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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 584.9
EAN: 9780743200660
ISBN: 0743200667
Label: Simon & Schuster Australia
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Australia
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: August 01, 2000
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Studio: Simon & Schuster Australia




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'Each year during the shoot season, we stand spellbound in our beautiful botanical garden, gazing in awe at the newly emerging shoots of tropical giant bamboos. They thrust the earth aside in great clods as they heave their mighty bulk from beneath the earth.'

The object of this book is to communicate a wealth of knowledge, both scientific and practical, to those with little knowledge of the fabulous clumping bamboos of the world. Few people seem to be aware of the existence of these clumping bamboos. Their experience and attitudes have been soured by the invasive running bamboos.

The Western world is not yet taking clumping bamboos seriously. Most Asian countries treat this fastest growing, annually renewable resource with great reverence. Bamboo feeds them, houses them, graces and shades their environment. It is used to make their musical instruments, cooking and eating utensils, furniture, hunting weapons, and ceremonial artifacts. It even provides the reinforcement for their concrete. Bamboo provides their carrying and storage baskets, lamps and lampshades, ropes and strings, roof tiles and hats, and has hundreds of other practical and spiritual uses.

Bamboo World distils simple practical advice on using bamboo for a wealth of applications. It draws on both traditional village technology and modern scientific research, accumulated over the author's many years of travel, practice, research, growing, and association with village communities and scientists from many countries.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Warning!
I ordered this book in Nov 2006, and it still has not shipped, yet Amazon are still quoting 4-6 weeks shipping!

As I live in Oz this will bump the price up by $12 as there is no way to add books to my order that are in stock..... Grrrr!

Latest shipping date is March 14, this is the second update since November.

The one star is for Amazon, not the book. :)



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Well pleased
I live in an area of So. FL. which was devastated by Wilma. Australian pines which had been my sight and sound barrier were destroyed. I decided to plant bamboo as a perimeter, but was in a quandry about how to proceed, except that I didn't want runners.I have looked at other "bamboo" books without enthusiasm. I ordered this book sight-unseen, because it sounded perfect for me. And it is perfect for my needs. It deals with everything I want to know (such as propogation) and many things I think I ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very detailed and very useful
This book is very detailed and reads very easily. Victor's passion for bamboo is obvious and he provides detailed information on just about every aspect of working with bamboo. He gives useful information on identifying, planting, caring for, harvesting and construction using a huge variety of bamboos. He includes great information on building joints for bamboo and different treatment styles. There's even a few DIY projects included to help you build furniture or even a small shelter.

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great book
This is a very comprehensive book about bamboo. The diagrams and pictures are very good at showing everything you might want to know about bamboo. It has lots of pictures of projects that you can make with bamboo and has lots of connecting strategies for working with it. Some of the other books I've seen have been a little more limited in this. The only negative I saw was that the pictures look a little dated. (70's ish) Not a big deal though. Definitely worth the price.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - excellent and comprehensive
An excellent resource which I have used extensively both for agricultural research as well as for my home garden. The most comprehensive guide to bamboo culture that I have come across. Highly recommended.




 

 

 

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