Christabel Beck - Fritillaries, a Gardener&Apos;S Introduction to the Genus Fritillaria

London, Faber and Faber, 1953. First edition. Cloth. Christabel Beck's study of the genus Fritillaria, with four colour plates and forty black and white illustrations Lifelong gardener Christabel Beck's detailed account of Fritillaria, a genus of plants in the lily family. With four colour plates, forty black and white illustrations, collated and complete. Comprised of seven chapters on the early history of the genus, the structure of the plant, how they propagate, and how to cultivate them, with a descriptive list of species to the rear. Beck hunted plants all over the British Isles, Palestine, Sweden and the Alps, and had a keen interested in Fritillaria which she cultivated herself. Shropshire county library stamp and pen markings to verso to the title page. Remains of a sticker to the rear paste down. Shropshire library stamp and the remains of a yellow library sticker to the rear endpaper. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. A little rubbed to the boards and the spine. Lightly bumped to the head and tail of the spine with some minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Jessie M. Browton; Bernard Murray; J.E. Downward; Paul Furse; L.F. La Cour; Richard Hobbs. Very Good .

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