Davis, T.D. et al. (Eds.). Adventitious Root Formation in Cuttings. Advances in Plant Sciences Series Volume 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dioscorides Press. 1988 pp.315 with b/w. figs., and tables. Large 8vo. A nr. fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned.
The first comprehensive treatment of the striking of roots from above ground parts of plants.
£10.00 [ref: 56916]

Davis, Terence. The Architecture of John Nash.
1st. Ed. Pub. Studio. 1960 pp.137 with b/w. photos., plans and illus. 4to. From the library of Nigel Temple with his name and bookplate to ffep., and he has loosely inserted two related articles at front. A thor. vg. hdbk.
£15.00 [ref: 52515]

de Nolhac, Pierre. Les Jardins de Versailles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Goupil. 1906 pp.185 with fine b/w. photographs and reproductions of paintings. Folio. Softback. Contents fine. French text. Covers spotted, as is the Publisher’s slipcase, both in thor. vg. condition.
A superb work beginning with an introduction to the garden’s history. Wonderfully illustrated with black and white photographs of the garden, its statuary and fountains. Also features reproductions of artwork (17th century onwards) depicting panoramas and the layout of the garden alongside portraits of the key people involved in the development of the garden.
£40.00 [ref: 61253]

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de Rothschild, N. The Exbury Nerine Collection. The Catalogue of the Exbury / Vico nerines.
Pub. Blurb. 2010 pp.[44] with col. photos. throughout. Small 8vo. Fine hardback. Title page inscribed by the author Nicholas de Rothschild and Theo Herselman of Exbury Gardens. Scarce.
The definitive photographic catalogue of the nerine collection at Exbury in the UK. This is one of the finest collections of these plants in the world.
£17.50 [ref: 71604]

de Yarburgh-Bateson, Nina. Dried Flowers. The Art of Preserving and Arranging.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lutterworth Press. 1972. pp.169 with col. & b/w photos. 4to. Author’s signature to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
In this book the author describes the techniques she has evolved from years of experiment in pressing leaves, preserving flower-heads, varnishing seed-heads and drying grasses, mosses and lichens.
£10.00 [ref: 64389]

Dela-Croix, N. Britain’s Inspirational Gardens.
Pub. Garden Answers. 2004 pp.160 with colour photographs and other illus. A vg. copy in same dw.
£4.00 [ref: 40779]

Delamer, E.S. The Kitchen & Flower Garden.
New Ed. Pub. George Routledge. [1856] pp.viii, 184, viii, 181 with hand-col. frontis, b/w. text figs. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Cords of two sections stretched o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards vg. plus. Scarce.
In two parts with the first concerning vegetable gardening and the second, flower growing.
£27.50 [ref: 70016]

Dennison, Matthew. Behind the Mask. The Life of Vita Sackville-West.
Pub. William Collins. 2015 pp.xix, 364 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. New softback.
A biography of Vita Sackville-West - the celebrated author and poet, and the recluse who found in nature and her garden at Sissinghurst Castle, solace from the contradictions of her extraordinary life.
£9.99 [ref: 54739]

Desmond, R. Bibliography of British Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. St. Paul’s Bibliographies. 1984 pp.viii, 318 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Robin Whalley’s signture to ffep. With publisher’s errata slip. Good to vg. hardback.
Ray Desmond’s classic work
£12.00 [ref: 69774]

De’ Medici, Lorenza. The Renaissance of Italian Gardens.
1st. Pub. Pavilion. 1990 pp. 192 with many fine coloured photos. Fine copy in vg. dw.
Lorenza de Medici guides her readers in a second renaissance by selecting twenty-five of her favourite masterpieces of garden design. Many passionate gardeners have rebuilt ancient gardens on the evidence of archives, or have set about designing completely new landscapes.
£20.00 [ref: 39085]