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Garrison House Books

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	Handbook on Japanese Herbs and Their Uses (Brooklyn Botanic Garden record) Brooklyn, New York, Brookyln Botanic Garden, 1976, Second Printing. Soft Cover, Very Good/, Nice clean, tightly bound booklet of 72 pages measuring 6"x9" Only fault is former owner' name written at upper front corner and last name crossed out. Contents pristine. Illustrated with black and white photos. Discusses culinary and medicinal herbs, cooking crysanthemums, flower arrangements with herbs, a dictionary of herbs and recipes. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 16667K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CARLOFTIS, JON Beyond the Windowsill : Add Style to Your Home with the Beauty of Plants , Cool Springs Press, 2006, First Printing. (ISBN: 1591862639) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/, Crisp, beautiful BRAND new copy. Book's theme is plants as interior design, whether you lean towards a traditional decor or modern ambience. Includes profiles of 60 of the author's favorite indoor plants with info on easy care and mainenance. Color photos throughout. 191 pages. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 17196 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CORE, EARL L. The Flora of the Erie Islands; An Annotated List of Vascular Plants Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University, 1946. Soft Cover, Good-plus/, Clean and tightly bound. Sunning to plain gray wraps at top and spine and foxing to last blank page only. Nice full page photo of South Bass Isaland in winter at frontis. Illustrated throughout with small black and white photos. Much text offers info on the islands, their history, population and botanical investigation, as well as on their geology, soils, climate, and ecology. 106 pages. Indexed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 16796K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	EDDISON, SYDNEY A Passion for Daylilies: The Flowers and the People New York, New York, U.S.A., Henry Holt & Company, 1993, First Owl Edition. (ISBN: 0805026118) Soft, Very Good/Wraps, Very Good, Nice, clean copy. No spine crease, names or writing. Only faults are small crease to lower front corner and a tiny mark to front cover. Lengthy color illustrated article by the author from Fine Gardening Magazine laid-in. Pages and page edges pristine. Charmingly illustrated throughout. Much information on the flower and the people who brought it to the forefront of the gardening world. 322 pages Indexed. USD 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 16015 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	ISRAEL, BARBARA; HALES, MICHAEL Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Harry N Abrams Inc, 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0810942038) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Nice, clean attractive copy which has not been price-clipped. No names or writing. Only fault is short tear at crown of dustjacket spine. Most handsome in brand new mylar. Bookoffers a complete view of the garden ornament in America from 1740 to 1940 with chapters on fountains, urns, statues, sundials, seating, fencing and other such charming items. Gorgeous color photos show historic gardens which can serve as a springboard for your own ideas. There is also an illustrated catalogue of 300 items, each discussed in relation to its appearance in the American garden.Best of all, collectors will be pleased to find never-before published information on the makers of both American and European garden ornaments, including company dates and histories and maker's marks. There are 512 illustrations, including 100 color plates. USD 26.95 [Appr.: EURO 18 \| £UK 16.25 \| JP¥ 2379] Book number: 17537IN Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LAWRENCE, ELIZABETH The Little Bulbs; A Tale of Two Gardens Durham, Duke University Press, 1986, Reprint. Soft Cover, Fine/Wraps, Very Good, Crisp, clean copy with no names or writing and no spine crease. Pages pristine. Only fault is minor isolated spots of edgewear to back. Originally published in 1957. Covers all manner of bulbs including snowdrops, daffodils, cyclamen, colchicums and crocuses, wood sorrels, iris, lillies, some some amaryllids. Also discusses growing small bulbs in pots. Indexed. 248 pages. USD 7.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 702] Book number: 16033 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MCCLELLA Presenting Nature: The Historic Landscape Design of the National Park Service 1916-1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., United States Government Printing Office, 1994. (ISBN: 0160451361) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Ex-Library, Very Good/, We buy very few ex-library books, but made an exception for this one, as it's a meritous work now made more affordable. Contents are clean as a whistle, as is cover. Library faults as follows: stamp to top edge, sticker to spine reeneforced entire length with strong, clear library tape, one sticker to title page and discard stamp to final page. Illustrated with black and white photos. Written from the perspective of landscape architecture which played a tremendous role in the cultivation of the park system from 1916-1942. 314 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 16507K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MCRAE, JUDITH FREEMAN (EDITOR) The Lily Yearbook of the North American Lily Society Inc, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 Burlington, Vermont, North American Lily Society Inc. