"This handbook explains all aspects of nursery practice and management, including propagation (preparation of cuttings, production from cuttings, other propagation methods, propagating media, micropropagation), nursery production (composts and fertilizers, growing on, pests and diseases), nursery management (economic planning, marketing, simple planning, choosing a plan, computers, planning labour, allowing for inflation, setting up in business) and an A-Z genera section with 200 entries, identifying uses and methods of propagation. Written for commercial nurserymen, it is also suitable for horticultural societies, start-up garden centre businesses, trainers and career. " --Publisher description.