Dullforce, Dr. W.M. Scientific Horticulture. Quarterly Journal of the Horticultural Education Association. Vol. 30 No.1.
Pub. HEA. 1978 pp.iv, 30 with 2 plates and other figs.
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Duncan, Graham. The Genus Lachenalia.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2012 pp.480 with over 300 colour photos., supporting botanical illustrations & line drawings. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £130.00.
The first complete, illustrated systematic monograph of this horticulturally important and botanically diverse group of 133 species; it includes ten species and one subspecies that are new to science.
£60.00 [ref: 49107]

Dutton, G. Some branch against the sky. The practice and principles of marginal gardening.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1997 pp.191 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Fascinating, charmingly written and very insightful. Season-by-season descriptions as a molecular biologist carves out an ecologically balanced garden on a Highland hillside.
£10.00 [ref: 64585]

Earle, Alice Morse. Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday. Garden Delights which are here displayed in very truth and are moreover regarded as emblems.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan & Co. 1902 pp.xxiii, 461 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents fine. Some sections uncut. Original decorated boards with gilt lettering exceptional and in fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
This work begins with a detailed treatise on all aspects of sun-dials, from classification, through construction, to the setting of sun-dials; followed by what are essentially a series of essays, on Roses and the theme of the Rose as an emblem, including a chapter on the Rosicrucians, a mysterious sect that arose in Europe in the 17th Century.
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Earle, Mrs. C.W. et al. Garden Colour. Notes & Water Colour Sketches by Margaret Waterfield.
2nd. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1905 pp.xvi, 196 with colour frontis. and 44 colour plates. 4to. Hardback. TEG. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt lettered dark blue boards, in thor. vg. condition.
Divided into four sections thus : Spring by Mrs C.W. Earle, Summer by Eleanor Vere Boyle, Autumn by Rose Kingsley, and Winter by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs.
£40.00 [ref: 60609]

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Eckstein, E. George Samuel Elgood. His Life and Work. 1851-1943.
Pub. Alpine Fine Arts. 1995 pp.ix, 230 with colour plates throughout. A fine copy in vg. dw.
This is the only existing record of the life and work of the artist George Samuel Elgood, who painted over 1000 watercolours.
£20.00 [ref: 37133]

Elliott, J. Alpines in Sinks and Troughs.
Pub. A.G.S. 1991 pp.36 with colour photographs and line drawings. A vg. copy. Softback.
£3.00 [ref: 46989]

Elliott, J. Bulbs for the Rock Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1995 pp.160 with col. photos. and line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An excellent book on the use of bulbs in the rock garden with the accent on cultivation and practical advice.
£6.00 [ref: 42880]

Ellis, P.R. et al. Pests and Diseases of Alpine Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. AGS. 1993 pp.320 with col. plates, line drawings and charts. Large 8vo. Fine hardback.
A well thought out, comprehensive guide.
£5.00 [ref: 33920]

Erhardt, W. Hemerocallis. Daylilies.
Pub. Batsford. 1992 pp.160 with colour photographs. A vg. copy in same dw.
£18.00 [ref: 41018]