The Famous Parks and Gardens. Described and Illustrated.
1st. Pub. T. Nelson. 1880 pp.x, 230 with 93 engravings. A little wear to the gilt designed boards. Contents vg.
£80.00 [ref: 24595]
Anderson, James. The New Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturalist.
Pub. William Mackenzie. c.1875 pp, 988 with chromolithographed plates and engravings. Rebound in brown buckram boards and gilt leather labels. Some foxing, o/w a good to vg copy.
£180.00 [ref: 28893]
Baines, T. Greenhouse and Stove Plants, Flowering and fine Leaved Palms, Ferns and Lycopodiums.
1st. Pub. John Murray. 1894 pp.362 with engraved frontis. and other plates. A very good copy with some light spotting on front boards.
£20.00 [ref: 34170]
Barnhaven Seeds. Primrose Seeds by Barnhaven.
Pub. Barnhaven. 1979 pp. 34 with photographs. Previous owners name on front cover, o/w. a vg. copy.
£5.00 [ref: 33434]
Bean, W.J. Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles.
8th Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1980 Four volumes in fine condition in similar dw’s. Now very scarce.
Still the definitive text on the subject.
£375.00 [ref: 38710]
Booth, C.O. An Encyclopaedia of Annual & Biennial Garden Plants.
Pub. Faber. 1957 pp. 488 with some b/w. photographic plates. Contents very clean. Overall a vg. copy in good dw.
In this very detailed work every aspect of the cultivation of annual and biennial plants, both in private gardens and on commercial holdings are covered.
£25.00 [ref: 37105]
Bown, D. 4 Gardens in One. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
1st. Pub. HMSO. 1992 pp. 211 profusely illus. with colour photographs. VG. in card covers.
£12.00 [ref: 33933]
Brickell, C. The RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening. The Definitive Practical Guide to Gardening Techniques, Planning and Maintenance, and to Growing Flowering Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables.
Rep. Pub. DK. 1993 pp. 648 with colour photographs, line drawings and figs. throughout. A vg. copy in similar dw.
A very comprehensive, practical gardening guide for amateur and professional gardeners alike. Over 3,000 specially commisioned colour photographs, including 400 step-by-step sequences - more than any other single guide on gardening. Shows the reader how to plan and implement techniques - from transplanting a young tree, to challenging tasks such as hybridizing a rose.
£25.00 [ref: 38631]
Brickell, C. The RHS Gardener’s Encyclopedia. Plants and Flowers.
Rep. Pub. DK. 1993 pp. 608 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in nr. vg. dw.
A very comprehensive guide to garden plants, including over 8,000 plants available today - 4,000 of them featured in full-colour photographs. With text from a team of specialist plant experts, this superb book is designed to be the plantsman’s bible, a standard work of reference for every gardening bookshelf.
£25.00 [ref: 38630]
Brickell, C. & Sharman, F. The Vanishing Garden. A Conservation Guide to Garden Plants.
1st. Pub. John Murray. 1986 pp.261 with 80 coloured photographs. A fine copy in dw.
£10.00 [ref: 23228]