Lazarus, M. et al. The Paradise Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. National Mus. Wales. 1997 pp.76 with col. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. With 4-page illustrated invitation to the exhibition opening loosely inserted.
Exhibition catalogue illustrating the National Museum of Wales’s collection of botanical illustrations held in 1997.
£10.00 [ref: 66355]

Le Blond, Mrs. A. The Old Gardens of Italy. How to visit them.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Lane, The Bodley Head. 1912 pp.xiii, 177 with b/w. photos. & illus., plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. A little light spotting to prelims and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with front board illustration and gilt lettering to spine in nr. fine condition.
A traveller’s guide to the old gardens of Italy, conscientiously researched by the author in order to determine which gardens were accessible to the visitor.
£35.00 [ref: 71348]

le Lievre, A. Miss Willmott of Warley Place. Her Life and Her Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Faber and Faber. 1980 pp.240 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gently sunned spine.
Miss Ellen Willmott was associated with the great gardeners who were her contemporaries and friends - among them Gertrude Jekyll, William Robinson and E.A. Bowles. Brief accounts of her life, her notability and sometimes her notoriety, have intrigued those who have come upon them. This biography is the result of wide and careful research.
£30.00 [ref: 68034]

Le Rougetal, Hazel. The Chelsea Gardener. Philip Miller 1691-1771.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nat. Hist. Mus. 1990 pp.212 with 16 coloured plates and 90 monochrome illus. 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £14.95.
Between the years 1722-1770, under the care of Philip Miller, the apothecaries’ physic Garden at Chelsea became the most richly stocked botanic garden in Europe. This informed account places Miller’s work in the context of eighteenth-century horticulture, whilst giving a fascinating overview of events of the time.
£10.00 [ref: 54060]

Leeds, R. Bulbs in Containers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2005 pp.224 with col. & b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine.
This book throws light on the incredible versatility and sheer range of bulbs now available to the plant enthusiast. Whether it is the elegant tessellated fritillary or the floriferous climbing codonopsis that catches your eye, this inspiring book is bound to spark off a renaissance of bulb planting in the gardens of all who read it.
£8.00 [ref: 43303]

Leeds, R. The Plantfinder’s Guide to Early Bulbs.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles / Timber Press. 2000 pp.192 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This book covers early-flowering bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes, including many tried-and-tested favourites as well as more challenging and rare bulbs to tempt the adventurous grower.
£5.00 [ref: 64159]

Lees-Milne, A. and Verey, R. The Englishman’s Garden.
Pub. Allen Lane. 1982 pp.154 with b/w. and colour photographs. A vg. copy in sl. faded dw.
£5.00 [ref: 40765]

Lees-Milne, Alvide and Verey, Rosemary (Eds.). The New Englishwoman’s Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chatto and Windus. 1987 pp.151 with colour photos. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£12.00 [ref: 65783]

Lennox-Boyd, A. Designing Gardens
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances LIncoln. 2002 pp.216 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Upper corner gently bumped o/w. fine hardback in fine dw.
Fully illustrated with examples of design ideas and garden plans.
£25.00 [ref: 64171]

LeRoy Davidson, B. Lewisias.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2000 pp.236 with colour photos., illus., & dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gently sunned spine.
The first substantial monograph on a fascinating genus of rock plants from the western American mountains.
£7.50 [ref: 71585]