Fretwell, B. Clematis.
Pub. Collins. 1989 pp.160 with colour plates and other figs. Ex-Lib. A good to vg. copy in dustwrapper.
£6.00 [ref: 40991]
Friend, R.G.M. Growing Orchids in Your Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2004 pp.218 with colour photos. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The author provides more than 500 orchid choices for every garden situation and supplies practical cultivation information in thorough charts and tables.
£15.00 [ref: 47575]
Galle, Fred C. Azaleas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1985 pp.486 with col. photos and line drawings. 4to. Hardback. Small owner’s label. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Some spotting to boards in a thor. vg. dw.
Considers new cultivars, new colours and combinations. There are now over 6,000 cultivars from Japan, England, Holland, Belguim and Australian. Not only is there an exhaustive account of species and cultivars but other matters that concern both growers and gardeners including a chapter on landscaping, companion plants, culture, pests and diseases, hybridizing and bonsai.
£30.00 [ref: 66974]
Garrad, L.S. The Manx Garden.
Upd. Ed. Pub. Manx Heritage Foundation. 2003 pp.170 with colour and b/w. photos. throughout. Small 4to. Fine softback.
A celebration of Manx gardens and the gardeners who created them. Originally published in 1985 and here updated to cover the end of the 20th Century.
£18.00 [ref: 59319]
Gear, A. & J. Organic Gardening : The Whole Story.
1st. Ed. Pub. Watkins. 2009 pp.xix., 268 with colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The organic movement is at an all-time high and this book offers a grassroots guide to the birth, development and fundamentals of organic gardening.
£10.00 [ref: 64723]
Gildemeister, H. Gardening the Mediterranean Way. Practical Solutions for summer-dry climates.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thames & Hudson. 2004 pp.222 with 207 col. photos. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This is an important reference work for beginners and the experienced alike. The book is enhanced by a comphrehensive listing of drought-tolerant plants, which offers valuable information for gardeners keen to preserve the beauty of their gardens throughout the dry summer.
£17.50 [ref: 71048]
Giles, Will. Encyclopedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2007 pp.440 profusely illus. with colour photos. 4to. Hardback. Author’s signature to half-title. Fine in fine dw.
More than 1,500 plants are treated including Aroids, Bamboos, Bananas, Bromeliads, Succulents, Yuccas, Palms, Cycads and Restios.
£95.00 [ref: 64259]
Girouard, M. Life in the English Country House. A Social and Architectural History.
1st Ed. 9th. Printing, Pub. Yale Univ. Press. 1984 pp.v, 344 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. Large 8vo. Robin Whalley’s neat signature to half-title. Spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
The author traces the evolution of the English country house over the past five hundred years with an emphasis on social history.
£8.50 [ref: 69775]
Gloag, John. Mr Loudon’s England. The Life and Work of John Claudius Loudon, and his influence on architecture and furniture design.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oriel Press. 1970 pp.224 with b/w. photos. & line illus. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. to nr. fine hardback.
Although known primarily for his work as a botanist and landscape gardener this book is concerned with his effect on domestic architecture and furniture design in nineteenth century England.
£4.50 [ref: 70092]