Hibberd, Shirley. The Amateur’s Flower Garden. A Handy Guide to the Formation and Management of the Flower Garden and The Cultivation of Garden Flowers.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Croom Helm 1986 pp.[viii], 284 with colour illus. plates and wood engravings. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£12.50 [ref: 64236]

Hibberd, Shirley. The Amateur’s Kitchen Garden. Frame-ground and forcing pit: A handy guide to the formation and management of the kitchen garden and the cultivation of useful vegetables and fruits.
1st. Ed. Pub. Groombridge. 1877 pp.vi, 306 with 6 colour plates & b/w. illus., plus publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Spotting to ends, only very occ. minor spotting elsewhere o/w. contents fine. A little spine lean. Original decorated cloth boards thor. vg. Scarce.
James Shirley Hibberd was one of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Victorian era. He was a best-selling editor of three gardening magazines, including Amateur Gardening, the only 19th-century gardening magazine still being published today.
£75.00 [ref: 69912]

Hobday, Edward. Villa Gardening. A Handbook for Amateur and Practical Gardeners.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1887 pp.555. 8vo. Hardback. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards vg. plus.
Considers ornamental gardening, plant culture under glass, hardy fruit culture, fruit culture under glass and the vegetable garden. Also presents a monthly calendar of work.
£16.50 [ref: 71352]

Hobhouse, P. & Wood, C. Painted Gardens. English Watercolours 1850-1914.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pavilion. 1988 pp.208 with colour illus. throughout. Small 4to. Inscription to front paste down and signature to ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw.
Late Victorian and Edwardian patronage of the arts led to the commissioning of the foremost garden designers of the period and a group of remarkable artists who recorded their splendid gardens. This is a fascinating look at more than 100 such paintings ranging from the Yew Alley at Rockingham Castle to the Paved Garden at Gravetye Manor and the famed double Herbaceous Border at Arley Hall.
£7.50 [ref: 71984]

Hobhouse, Penelope. Flower Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 1991 pp.215 with col. photos throughout. 4to. Small ownership label. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
Hobhouse discusses the contribution of flowers to different garden styles and has selected some 700 of the best flowering plants in a comprehensive catalogue giving full cultivation details.
£5.00 [ref: 66928]

Holmes, C. Water Lilies and Bory Latour-Marliac. The genius behind Monet’s Water Lilies.
1st. Ed. Garden Art Press. 2015 pp.207 with col. photos., b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £29.99.
A comprehensive account of the introduction of water lilies into European culture, largely through the passion and devotion of one man, Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac (1830-1911). A large section is dedicated to detailing Hardy Water Lilies cultivated by gardeners today.
£18.50 [ref: 56526]

Hope, F.J. & Johnstone, A.J.H. (Ed.). Notes and Thoughts on Gardens and Woodlands. Written chiefly for Amateurs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan & Co. 1881 pp.xxii, 312. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original gilt decorated blue cloth boards lightly rubbed, o/w. in fine condition. From the library of Charles Saville Roundell (1827-1906), British author and MP, with his name and address to front paste down. A undated letter from Olga Landsberg written to Mrs Berkeley (of Spetchley Park, Worcester) loosely inserted. Scarce.
An advocate of naturalistic planting and complimentary colour schemes as early as the mid-19th century, Frances Jane Hope (1822-1880) originally wrote the articles reprinted in this work (printed posthumously), for the journals ‘Gardener’s Chronicle’ and ‘The Garden’.
£75.00 [ref: 61271]

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Howells, J. Choosing your Clematis.
Pub. Garden Art Press. 2003 pp.143 with colour photographs. A vg. copy in same dw.
£10.00 [ref: 41017]

Howells, J. Clematis. The Montanas. A Book for Gardeners.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2005 pp.216 with colour photos throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Montanas are the most popular of the Clematis family. This book explains the history of each variety, their strengths and weaknesses, how to choose the right one for the right place and provides advice on cultivation and display.
£8.00 [ref: 71372]

Howells, J. Trouble Free Clematis. The Viticellas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 1998 pp.191 with col. photos. and drawings throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A valuable, practical, guide and the most comprehensive book to date on the subject of Viticellas.
£25.00 [ref: 66625]