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London, Collins, 1971 Vg/g not price-clipped. 1 inscription to ffeps. dj very tatty and grubby with creases, cuts and some loss. First edition. pp 271, , illustrating over 70 choiceplants in colour and b/w, '..written by a distinguished field botanist and passionate gardener

M Barrows and Co New York 1953 Vg (no dj, yellow boards, titles lightly faded on spine, front board lightly marked at edges, pencil signature front free endpaper, light browning endpapers and edges of prelims, contents very clean and tight) octavo 247pp. Fourth printing. Colour frontispiece and 4pp colour plates, b/w drawings.

The Garden Book Club London 1959 VG/Fair (intact dj soiled and tarnished, blue cloth faded along bottom edge, top page edges dusty, neat signature front fixed endpaper, light browning back endpapers, pages clean) octavo 180pp. A pracical manual on how to manage the slightly heated greenhouse or conservatory. Describes more than 200 genera of ornamental plants and how to grow them. 38 b/w plates and 5 line drawings in the text.

Hamlyn London 1997 Fine/near fine (clean bright undamaged dj, pictorial boards illustrated with colour fuschia photographs same as dj, similar photographs on endpapers, small sticky mark on dj from price label else all clean tight and bright in fine condition, book and dj both no fault) quarto 128pp. Guide to all-year-round care, extensive directory of every major fuchsia species and cultivar, colour photographs throughout.

John F Letts The Heather Specialist Windlesham 1966 Near fine (green leatherette boards with gilt titles on spine and bright gilt titles and heather spray on front board, one or two small pencil ticks in margins else all clean tight and bright without fault) octavo 127pp. First edition. Heather specialist's handbook, cultural instructions, design and colour combinations, special collections of heather, detailed lists of heaths, heathers and slow-growing conifers. 18 colour plates.

George Allen and Unwin Ltd London 1941 VG (no dj, green cloth worn and faded on spine, very light browning outside page edges only, internally pages clean and unmarked) 12mo 256pp. First published in 1936 under the title - More Gardening Talks. First revised edition under this title. Some of Mr. Middleton's famous broadcast talks given during 1935-36.

Herbert Russell London 1924 Vg (no dj, clean green cloth with black lettering, lightly worn head and tail of spine, front hinge beginning to crack and spine a bit wobbly but paper not cracked, internally binding very tight and firm and pages clean and unmarked, ink signature and small name ticker front endpapers) 12mo 416pp. Tenth edition. A good sound copy with hundreds of figures throughout the text, some b/w photographs, and crisp clean fold-out geological map of England and Wales. Covers plant life, the science of the soil, practical gardening. With exercises, appendices, examination papers etc.

Century London 1984 VG (very slightly faded pictorial card covers with minimal wear) Small octavo. 381pp First published in 1897

Duke University Press 1990 Vg/Fine (new unopened copy but both boards bowed) octavo 224pp. The American gardening writer deals with the full range of rock gardening topics, and addresses the unique problem of cultivating rock gardens in the South where the growing season is prolonged and humidity and heat are not conducive to such planting.

Duke University Press 1990 Vg/Fine (new unopened copy but both boards bowed) octavo 224pp. The American gardening writer deals with the full range of rock gardening topics, and addresses the unique problem of cultivating rock gardens in the South where the growing season is prolonged and humidity and heat are not conducive to such planting.

W H and L Collingridge London 1949 Vg/G (lightly worn dj chipped around edges, clean green cloth with white titles, no inscriptions, one or two spots in margins, no significant fault) 12mo 110pp. First edition. Illustrated with b/w plates.