Grosvenor, G. Growing Irises.
Pub. Kangaroo Press. 1984 pp.88 with b/w. and colour photographs and text figs. Previous owner’s bookplate to front paste-down otherwise a vg. copy. Softback.
Contains a very good list of cultivars from Australia and New Zealand.
£10.00 [ref: 46940]

Grubb, N.H. Cherries.
1st. Ed. Pub. Crosby Lockwood. 1949 pp.viii, 186, xviii with 12 colour plates and b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and ends o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards nr. fine.
An essential guide for all those who grow or work with cherries.
£9.00 [ref: 66627]

view all images for this item

H.M.S.O. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. An illustrated guide.
3rd. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1959 pp.126 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. Fascinating.
£10.00 [ref: 51653]

Hadfield, M. Topiary and Ornamental Hedges. Their History and Cultivation.
1st. Ed. Pub. A. & C. Black. 1971 pp.100 with b/w. photos. throughout. Small 4to. Ex- Lib. VG. plus hardback in vg. plus. dw.
An historical survey of the art of topiary, paying particular attention to the 17th century, with a list of suitable plants and their treatment.
£5.00 [ref: 69746]

Hadfield, M., et al. British Gardeners. A Biographical Dictionary.
1st. Ed. Pub. Zwemmer. 1980 pp.320 with plates and many other illus., plans. VG. hardback in vg. dw.
£20.00 [ref: 39830]

Hansell, P. & J. Doves and Dovecotes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Millstream. 1988 pp.248 with colour & b/w. photos and line drawings throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This was the first substantial account of dovecotes and their inhabitants for 50 years. Chapters cover subjects including that of the bird itself, its culinary and medicinal use, early domestication, the first and later dovecotes in England and Wales, interiors, management, ruins and restoration.
£8.50 [ref: 35022]

Harding, W. Saxifrages. The Genus Saxifraga in the wild and in cultivation.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Rep. Pub. A.G.S. 1981 pp.134 with b/w. photographs. 8vo. Fine softback, gently sunned to spine.
£3.00 [ref: 64732]

Harvey, S. and Rettig, S. (Eds.). Fifty Years of Landscape Design. 1934-84.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Landscape Press. 1985 pp.168 with b/w. photos. & plans. 4to. Fine softback.
This book traces the development of landscape architecture in Britain since 1935 and how landscape architects have become involved in every aspect of environmental design.
£18.00 [ref: 70079]

Hawthorn, R. (Ed.). Dawson’s Practical Lawncraft.
7th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Crosby. 1977 pp.ix, 313 with b/w. photographs and text figs. 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw.
£20.00 [ref: 49286]

Herda, D.J. Growing Trees Indoors. The complete guide to selection and care.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nelson Hall. 1979 pp.254 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Feint, scattered foxing to fore-edge of text block. A vg. softback.
£5.00 [ref: 51649]