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Four very attractive hard bound books in nice clean condition with very little wear to boards. Pages are nice and clean and there are no names or markings.If you love lilies, these are a delight, as each volume is filled with articles and information useful to the grower, but also to the armchair gardener who prefers to just enjoy the beauty of the flowers. Each is illustrated with black and white photos and covers a wide array of topics. We can't list them all, but will offer highlights volume by volume. 1978 -- China's lilies; miniature lilies; our ancestor's lilies; a theory on disease resistance and susceptibility; breeding lilies on the Canadian prairies; cloning wood lilies; leaf scorch; the harvesting and storage of lily bulbs; and ten hints to make impossible crosses possible. 1979 -- How to run a lily show; lilies as winter-flowering houseplants; early fast forcing; hybridizing; Robert Simonet and the rescued lilies; the progress and expectations of lily culture in the Netherlands; the origin of the Michisan hybrids; a lily sanctuary at the Rae Selling Berry botanic garden; and the Halloween lily. 1980 -- Growth patterns and devlopments of lilies; lily hybridizing in Michigan; diagnosis of virus diseases in lilies; the Montana State University series of trumpet lilies; germinating and growing Asiatic lily seedlings; and lily breeding research at IVT in Wageningen. 1981 -- Tissue culture without intimidation; growing and hypridizing lilies in New Zealand; midwestern Oriental lilies; Botrytis at Honeywood; observations and experiences with native lilies in Korea; Easter lilies in Cos and Curry County history; and the Turk's-Cap lilies of Eastern North America. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 17575IN Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MITCHELL, HENRY BEDINGER Henry Mitchell on Gardening Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1998, First Printing. (ISBN: 0395878217) Hard Cover, Fine/Near Fine, Crisp, clean, copy with no names or writing. Dustjacket has been price-clipped and is protected by brand new mylar cover. Illustrated at the start of each month with charming drawings. Text is a collection of Henry Mitchell's final essays on gardening. For many years he wrote a column called "Earthman" for the Washington Post, an endeavor appreciated even by those who didn't share his love for gardening. 243 pages. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 17269 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MURFITT, REX Creating And Planting Alpine Gardens: How To Build Small Rock Gardens And Work With Alpine Plants Wayne, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., B B Mackey Books, 2005. (ISBN: 1893443078) Soft Cover, New/, Crisp, beautiful, BRAND NEW copy. Printed on high quality glossy paper and lllustrated with photos and drawings. A crash course in creating the perfect rock garden, including the author's opinions on best plants to choose. 232 pages. Two copies available. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 15084 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NAU, JIM Ball Perennial Manual: Propagation and Production Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A., Ball Publishing, 1996, Later Printing. (ISBN: 1883052106) Hard Cover, Near Fine/No DJ, as Issued, Though used, this book was read very gently. Clean as a whistle inside and out. Laminated boards -- designed without dustjacket. No writing or marking and pages pristine. Illustrated in color. Designed to take the mystery out of seed germination, propagation, hardiness, adaptability, performance and useage of various herbacious perrenials. Covers 149 genera and 300 species of plants. 485 pages. Indexed. USD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 15225A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	TITTLE, DIANA A Paradise in the City: Cleveland Botanical Garden (SIGNED) Wilmington, Ohio, Orange Frazer Press Inc, 2005. (ISBN: 1882203461) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Oblong, Fine/Very Good, Book itself is crisp and clean with no defect. Handsome spring green boards pristine with no bumping. Dustjacket is likewise clean and has no tears or chips, but does have a few creases at back and has been price-clipped. Looks most handsome, however, in brand new mylar cover. SIGNED by both photographers, Ian Adams and Jennie Jones. Design, color and natural beauty are what this book is all about. Adams and Jones have created an homage to the most beautiful spot in the city. Includes history and vintage photos as well. 160 pages. USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 \| £UK 23 \| JP¥ 3354] Book number: 16496 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	ZABAR, ABBIE The Potted Herb Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A., Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1988, Second Printing. (ISBN: 1556700180) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Near Fine/No DJ, as Issued, A lovely book, beautifully designed in the old style with cloth boards and paste-on art to front. Crisp and clean as a whistle. Gift inscription only fault. Beautifully illustrated throughout with drawings and nice decorative endpapers. From the beginning of herbs in the garden to potting your own and using them with delightful results. 104 pages. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 17106 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.

