Antique books in Gardening Books

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The essential independent reference book for all garden visitors and enthusiasts. Updated every year, it selects only gardens of real merit, vividly describing their main characteristics and special qualities.

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'Botanicals' or 'Species' orchids are fast regaining popularity, blossoming in homes and greenhouses as they did in the nineteenth century. As opposed to the thousands of hybrid examples which have been created over the years, these varieties are, as it were, Nature's Originals. Jack Kramer's expertise spans the horticultural past of the plants and the detailed practicality of growing them. Readers will find an exceptional range of illustrations, from rare hand-coloured prints from the 18th and 19th Century masters to sharp colour photographs of the plants themselves. Most of the orchids discussed have been grown by Jack Kramer himself and he addresses the relative ease of cultivating different varieties, information on suppliers and societies, the classification and geographical distribution of orchids, and the suitability of different varieties to warm, temperate and cool climatic conditions.

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A collector's guide to some 300 individual decorative objects from American gardens from 1740 to 1940. 400 photos, 100 in full color. 12 line drawings.

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This anthology encompasses a rich legacy of gardening lore left to us by Gertrude Jekyll, (1843-1932) one of the great gardeners of the century and certainly one of the most influential. Her ten gardening books were published between 1899 and 1937 and it is from these that the excerpts in this anthology have been selected. Trained at art school, Gertrude Jekyll developed strongly held views on design, form and the use of color in the garden, and it is these views which are reflected in this selection which takes us through the year, season by season. Her observations will entertain those who delight in reading about the heart and soul as well as educate those with a more practical bent. Gertrude Jekyll's genius is to inspire the reader to action by her straightforward, no nonsense approach which keeps her and her readers from becoming a slave to the garden or its plants. The book is illustrated not only with Gertrude Jekyll's own black and white photographs and drawings but also with watercolors and paintings by contemporary artists.

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Three sets of lectures on historical and contemporary issues of landscape philosophy, design and practice by one of the leading garden designers of the twentieth century. The lectures cover a wide variety of aspects of landscape design: historical, contemporary, creative, philosophical, allegorical and symbolic.

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Provides background information on old roses, and advice on landscaping, arranging, rose crafts, and rose culture and propagation.

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From the Duke of Westminister's Eaton Hall to Lord Leverhulme's Thornton Manor and his noted garden village at Port Sunlight, there is a swagger and grandeur about the landscape and garden experiments in the county. This guide celebrates historic gardens in Cheshire.

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