Grenfell, D. Hosta. The Flowering Foliage Plant.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1990 pp.208 with 49 colour plates and b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
The first fully comprehensive study of the genus Hosta with chapters covering cultivation and propagation and advice on how to combat pests and diseases.
£7.50 [ref: 41392]

Grenfell, D. & Shadrack, M. The New Encyclopedia of Hostas.
Rev. Ed. 2nd. Prt. Pub. Timber Press. 2009 pp.470 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
An authoritative, very well illustrated, reference book describing over seven hundred cultivated hostas.
£40.00 [ref: 71375]

Grey, Charles Hervey. Hardy Bulbs. Including half-hardy bulbs and tuberous and fibrous-rooted plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Williams and Norgate. 1937-38 Three volume set with colour and b/w. illus. plates. Royal 8vo. Minor scattered foxing to fore-edge of text block, o/w. thor. vg. hardbacks in good/vg. dws. (loss to two spines) all now protected in clear, loose fitting, plastic covers.
A very detailed, and still highly sought after by amateurs and professionals alike. Colour plates by Cecily Grey.
£120.00 [ref: 56075]

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Grey-Wilson, C. Dionysias. The Genus in the Wild and in Cultivation [with] Supplement and Key (1976).
1st. Ed. Pub Alpine Garden Soc. 1969 & 1976 pp.110 and pp.16 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback set.
£15.00 [ref: 58511]

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Grey-Wilson, C. Poppies. A Guide to the Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation.
Rev. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 2000 pp.256 with col. photos. & line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine. Title page signed by the author.
The first book devoted exclusively to these most loved and cherished of plants. The revised and updated edition.
£40.00 [ref: 71589]

Grey-Wilson, C. Poppies. The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1993 pp.208 with line drawings and colour plates. 8vo. Speckling to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
The first book devoted exclusively to these most loved and cherished of plants.
£10.00 [ref: 45579]

Grey-Wilson, C. The Genus Cyclamen.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG. Kew. 1988 pp.147 with col. & b/w., illus and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
Well illustrated and highly authoritative.
£10.00 [ref: 71055]

Grey-Wilson, C. The Genus Dionysia.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.G.S. 1989 pp.ix, 172 with col. photos. and line drawings. Large 8vo. Light spotting to top edge of text block o/w. fine hardback in fine dw.
This is the most detailed survey yet published on Dionysias. It is authoritative and likely to remain the definitive book on the genus for many years.
£12.00 [ref: 66935]

Grieve, Mrs. M. A Modern Herbal. The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folklore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees with All Their Modern Scientific Uses.
Rep. Savvas with Jonathan Cape. 1984 pp.xv, 912 with text figs. Large 8vo. Fine hardback.
Originally published in 1931, ‘A Modern Herbal’ was considered the first comprehensive encyclopaedia of the uses of herbs since Culpeper, with descriptions, in alphabetical order, of over 1,000 English and American plants, giving the recipes for many, many remedies.
£25.00 [ref: 71591]

Griffith, Anna N. Collins Guide to Alpines and Rock Garden Plants.
3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1980 pp.320 with col. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg., laminated dw.
An excellent source of advice about the choice and cultivation of Alpines.
£5.00 [ref: 51148]