{"id":18,"date":"2020-01-29T02:23:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T07:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/plantidentification\/front-matter\/about-this-book\/"},"modified":"2020-09-15T15:43:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T19:43:54","slug":"about-this-book","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/plantidentification\/front-matter\/about-this-book\/","title":{"raw":"About This Book","rendered":"About This Book"},"content":{"raw":"<em>Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements<\/em> is an adaptation of KPU HORT 1155 Introduction to Plant Materials Lecture Notes. 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