A Pictionary of Bulbous and Rhizomatous Garden Plants covers about 80 ornamental bulbous and rhizomatous plants from tropical, subtropical and temperate regions. This highly illustrated book, comprising over 150 colour pictures, is unique in its exhaustive coverage and structure. The plants are classified into two parts, viz., Part I and II; in each part the entries are arranged in alphabetical order by botanical names, providing information about the most prevalent common name together with other common names in use, the family to which it belongs, chief morphological and floral features, the nativity and their aesthetic value. The book not only provides the botanical features but also the time of sowing and flowering of each plant. It is difficult to give universally valid recommendations for agronomic and cultural practices for bulbous plants as they are grown under different ecological and economic conditions in different climatic zones. However, the general cultural practices such as soil requirements, planting time and depths; fertilizing, mulching, flowering season and storage, etc., are given for each, although it varies from region to region. The planting and flowering time given under each entry pertain to India under geographical range 8°–30°N and 68°–97.5°E, thus covering diverse climatic conditions from tropical, subtropical to the temperate.