Beckett, E. Vegetables for Home and Exhibition.
1st. Ed. Pub. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1908 pp.[viii], 398 with b/w. photos., plus 20 pages of relevant adverts bound to front and rear. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original green cloth boards in vg. condition, showing a little wear.
A detailed work. Chapters on soil preparation, crop rotation, tools, preparing and exhibiting vegetables, herbs and salads, diseases and enemies. Also a monthly calendar of kitchen garden work.
£15.00 [ref: 55845]

Beckett, K. Encyclopaedia of Alpines.
1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Society. 1993 Two volume set with 543 colour photographic plates, and line drawings. 8vo. Hardbacks. A very nr. fine set.
Still the definitive work on Alpines, giving the uses and culture of each genus and a description of the species therein.
£250.00 [ref: 41344]

Beeton, Samuel Orchart. The Book of Garden Management:
New. Ed. Pub. Ward, Lock and Tyler. 1871 pp.viii, 760 with frontis., colour and b/w. plates (complete), many figs. in text. 8vo. Name and address neatly written on verso of title page. Contents in thor. vg. condition. Original decorated boards. Spine neatly relaid, retaining original end-papers (which feature adverts). A vg. copy.
A comprehensive guide for gardeners and fruit & vegetable growers of the period.
£65.00 [ref: 52721]

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Bellamy, David. The Queen’s Hidden Gardens. Buckingham Palace’s Treasury of Wild Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1984 pp.224 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Botanical paintings by Marjorie Lyon. 4to. A fine hardback in good dw.
£10.00 [ref: 56089]

Bentley, Dr. M. Commercial Hydroponics. Facts and Figures.
Pub. Bendon Books. 1959 pp.xvii, 750 with colour and b/w. plates. Some cockling to contents more so at front of book. Top corner of the first 70 pages showing some creasing and light bumping otherwise contents bright and clean. Binding in vg. condition. Scarce.Limited to 1000 copies of which this no. 690.
Written more so as an encyclopaedia style text rather than a simple facts and figures book. Interesting.
£30.00 [ref: 41636]

Berjman, S. & Bowe, P. The Garden Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Phaidon. 2000 pp.512 with colour photos. throughout. Royal 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw.
Presenting 500 of the world’s most influential garden-makers and their art, arranged in A-Z order and superbly illustrated in colour.
£20.00 [ref: 55276]

Berrall, J.S. The Garden. An Illustrated History from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day.
Pub. Thames & Hudson. 1967 pp.388 with plates throughout. Fine in near fine dw.
£9.00 [ref: 31863]

Beutler, L. Gardening With Clematis. Design and Cultivation.
Pub. Timber Press. 2004 pp.300 with colour photographs throughout. A fine copy in same dw.
£20.00 [ref: 41007]

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. Small Gardens with Style.
Pub. BCA. 1994 pp.144 with illus. Vg. in dw.
£9.50 [ref: 39971]