Bennett, M. Pulmonarias and the Borage Family.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 2003 pp.240 with colour photos. and line drawings. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
A comprehensive account of the family Boraginaceae in the wild and in cultivation. Detailed advice on growing and propagating all members of the family. Tips on choosing the right garden habitat for each species and on combining different plants to form natural-looking associations.
£10.00 [ref: 64150]

Bennett, M. Pulmonarias and the Borage Family.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2003 pp.240 with colour photos. and line drawings. 4to. New hardback in new dw.
A comprehensive account of the family Boraginaceae in the wild and in cultivation. Detailed advice on growing and propagating all members of the family. Tips on choosing the right garden habitat for each species and on combining different plants to form natural-looking associations.
£25.00 [ref: 61095]

Bentley, M. Growing Plants Without Soil. (Vermiculaponics).
1st. South African Ed. Pub. Hydro-Chemical Industries Ltd. 1955 pp.212 with over 200 colour and b/w. photos. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in good plus dw. with a little loss to extremities.
‘The author, after years of experimenting with a new growing medium has evolved a simple system which all can follow. The medium used is Vermiculite and with this mineral and closely following the directions explicitly detailed in this book you will achieve results which will astonish and delight you.’
£15.00 [ref: 64589]

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Beth Chatto. The Beth Chatto Gardens 1960 - 2010. Celebrating Fifty Years.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Beth Chatto Gardens. 2010 pp.80 beautifully illustrated with col. & b/w. photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce.
A commemorative publication - a mix of a Catalogue and a look back at Beth Chatto’s gardening experiences over 50 years. It begins with 50 plants that can tolerate drought, shade and water and has many contributions from fellow gardeners, garden writers and designers, friends and enthusiasts.
£19.50 [ref: 69806]

Betts, E.M. Thomas Jefferson’s Garden’s Book - 1766-1824. With relevant extracts from his other writings.
Rep. Pub. The American Philosophical Society. 1974 pp.xiv, 704 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
‘This ‘Garden Book’ contains the most varied entries of all of Jefferson’s memorandum books. The book that began as a diary of the garden became a written repository for numerous interests of Jefferson. The entries range from contracts with overseers, plans for building roads and fish ponds, and observations on the greatest flood in Albermarle, to comments on Mrs. Wythe’s wine and figures on the number of strawberries in a pint.’.
£45.00 [ref: 68232]

Biggs, M. et al. Gardener’s Question Time Plant Chooser.
Pub. BBC. 2003 pp.416 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in sl. torn dw.
£8.00 [ref: 40786]

Billington, Jill. Colour Your Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. The RHS. 2004 pp.192 profusely illustrated with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
Helps gardeners understand all aspects of colour in the garden including suggested plants and associations that can evoke a variety of moods and atmospheres.
£5.00 [ref: 49994]

Bird, R. Cassell’s Directory of Climbers and Wall Shrubs. Everything you need to create a garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 2000 pp.112 with colour photos and illus., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An instant reference to more than 250 plants.
£5.00 [ref: 46995]

Bishop, Matt. (et al). Snowdrops. A monograph of cultivated galanthus.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Griffin Press. 2006 pp.xi, 369 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The preferred edition. A superb work, repinted in 2006 (first published in 2001) and revised to include additional index to cultivar names, and updated section on snowdrop suppliers and gardens.
£175.00 [ref: 71632]

Blaikie, T. (& Birrell, F. (Ed.)). Diary of a Scotch Gardener. At the French Court at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
1st. Ed. Pub. George Routledge. 1931 pp. xii, 256 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Neat inscription dated 1931 to ffep. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg.
Scottish botanist Thomas Blaikie (1751–1838), a favourite of Marie Antoinette, designed some of the most famous gardens in France. From 1775 to 1792, he kept a diary which gives a unique insight into the social history of revolutionary France.
£14.00 [ref: 71360]