Lady Wilkinson. Weeds and Wild Flowers: Their Uses, Legends, and Literature.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Van Voorst. 1858 pp.x, 421 with 12 hand coloured plates, further b/w. illus and 16-page Van Voorst catalogue dated December 1858. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Some minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
£150.00 [ref: 60788]

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Landsberg, S. The Medieval Garden.
Pub. Brit. Mus. nd. pp.144 with colour plates, photographs and figs. A vg. plus copy in same dw.
£15.00 [ref: 39653]

Lassus, B. The Landscape Approach.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Pennsylvania Press. 1998 pp.xiv, 196 with colour, b/w. photos., illus and plans throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
With this collection of the writings of leading French landscape architect, Bernard Lassus, translated into English, his contributions can finally be fully appreciated by a wider audience.
£30.00 [ref: 59892]

Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick. Sir Uvedale Price on the Picturesque. With an Essay on the Origin of Taste, and much original matter.
Pub. Caldwell, Lloyd & Co., Edinburgh; Wm. S. Orr & Co., London. 1842 pp.xxvi, 586 with 60 illus. designed and drawn on wood plus lovely illustrated 4-page catalogue for Austin and Sealey. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Some neat, early notes in pencil to blank margins. Original richly decorated (gilt and blind tooled) binding in vg. plus condition, lightly rubbed at extremities.
£140.00 [ref: 31958]

Law, Ernest. Shakespeare’s Garden. Stratford-upon-Avon.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Basil Blackwell. 1924 pp.34 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Some spotting to text leaves o/w. contents fine, in vg. pictorial card covers.
The story of how a piece of land in Stratford became known as Shakespeare’s garden. Although little is certain, one of the best known features was a Mulberry tree, known to have been planted by himself, presumably in 1609, when James I issued a proclamation to all loyal owners of land to plant Mulberry trees in order to promote the cultivation of the silk-worm.
£10.00 [ref: 69838]

Laws, B. Artists’ Gardens.
1st. Ed. Thus Pub. Bounty Books. 2005 pp.192 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
‘From Rubens in Antwerp to Jennifer Bartlett in New York, from the quintessentially English gardens of William Morris and Gertrude Jekyll to Frida Kahlo’s exotic Mexican home. An intriguing insight into how artists have shaped gardens - and how gardens have shaped artists’.
£22.00 [ref: 63711]

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Lawson, A.H. Bamboos. A Gardener’s Guide to their Cultivation in Temperate Climates.
Pub. Faber. 1968 pp.192 with b/w. photographs and other figs. A vg. copy in same dw.
The standard work on this subject.
£25.00 [ref: 40983]

Lawson, W. [with] Marriottt, J. [with] Austen, R. A New Orchard and Garden [with] Knots for Gardens [with] A Treatise of Fruit-Trees.
Facs. Ed. Pub. Garland. 1982 With illustrations. 8vo. Spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a nr. fine hardback. With informed notes in pencil to front endpapers and occ. to contents.
Faithful facsimiles of these three important early works, published in 1618, 1625 and 1653, respectively. With introductory notes by John Dixon Hunt.
£65.00 [ref: 69911]

Lawson, William, A New Orchard and Garden. with The Country Housewives Garden.
Facs. Ed. Pub. The Cresset Press. 1927 pp.xxvi, 116 with b/w. illus. 8vo. TEG. Signature. Two works in facsimile, with a Preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. Fine hardback in good to vg. dw. No. 434 of a limited edition of 650.
Clergyman William Lawson (d. 1635) was a keen and experienced gardener. He distilled the fruits of his knowledge into these two books along with practical beekeeping advice (published in the 17th Century) and they remain very much treasured amongst early gardening literature.
£75.00 [ref: 59880]

Lazarus, M. The Paradise Garden.
Pub. National Mus. Wales. 1997 pp.76 with colour plates throughout. A vg. plus copy in card covers.
£4.00 [ref: 40787]