Bentley, M. Growing Plants Without Soil. (Vermiculaponics).
1st. South African Ed. Pub. Hydro-Chemical Industries Ltd. 1955 pp.212 with over 200 colour and b/w. photos. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in good plus dw. with a little loss to extremities.
‘The author, after years of experimenting with a new growing medium has evolved a simple system which all can follow. The medium used is Vermiculite and with this mineral and closely following the directions explicitly detailed in this book you will achieve results which will astonish and delight you.’
£15.00 [ref: 64589]

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Biggs, M. et al. Gardener’s Question Time Plant Chooser.
Pub. BBC. 2003 pp.416 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in sl. torn dw.
£8.00 [ref: 40786]

Billington, Jill. Colour Your Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. The RHS. 2004 pp.192 profusely illustrated with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
Helps gardeners understand all aspects of colour in the garden including suggested plants and associations that can evoke a variety of moods and atmospheres.
£5.00 [ref: 49994]

Bird, R. Cassell’s Directory of Climbers and Wall Shrubs. Everything you need to create a garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 2000 pp.112 with colour photos and illus., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An instant reference to more than 250 plants.
£5.00 [ref: 46995]

Bishop, Matt. (et al). Snowdrops. A monograph of cultivated galanthus.
1st. Ed. Pub. Griffin Press. 2001 pp.xi, 369 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A superb work, the product of five years of research and careful observation. Written for gardeners, it presents a new look at the histories and descriptions of over 500 Galanthus cultivars, many of which are recorded here for the first time.
£175.00 [ref: 72333]

Bishop, Matt. (et al). Snowdrops. A monograph of cultivated galanthus.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Griffin Press. 2006 pp.xi, 369 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The preferred edition. A superb work, repinted in 2006 (first published in 2001) and revised to include additional index to cultivar names, and updated section on snowdrop suppliers and gardens.
£175.00 [ref: 71632]

Blanchard, J.W. Narcissus. A Guide to Wild Daffodils.
1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Society. 1990 pp.203 with 46 col. photos, line drawings and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Author’s signature to title page. Scarce.
Descriptions of over 150 species, varieties, forms and hybrids, all with detail including history, habit and cultivation.
£85.00 [ref: 71633]

Bloom, Alan. A Plantsman’s Perspective. Plants, people and places.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1987 pp.154. Large 8vo. With ‘Good wishes, Alan Bloom’ to ffep. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
Alan Bloom’s book describes a lifetime devoted to plants and gardening. Alan was the founder of Blooms of Bressingham and creator of the famous Bressingham Gardens.
£15.00 [ref: 64384]

Bloom, Alan. Mistress of Melthorpe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Aidan Ellis. 1996 pp.152. 8vo. With ‘Good wishes, Alan Bloom’ to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
‘Throughout his life, Alan Bloom has had the opportunity to work among people and study them. Mistress of Melthorpe is a gentle observation of how people live and love, and will appeal to all gardeners and lovers of romance.’
£10.00 [ref: 64385]

Bowe, P. & Dehart, M.D. Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Getty Publications. 2011 pp.159 with superb colour photos. throughout. 8vo. A fine softback.
An examination of the five villa gardens J. Paul Getty commissioned in California, looking at the ancient Roman garden design which inspired them, and the plants used to create them.
£10.00 [ref: 55103]