The Blue Book of Gardening: Catalogue 1932.

London, Carters, 1932 Hard cover blue paper covered bds, gilt lettering to upper bd and spine, paper split at spine hinges front and rear, top inch of spine missing, contents clean and tight, lovely colour and sepia-tone photographic illustrations, pp402, name to top of ffep.

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N° du livre: 10872

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: Carters seeds gardening flowers vegetables Blue Book catalogue heritage plants varieties bulbs garden 0000

Ashberry, Anne Illust. by Creina Glegg:

Gardens In Miniature.

Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1967 Hard cover green cloth bds, three tape marks otherwise VG, unclipped dust jacket completely enclosed in protective film (not a lib. bk), VG, a little creasing at rear, colour frontis., contents clean and tight, b/w and colour illustrations and plans, pp105. "A delightful and informative book ...The author shows the exquisite pleasure which can be derived from preparing and planting miniature gardens outdoors and indoors, with tiny, very slow-growing trees, minute rose bushes or flowering shrubs, alpines and flowering plants, all perfectly proportioned and beautiful."

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N° du livre: 14885

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: gardens gardening miniature outdoors indoors planting plants small preparing preparation trees roses shrubs annuals aquatics bulbs maintenance planning rock garden lifting dividing

Blunt, Wilfrid Illust by Richard Shirley Smith:

Of Flowers And A Village: An Entertainment For Flower Lovers.

London, The Country Book Club, 1965 Hard cover blue cloth bds, Good, faint gen. marking, small soil patch to upper bd, in Good d/w, faint staining, small chip to spine tip, contents nice and tight, pp296.

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N° du livre: 10333

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: flowers countryside village life garden gardening

Calthrop, Dion Clayton:

The Charm of Gardens.

London, A & C Black, 1917 Hard cover olive green decorated cloth bds, yellow rose to upper bd, black decoration lines, yellow lettering to spine, VG, small pale spot to rear bd, neat name to ffep, colour frontis. tissue protected, further colour plates through text, contents bright and tight, no dust jacket, pp240 + adverts. Contents include: A View of England; Gardens And History; Kalendarium Hortense and Garden Moods.

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N° du livre: 13754

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: garden gardening English gardens gardener kalendarium hortense moods Roman St Fiacre Evelyn's Sylva cottage gardens

Campbell, Susan:

A Calendar of Gardeners' Lore Revealing the Secrets of The Walled Kitchen Garden.

London, Century Publishing Co Ltd, 1983 1st Ed., hard cover brown cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, Nr Fine, clipped dust jacket, a little faded at spine otherwise VG++, contents fine and tight with lovely colour illustrations, pp128, taking the reader through the months from November to October in the walled kitchen garden, with gardening tips, including: how to grow mistletoe; pest repellants; vermin traps; bird scarers; details of the ice house; duties of the head gardener etc.. richly filled with hints, anecdotes, stories etc...

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N° du livre: 14471

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: gardening walled kitchen vegetable garden monthly compendium tips lore hints stories anecdotes horticulture gardener

Boots The Chemist:

Garden Warfare.

Nottingham, Boots Pure Drug Company Limited Farms and Garden Department, no date Paperback, slim vol., VG, btm corner turned on a few pges at rear, pp32 contents clean and tight. Includes chapters on Remedies for Pests adn Disease in Your Garden, Insecticides, Fungicides, Growth Regulating Substances Fertilizers etc..., Dust Quantities, Spray Quantities, Spray Compatibilites and Fruit Spraying Guide. This booklet introduces Boots horticultural products to the amateur.

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N° du livre: 10855

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: Boots The Chemist gardening pests diseases chemicals sprays fungicides insecticides fertilizers dust spray quantities gardens crops remedies guide 0000

Coltman, David:

Adam The Gardener: A Pictorial Calendar and Guide To The Year's Work in The Garden, Showing How To Grow Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers.

Sunday Express Publication, 1983 Landscape pbk, VG+, v. small scuffs at corners, contents fine and tight, pp160.

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N° du livre: 10920

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: Adam gardener gardening month by month Sunday Express Max Davidson vegetables growing flowers fruit 0850791340

Davies, Jennifer:

The Victorian Flower Garden: Book of Days.

