Phalaenopsis Species by: Chiba Masaaki publisher: Chiba Masaaki Phalaenopsis Species Publishing Society, published: 2002-04 ASIN: 499013740X
	The Seventy Prepositions: Poems (New California Poetry, 10) by: Carol Snow publisher: University of California Press, published: 2004-04-19 ASIN: 0520240812 sales rank: 1949467 price: $2.97 (new), $1.95 (used)
Carol Snow's award-winning poetry has been admired and celebrated as "work of difficult beauty" (Robert Hass), "ever restless, ever re-framing the frame of reference" (Boston Review), teaching us "how brutally self-transforming a verbal action can be when undertaken in good faith" (Jorie Graham). In this, her third volume, Snow continues to mine the language to its most mysterious depths and to explore the possibilities its meanings and mechanics hold for definition, transformation, and emotional truth. These poems place us before, and in, language--as we stand before, and in, the world. The Seventy Prepositions comprises three suites of poems. The first, "Vocabulary Sentences," reflects on words and reality by taking as a formal motif the sort of sentences used to test vocabulary skills in elementary school. The poems of the second suite, "Vantage," gather loosely around questions of perspective and perception. The closing suite finds its inspiration in the Japanese dry-landscape gardens known as karesansui, such as the famous rock garden at Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto. Here the poet approaches composition as one faces a "miniature Zen garden," choosing and positioning words rather than stones, formally, precisely, evocatively.
	Koi Fish - Your Outdoor Koi Pond by: James Louis publisher: James Louis, published: 2009-01-11 ASIN: B001PBF4WC sales rank: 179352
Welcome to the wonderful world of raising Koi fish in your outdoor Koi pond. While this is a "hobby" that takes time, effort, and patience, more and more people are finding Koi ponds to be a great investment not only because of their enthusiasm for the fish, but for the pond itself - the sense of escape, of peace, of harmony that a good Koi pond can bring a person. For many, having a Koi pond is like having a wilderness temple all to themselves. That escape from stress and the rigors of an increasingly busy and stressful society can be one of the many major benefits of an outdoor Koi pond. A Koi pond is a small, enclosed pond that is dependent on recirculating fresh water to keep Koi healthy. The Koi is a fish that originated in Japan, and is named Nishikigoi by the Japanese. The Nishikigoi, or Koi, were developed in Japan over two hundred years ago and are not big gold fish, despite their beautiful appearance, but are actually related to the common carp. Koi ponds are specifically designed for these fish.
	HOW TO TAKE CARE OF FRUIT TREES published: 2009-07-22 ASIN: B002IPH7L0 sales rank: 231323
	Making a Rock Garden by: Marybeth Adams publisher: James J. Jones, published: 2008-11-03 ASIN: B001K3IJSG sales rank: 245351
In Europe, particularly in England, the rock garden is an established institution with a distinct following. The English works on the subject alone form a considerable bibliography. On this side of the Atlantic, the rock garden is so little understood that it is an almost unconsidered factor in the beautifying of the home grounds. There are a few notable rock gardens in this country, all on large estates, and in more instances some excellent work has been done on a smaller and less complicated scale either by actual creation or by taking advantage of natural opportunities. But for the most part America has confined its rock garden vision principally to the so-called "rockery." Now a rockery, with all the good intentions lying behind it, is not a rock garden. It is no more a rock garden than a line of cedars planted in an exact circle would be a wood. A rockery is generally a lot of stones stuck in a pile of soil or, worse yet, a circular array of stones filled in with soil. A rock garden, above all else, is not artificial; at least, so far as appearance goes. It is a garden with rocks. The rocks may be few or many, they may have been disposed by nature or the hand of man; but always the effect is naturalistic, if not actually natural. The rock garden's one and only creed is nature. Here, in a nutshell, are not only the natural variations of the rock garden, but the inspiration. No rock garden worthy of the name has ever been created by man that did not depend upon a study of those that nature has given the world in prodigal abundance. There were the why and the how of it all, and man simply saw and made use of his observations. The advantages of a rock garden are, primarily, an element of picturesqueness that nothing else can provide, and the possession of a place in which can be grown some of the loveliest flowers on earth that, if they flourish at all, will never do as well in the ordinary garden as in conditions more or less approximating their natural habitat. Also it may be made a[Pg 5] pleasance of extraordinary attractiveness. Occasionally—and here is one of the most important things to be learned about the rock garden—it is the veritable key to the garden situation; there are small places where no other kind is worth while, if indeed it is possible.

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