Kenney, Neil. An Illustrated Guide to Japanese Maples. For Garden Planting and Pots.
1st. Ed. Pub. Larchfield Trees. 2015 pp.130 illustrated in colour throughout. 8vo. New softback.
Highly recommended. Practical information and tips, easy-to-follow and do. Deals with propagation, repotting, maintenance, pruning, pests and diseases. Neil Kenney has won 14 RHS Gold medals for his work with Maples and not surprisingly was featured in the BBC’s coverage of RHS Chelsea 2021.
£14.95 [ref: 48973]
Kirk, W.D.J. and Howes, F.N. Plants for Bees. A Guide to the Plants that Benefit the Bees of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. IBRA 2012 pp.311 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hdbk. in new dw.
Highly recommended.
£35.00 [ref: 52943]
Kooluris Dobbs, L. and Dobbs, K. The Gardens of the Vatican.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2009 pp.159 with colour photographs throughout. Large 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £20.00.
£15.00 [ref: 51631]
Ligne, Prince Charles-Joseph de. Coup d’Oeil at Beloeil and a Great Number of European Gardens. Translated and edited by Basil Guy.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. California. 1991 pp.xvii, 295 with numerous b/w illus., plans & text decorations. 4to. Fine hdbk in thor., vg. dw.
A translation, with supporting commentary, of the 1795 edition of ‘Coup d’Oeil at Beloeil’. In this work the Prince’s “comprehensive glance” or coup d’eoil, ranges beyond Beleoil to gardens that he visited throughout the length and breadth of Europe before the French revolution.
£20.00 [ref: 19154]
Livingstone, K. Essential Arts and Crafts.
Pub. V&A Publications. 2005 pp.96 with colour photographs. A new hardback copy. In-print at £14.99.
Explains the origins, myths and multiplicity of the Arts and Crafts movement.
£10.00 [ref: 47874]
Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd. The London Town Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Univ. Press. 2001 pp.xiii, 289 with 200 fine illus, plans and designs. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Top corners gently bumped. RRP £40.00.
The author recognises the contribution of modest domestic gardens to the texture of eighteenth and early nineteenth century of London.
£30.00 [ref: 49930]
Macoboy, Stirling. The Colour Dictionary of Camellias.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lansdowne Press. 1981 pp.208 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. Folio. Contents fine. Original boards nr. fine with a little spotting to top edges. In thor. vg. dw. with gentle sunning to spine.
Almost 2,000 species and cultivars, with detailed descriptions of over 1,000 of them and photographs of more than 400 in rich, lifelike colour.
£15.00 [ref: 59365]
Marder, J. Water-Efficient Gardening.
Pub. Crowood 2009 pp.160 with colour photographs and other figs. throughout. 4to. New softback. RRP £14.99.
A handbook for making the most of water in gardening. From choosing a style and landscape design, to picking appropriate plants; from techniques to prevent wastage, to a general outline of the natural science of water-efficiency.
£8.00 [ref: 44652]
Martell, Charles. Native Apples of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2014 pp.xiv, 246 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback.
£48.00 [ref: 54733]
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Martell, Charles. Native Apples of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2014 pp.xiv, 246 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
£23.50 [ref: 54732]
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