London, Pavilion Productions Ltd, 1991 Oversized hard cover, approx. 9.5" x 6.5", red cloth to spine, small indent to top edge of upper bd near spine, decorated paper covered bds, VG+, "From the BBC Series" sticker to lower front corner, contents fine and tight with calendar days (year non-specific), colour illustrations, unpaginated.

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N° du livre: 15094

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: book of days Victorian flower garden diary gardeners BBC series 1851456228

Edwards, Dorothy Illust. by Prudence Seward:

Look, Look, My Garden Book.

London, Methuen Children's Books, 1973 Landscape lam. bds, Good, no d/w, a little age-browning in one or two faint thin stripes, childish name to title at top, age spotting to pge edge block and occas. through text, some pink colouring and smudging to first 6 pages.

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N° du livre: 9635

Catalogue: juvenile gardening

Mots-clés: gardening Prudence Seward children's child gardening 0416204104

Kay, Harry B.:

The Amateur Rock Gardener. How to Plan & Maintain A Rock Garden.

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1934 1st Ed., Hard cover green decorated paper covered bds, VG, unclipped dust jacket in same design, 1" closed tear to front btm edge, smaller one to rear edge, a little scuffing otherwise Good, b/w frontis., contents clean and tight, a few age-spots to leading pge edge block, pp75.

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N° du livre: 13263

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: rock gardening planting building alpines cuttings division roots bulbs shrubs pests rock pond plants evergreen shade lime peaty soil colour flowering periods

Keeble, Sir Frederick:

Science Lends A Hand In The Garden.

London, The Book Club, 1941 Hard cover green cloth bds, Good, a little dusty, in Good- d/w, some chipping, a little edgewear, age-darkened to extrem.s, contents clean and tight, pp307, pges just tanning.

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N° du livre: 10862

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: science gardening garden fertiliser light warmth fruit rust moth rain winter diseases remedies plant breeding 0000

Kelway, Christine:

Gardening On Sand.

London, W H & L Collingridge Ltd, 1965 1st Ed., hard cover blue cloth bds, Nr Fine, unclipped dust jacket, two closed tears to upper and lower edge of wrapper nr to spine, otherwise Good, neat name to ffep, contents clean and tight with b/w plates, occas. light age spotting, pp144.

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N° du livre: 14474

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: gardening sand sandy soil plants gardener pros cons improving shrubs perennial plants perennials rhododendrons gorse broom heather roses trees bulbs annuals vegetables tips advice

Law, Ernest:

The Flower-Lover's Guide To The Gardens of Hampton Court Palace.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1926 Soft wraps, cover missing, staples rusting, frontis. loosening, contents complete and sound, pp80. "With an outline of their origin and history, A description of the lay-out, A full account of the bedding, And a list of all the flowers, shrubs, etc., now in them." Illust. with views and plans.

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N° du livre: 10750

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: Hampton Court Palace gardens flowers plans guide origin history lay-out bedding lists shrubs flowers plans views Cardinal Wolsey's garden orangery Elizabethan knott garden maze tilt yard garden 0000

Neale, W. T.:

Cacti And Other Succulents. With 160 Illustrations From Actual Photographs, and Descriptive Catalogue.

Worthing, W. T.& H. E. Neale & Co. Ltd, 1935 Paperback stiff card wraps, Fair, edges browned, chipped and split along spine, inside cracked at front hinge and wrap has come away at spine, contents tight and clean, pp200 with b/w cacti pictures at the rear.

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N° du livre: 10632

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: cacti succulents description culture gardening hortculture catalogue illustrations

Pankhurst, Alex:

Who Does Your Garden Grow?

Colchester, Earl's Eye Publishing, 1992 Rep., hard cover black cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, Nr Fine, clipped dust jacket, slight furling at edges otherwise VG+, contents nice and tight, with colour and b/w plates, pp168. This book tells the stories of plant names and of "the people whose names they bear."

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N° du livre: 14927

Catalogue: Gardening

Mots-clés: garden plants names naming history Empress Josephine Madame Hardy Samuel Barlow Rev Charles Wolley Dod Mrs Sinkins Dr Mules Shirley Poppies Madame Testout Miss Ellen Willmott Mrs Hegarty Clive Greaves 0951813307