LLOYD, CHRISTOPHER WITH TOM BENNETT - Clematis Revised with Tom Bennett

Deer Park, Wisconsin: Capability's Books, 1989. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0913643041; Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Very minor edge foxing. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. Price-clipped DJ is otherwise almost as new. ; Originally published in Great Britain, 1965. This edition, extensively revised, first published in the USA in 1989. 9-3/8" Tall, XI + 217pp. Dark blue boards, bright silver spine lettering. GARDENING. "Marvellous plants for the town as well as the country garden, however small it may be, Clematis will flourish in any aspect, on any wall or climbng through another shrub or small tree. If well tended, few plants yield such a generous return. Lloyd devotes the first part of this book to a general account of everything that the gardener could want to know about these flowers - their origins, uses and cultivation, planting, placing, feeding, watering, pruning, training, and protection . In the second section he takes each color group in turn, discussing its relative merits. The final section is an alphabetical list of species, varieties, and hybrids, with succinct notes on each. " 24 pages of full-color photos, printed on extra smooth, extra white paper, greatly enhancing the brilliance and depth of the color. List of Mail-order sources for clematis. Index.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .