Would you love to have beautiful plants

in your home or garden--but are too busy

or too lazy to care for them? Do you travel

frequently and need plants which can sur-

vive periods without care? Or perhaps you

commute between city and country homes

and must find a way to keep the plants in

each place healthy while you are not

there? If so, ~fi ;,:~!J~dc;v(?~:~is

for you.

Filled with useful tips to help even the

most negligent of plants lovers, this de-

lightful, illustrated guide shows how to

eliminate elaborate watering, feeding,

lighting and transplanting rituals--and

keep your plants blooming with almost no

effort at all! No more playing sweet music

to your African violets, or talking gently

to your bromeliad, or spending hours

misting your ferns. Here at last are prac-

tical, no-nonsense methods that take the

mystery out of plant care.

The key to successful lazy gardening is

choosing the right plants for your partic-

ular home environment. Step by step, the

book shows you how to measure the light,

temperature and humidity in your rooms

and then select the ideal plants for these

conditions; how and where to shop for

your plants; how to minimize the water-

ing and grooming needed. For those who

are a little more adventurous, there are

detailed instructions for fertilizing, pot-

ting, pruning and controlling pests--the

easy way.