Patience, H. Cordon Culture of Apples.
1st. Ed. Pub. G.T. Cheshire & Sons. [c.1935] pp.60, xi with b/w. photos. 8vo. Contents fine. Original cloth boards vg.
A book detailing the techniques for growing apples as cordons. Cordon culture involves training apple trees into a compact, single-stemmed form, ideal for small spaces or growing multiple varieties.
£12.00 [ref: 71466]

Pavey, G.A. Creative Gardening for Busy People.
Pub. Andre Deutsch. 1999 pp. 160 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£3.00 [ref: 40794]

Pavord, A. The Naming of Names. The search for order in the world of plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2005 pp.471 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. From the lib. of Sylvia Landsberg. Fine softback.
The ‘Naming of Names’ is about the men who searched for the rules of nature’s game. What were plants to be called? What were the similarities and differences? How should they be grouped and ordered?
£10.00 [ref: 62407]

Pavord, A. The Naming of Names. The search for order in the world of plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2005 pp.471 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in gently sunned o/w. fine dw.
The ‘Naming of Names’ is about the men who searched for the rules of nature’s game. What were plants to be called? What were the similarities and differences? How should they be grouped and ordered?
£9.00 [ref: 62638]

Pavord, A. The New Kitchen Garden. A Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruit and Herbs, with Design Ideas and Planting Schemes for all Types of Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. D.K. 1996 pp.208 with col. photos. and text figs. throughout. 4to. Light spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£4.50 [ref: 46738]

Pavord, Anna. Plant Partners. Creative plant associations for perennials.
1st. Ed. Pub. D.K. 2001 pp. 240 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. with light sunning to spine.
Here Anna Pavord suggests 60 plants that she feels deserve a place in every garden and to accompany each of them, two ideal partners. She shows season by season, how to create planting associations that juxtapose texture, shape, colour and scent. In this she uses herbaceous perennials, annuals and bulbs.
£15.00 [ref: 64172]

Paxton, Joseph. A Pocket Botanical Dictionary. Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of all Plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms.
1st. Ed. Pub. J. Andrews. 1840 pp.ix, 354. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Inscription to ffep. Contents nr. fine. Original decorated cloth boards with spine relaid in vg. condition.
Joseph Paxton (1802-65) was Head Gardener of the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire. This book is a compendium of cultivated plant names, with countries of origin and dates of first introduction. Generic names are given their derivations, and descriptive botanical terms are concisely defined. English names are cross-referenced to their latin equivalents.
£27.50 [ref: 69906]

Payne, M. David Nash at Kew Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2012 pp.96 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine softback. Boldly signed by David Nash to title page.
Documents a major exhibition of David Nash’s works at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew held between 2012 and 2013.
£75.00 [ref: 60027]

Pearkes, G. Vinegrowing in Britain.
2nd. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1989 pp.xii, 330 with figs. in text. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
This is the preferred, completely revised and updated edition of the standard text book on vine growing in Britain.
£14.00 [ref: 46039]

Pearson, Dan. with Shintani, Midori. Tokachi Millennium Forest. Pioneering a New Way of Gardening with Nature.
1st. Ed. 1st. Print. Pub. Filbert Press. 2020 pp.283 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Bookplate signed by Dan Pearson. Fine hardback.
A stunning work, beautifully illustrated and both informative and inspirational. This book illustrates a new strand of naturalistic gardening which in this context, brings together the culture, aesthetics and horticultural practices of East and West.
£35.00 [ref: 65424]