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	Handbook on Japanese Herbs and Their Uses (Brooklyn Botanic Garden record) Brooklyn, New York, Brookyln Botanic Garden, 1976, Second Printing. Soft Cover, Very Good/, Nice clean, tightly bound booklet of 72 pages measuring 6"x9" Only fault is former owner' name written at upper front corner and last name crossed out. Contents pristine. Illustrated with black and white photos. Discusses culinary and medicinal herbs, cooking crysanthemums, flower arrangements with herbs, a dictionary of herbs and recipes. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 16667K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CARLOFTIS, JON Beyond the Windowsill : Add Style to Your Home with the Beauty of Plants , Cool Springs Press, 2006, First Printing. (ISBN: 1591862639) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/, Crisp, beautiful BRAND new copy. Book's theme is plants as interior design, whether you lean towards a traditional decor or modern ambience. Includes profiles of 60 of the author's favorite indoor plants with info on easy care and mainenance. Color photos throughout. 191 pages. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 17196 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CORE, EARL L. The Flora of the Erie Islands; An Annotated List of Vascular Plants Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University, 1946. Soft Cover, Good-plus/, Clean and tightly bound. Sunning to plain gray wraps at top and spine and foxing to last blank page only. Nice full page photo of South Bass Isaland in winter at frontis. Illustrated throughout with small black and white photos. Much text offers info on the islands, their history, population and botanical investigation, as well as on their geology, soils, climate, and ecology. 106 pages. Indexed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 16796K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	EDDISON, SYDNEY A Passion for Daylilies: The Flowers and the People New York, New York, U.S.A., Henry Holt & Company, 1993, First Owl Edition. (ISBN: 0805026118) Soft, Very Good/Wraps, Very Good, Nice, clean copy. No spine crease, names or writing. Only faults are small crease to lower front corner and a tiny mark to front cover. Lengthy color illustrated article by the author from Fine Gardening Magazine laid-in. Pages and page edges pristine. Charmingly illustrated throughout. Much information on the flower and the people who brought it to the forefront of the gardening world. 322 pages Indexed. USD 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 16015 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	ISRAEL, BARBARA; HALES, MICHAEL Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Harry N Abrams Inc, 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0810942038) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Nice, clean attractive copy which has not been price-clipped. No names or writing. Only fault is short tear at crown of dustjacket spine. Most handsome in brand new mylar. Bookoffers a complete view of the garden ornament in America from 1740 to 1940 with chapters on fountains, urns, statues, sundials, seating, fencing and other such charming items. Gorgeous color photos show historic gardens which can serve as a springboard for your own ideas. There is also an illustrated catalogue of 300 items, each discussed in relation to its appearance in the American garden.Best of all, collectors will be pleased to find never-before published information on the makers of both American and European garden ornaments, including company dates and histories and maker's marks. There are 512 illustrations, including 100 color plates. USD 26.95 [Appr.: EURO 18 \| £UK 16.25 \| JP¥ 2379] Book number: 17537IN Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LAWRENCE, ELIZABETH The Little Bulbs; A Tale of Two Gardens Durham, Duke University Press, 1986, Reprint. Soft Cover, Fine/Wraps, Very Good, Crisp, clean copy with no names or writing and no spine crease. Pages pristine. Only fault is minor isolated spots of edgewear to back. Originally published in 1957. Covers all manner of bulbs including snowdrops, daffodils, cyclamen, colchicums and crocuses, wood sorrels, iris, lillies, some some amaryllids. Also discusses growing small bulbs in pots. Indexed. 248 pages. USD 7.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 702] Book number: 16033 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MCCLELLA Presenting Nature: The Historic Landscape Design of the National Park Service 1916-1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., United States Government Printing Office, 1994. (ISBN: 0160451361) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Ex-Library, Very Good/, We buy very few ex-library books, but made an exception for this one, as it's a meritous work now made more affordable. Contents are clean as a whistle, as is cover. Library faults as follows: stamp to top edge, sticker to spine reeneforced entire length with strong, clear library tape, one sticker to title page and discard stamp to final page. Illustrated with black and white photos. Written from the perspective of landscape architecture which played a tremendous role in the cultivation of the park system from 1916-1942. 314 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 16507K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MCRAE, JUDITH FREEMAN (EDITOR) The Lily Yearbook of the North American Lily Society Inc, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 Burlington, Vermont, North American Lily Society Inc. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Four very attractive hard bound books in nice clean condition with very little wear to boards. Pages are nice and clean and there are no names or markings.If you love lilies, these are a delight, as each volume is filled with articles and information useful to the grower, but also to the armchair gardener who prefers to just enjoy the beauty of the flowers. Each is illustrated with black and white photos and covers a wide array of topics. We can't list them all, but will offer highlights volume by volume. 1978 -- China's lilies; miniature lilies; our ancestor's lilies; a theory on disease resistance and susceptibility; breeding lilies on the Canadian prairies; cloning wood lilies; leaf scorch; the harvesting and storage of lily bulbs; and ten hints to make impossible crosses possible. 1979 -- How to run a lily show; lilies as winter-flowering houseplants; early fast forcing; hybridizing; Robert Simonet and the rescued lilies; the progress and expectations of lily culture in the Netherlands; the origin of the Michisan hybrids; a lily sanctuary at the Rae Selling Berry botanic garden; and the Halloween lily. 1980 -- Growth patterns and devlopments of lilies; lily hybridizing in Michigan; diagnosis of virus diseases in lilies; the Montana State University series of trumpet lilies; germinating and growing Asiatic lily seedlings; and lily breeding research at IVT in Wageningen. 1981 -- Tissue culture without intimidation; growing and hypridizing lilies in New Zealand; midwestern Oriental lilies; Botrytis at Honeywood; observations and experiences with native lilies in Korea; Easter lilies in Cos and Curry County history; and the Turk's-Cap lilies of Eastern North America. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 17575IN Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MITCHELL, HENRY BEDINGER Henry Mitchell on Gardening Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1998, First Printing. (ISBN: 0395878217) Hard Cover, Fine/Near Fine, Crisp, clean, copy with no names or writing. Dustjacket has been price-clipped and is protected by brand new mylar cover. Illustrated at the start of each month with charming drawings. Text is a collection of Henry Mitchell's final essays on gardening. For many years he wrote a column called "Earthman" for the Washington Post, an endeavor appreciated even by those who didn't share his love for gardening. 243 pages. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 17269 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MURFITT, REX Creating And Planting Alpine Gardens: How To Build Small Rock Gardens And Work With Alpine Plants Wayne, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., B B Mackey Books, 2005. (ISBN: 1893443078) Soft Cover, New/, Crisp, beautiful, BRAND NEW copy. Printed on high quality glossy paper and lllustrated with photos and drawings. A crash course in creating the perfect rock garden, including the author's opinions on best plants to choose. 232 pages. Two copies available. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 15084 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NAU, JIM Ball Perennial Manual: Propagation and Production Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A., Ball Publishing, 1996, Later Printing. (ISBN: 1883052106) Hard Cover, Near Fine/No DJ, as Issued, Though used, this book was read very gently. Clean as a whistle inside and out. Laminated boards -- designed without dustjacket. No writing or marking and pages pristine. Illustrated in color. Designed to take the mystery out of seed germination, propagation, hardiness, adaptability, performance and useage of various herbacious perrenials. Covers 149 genera and 300 species of plants. 485 pages. Indexed. USD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 15225A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	TITTLE, DIANA A Paradise in the City: Cleveland Botanical Garden (SIGNED) Wilmington, Ohio, Orange Frazer Press Inc, 2005. (ISBN: 1882203461) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Oblong, Fine/Very Good, Book itself is crisp and clean with no defect. Handsome spring green boards pristine with no bumping. Dustjacket is likewise clean and has no tears or chips, but does have a few creases at back and has been price-clipped. Looks most handsome, however, in brand new mylar cover. SIGNED by both photographers, Ian Adams and Jennie Jones. Design, color and natural beauty are what this book is all about. Adams and Jones have created an homage to the most beautiful spot in the city. Includes history and vintage photos as well. 160 pages. USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 \| £UK 23 \| JP¥ 3354] Book number: 16496 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	ZABAR, ABBIE The Potted Herb Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A., Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1988, Second Printing. (ISBN: 1556700180) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Near Fine/No DJ, as Issued, A lovely book, beautifully designed in the old style with cloth boards and paste-on art to front. Crisp and clean as a whistle. Gift inscription only fault. Beautifully illustrated throughout with drawings and nice decorative endpapers. From the beginning of herbs in the garden to potting your own and using them with delightful results. 104 pages. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 17106 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.