MAXWELLS FLORIDA Outstanding Horticultural Books
Beginning in 1959, professional entomologist and plant pathologist Lewis S. Maxwell penned a highly successful and classic series of Florida horticultural handbooks edited by his biologist wife, Betty M. Maxwell. Teamed together, the couple was also well known for publishing the long-running bi-monthly Florida Garden Guide=A9, a mainstay of the gardening community which was made available to customers complimentarily by local nurseries and other horticulture related businesses, and which enjoyed more than 33 years of continuous publication.
In print since the early 1960s, the books have sold well over 800,000 copies. These mainstays are used as texts for educational purposes throughout Florida and are especially helpful to new home owners and other newcomers to Florida gardening as well as to those maintaining second homes in Florida. Individually or as a set, the handbooks make marvelous gifts.
The titles available in the series include:
FLORIDA FLOWERS: Plants and Bulbs ISBN 0-9613240-6-6
FLORIDA FRUIT: Fresh Fruit for the Home, How to Choose and Grow Them ISBN 09613240-5-8
FLORIDA INSECTS: Their Habits and Control ISBN 0-9613240-4-X
FLORIDA LAWNS AND GARDENS: Florida Garden Calendar and Planting Guide ISBN 0-9613240-2-3
FLORIDA PLANT SELECTOR: A Guide to Choice and Use of Over 100 Landscape Plants ISBN 0-9613240-0-7
FLORIDA TREES AND PALMS: Trees are Permanent, How to Choose and Grow Them ISBN 0-9613240-1-5 and
FLORIDA VEGETABLES: How to Grow Them ISBN 0-9613240-3-1.
"Information from this experienced professional and fellow gardener's books has helped gardeners around the state."
- Bette Smith, Gardening Correspondent, St. Petersburg Times, 1991.
"I recently obtained a copy of one of your publications...an excellent little book!"
- Sandy M., Sebastian, Florida, April, 2005.
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