Books in Brief: The Green Thumb Book of Indoor Gardening

The Green Thumb Book of Indoor Gardening, by George Abraham (Prentice-Hall, $6.95). The secret of having a “green thumb” is acquiring, by precept or example, a knowledge of how things grow— that is, the basic requirements for every plant, from germination to the lovely vision the gardener has in his head. As in cooking, once the basic ideas are grasped, it is easy to follow specific cultural recipes. If you don’t know a gardener to learn from, Mr. Abraham excels as a mentor because he sensibly assumes the beginner knows nothing and provides just those elementary points (e.g., which end of a bulb is up?) most gardening books take for granted. The more experienced gardener will find literally hundreds of useful tips (e.g., how to sterilize flower pots with Clorox). E. MERRITT

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The Green Thumb Book of Indoor Gardening, by George Abraham (Prentice-Hall, $6.95). The secret of having a “green thumb” is acquiring, by precept or example, a knowledge of how things grow— that is, the basic requirements for every plant, from germination to the lovely vision the gardener has in his head. As in cooking, once the basic ideas are grasped, it is easy to follow specific cultural recipes. If you don’t know a gardener to learn from, Mr. Abraham excels as a mentor because he sensibly assumes the beginner knows nothing and provides just those elementary points (e.g., which end of a bulb is up?) most gardening books take for granted. The more experienced gardener will find literally hundreds of useful tips (e.g., how to sterilize flower pots with Clorox). E. MERRITT