed to make it useful. The book provides an eye view of special type of gardens. Bonsai making and flower arrangement has been dealt with. Application CAD has also been give for the benefit of students. An endeavour has been made to provide useful and latest information on various aspects of landscaping. The long felt demand of the students in landscaping and ornamental horticulture has prompted us to take the initiative in writing this book. This book is written following the syllabus recommended by the 5th Dean’s Committee of ICAR for colleges and universities of India. It has been written in a simple and easy to understandable language. CONTENT NO. TITLE PAGE PREFACE 3 SYLLABUS 4 ABOUT THE BOOK 7 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 8 CHAPTERS 1 Importance and Scope of Landscaping 9-22 2 Principles of Landscaping 23-33 3 Garden Styles and Types 34-40 4 Garden Components 41-63 5 Garden Adornments 64-82 6 Perennials 83-91 7 Trees 92-100 8 Shrubs 101-116 9 Climber and Creepers 117-126 10 Annuals 127-137 11 Palms 138-141 12 Ferns 142-145 13 Ornamental Grasses 146-156 14 Cacti & Succulents 157-163 15 Pot Plants 164-190 16 Bio-Aesthetic Planning 191-198 17 Roof Garden 199-201 18 Water Garden 202-207 19 Marsh (or) Bog Garden 208-210 20 Terrarium 211-221 21 Rock Garden 222-225 22 Gravel Gardens 226-227 23 Terrace Garden 228-234 24 Vertical Garden 235-245 25 Hanging Baskats- Skyscraper’s Gardens 246-249 26 Interiorscaping / indoor Gardens 250-259 27 Hanging Baskets and window Boxes 260-263 28 Window Garden 264-266 29 Landscaping of Urban and Rural Areas 267-282 30 Landscaping of Public Places 283-285 31 Landscape design for Railway Stations, Bus Terminals, Dam Sites, Hydroelectric Stations, River Banks 286-293 32 Bonsai 294-305 33 Flower Arrangement 306-328 34 Lawn: Establishment and maintence 329-350 35 C.A.D. Application 351-359 36 Xeriscaping 360-380 ABOUT THE AUTHOR L.L. Somani is Retired Director Resident instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He went to Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia for undertaking Post-Doctoral work (1975-77). He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 175 scholarly books in various fields of agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honored with several academic excellence awards for his outstanding achievements (he has been honoured by University merit Award, Dhiru Morarji Memorial prize and Vijay Shree). The world development parliament also honored him with honorary award DOCTOR OF SCIENCE.
