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The House Plant Expert: The world's best-selling book on house plants (Expert books) Paperback - 1992

by Dr. D. G. Hessayon

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A guide to choosing and caring for indoor plants. This aims to present information on a variety of plants in an easy-to-follow format. The world’s bestselling plant book with hundreds of illustrations in color.

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Dr Hessayon is the world’s best-selling horticultural author - his Expert series of gardening books have sold over 53 million copies. He has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth who created him an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to British horticulture. He has been honoured by a leading newspaper which included him in its list of ‘60 Truly Great Elizabethans’ because “he has taught millions of us how to garden with his wonderful do-it-yourself guides”. He has been honoured by Guinness World Records as “the top-selling living author of the 1990s”. He has been honoured at the National British Book Awards with the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.
 
The Expert style is hard to define. According to the Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society “Dr Hessayon perfected a manner of presentation which has yet to be surpassed for clarity, intelligibility and ease of access”. According to The Times “he invented a formula of clear, uncluttered advice and illustrations with a superbly logical layout”.
 
There are 21 Expert titles in the series which have been enjoyed by gardeners all round the world. The House Plant Expert  has now passed sales of one million copies in both the U.S and Russia.

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“Everything you have ever needed to know on the subject.” Daily Telegraph

“The House Plant Expert is informative and excellent value.” The Guardian

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Dr Hessayon is the world s best-selling horticultural author - his Expert series of gardening books have sold over 53 million copies. He has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth who created him an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to British horticulture. He has been honoured by a leading newspaper which included him in its list of 60 Truly Great Elizabethans because he has taught millions of us how to garden with his wonderful do-it-yourself guides . He has been honoured by Guinness World Records as the top-selling living author of the 1990s . He has been honoured at the National British Book Awards with the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Expert style is hard to define. According to the Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society Dr Hessayon perfected a manner of presentation which has yet to be surpassed for clarity, intelligibility and ease of access . According to The Times he invented a formula of clear, uncluttered advice and illustrations with a superbly logical layout .
There are 21 Expert titles in the series which have been enjoyed by gardeners all round the world. The House Plant Expert has now passed sales of one million copies in both the U.S and Russia.

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