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Ingels, Jack E.

Landscaping : principles and practices / Jack E. Ingels. - 6th edition - Australia ; Singapore : Thomson Delmar learning, c2004 - xvii, 498 p. : ill.(some col.); 24 cm.

Contents
SECTION 1: Landscape design 2
Chapter 1: Using drawing instruments 4
Chapter 2: Lettering 14
Chapter 3: Graphic materials and techniques 27
Chapter 4: The site 59
Chapter 5: The landscape process 76
Chapter 6: The outdoor room concept 87
Chapter 7: Plant selection
Chapter 8: The principles of design 139
Chapter 9: Flowers 161
Chapter 10: Xeriscaping 172
Chapter 11: Hardscape 190
Chapter 12: Enrichment 220
Chapter 13: Landscaping in the age of technology 231
Chapter 14: Pricing the proposed design 243

SECTION 2: Landscape contracting 258
Chapter 15: Landscape calculations
Chapter 16: Understanding contracts and contractors 260
Chapter 17: Contract documents 285
Chapter 18: Specifications
Chapter 19: Human resources: the needs and opportunities
Chapter 20: Installing landscape plants
Chapter 21: Selecting the proper grass
Chapter 22: Lawn construction
Chapter 23: Landscape irrigation
Chapter 24. Interior plantscaping

SECTION 3: Landscape maintenance
Chapter 25: Maintaining landscape plants
Chapter 26: Plant injuries: identification and care
Chapter 27: Care of the lawn
Chapter 28: Winterization of the landscape 437
Chapter 29: Pricing landscape maintenance 454
Chapter 30: Safety in the landscape industry 467



Glossary : p. 479-487 . _ Index : p. 488-498

ISBN: 9781401834104 1401834108

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landscaping industry
Landscape architecture
Landscape gardening

Dewey Class. No.: 712 / ING