Plants from the Past: Old Flowers for New Gardens (Penguin Handbooks)

by James Sutherland (Author), David C. Stuart (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $3.44

  This book describes the often astonishing beauty of the plants and flowers grown in earlier ages, the antiques of the garden world. Though many species are in constant danger of extinction, surprising numbers of these older variety of plants survive to this day. This book is both a guide and a tribute to those plants, providing a feast for the eye, essential reading for every nostalgic gardener plus all the information for the gardener who wants to plant correctly for period gardens, or cottage gardens.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1987

  $3.44

  PROD LAUNCH/PROG MEET 4/2/87 AGREED--3000X408PX$14.95(4000X345P).234X156MM. 272PP+16PP COLOUR.PBK WILL NOT BE RUN-ON. 5/11/86.(19/11/86)(28/1/87). PLANT DESCRIPTIONS WILL TAKE UP THE MAIN VOLUME OF THE BOOK, AND WILL BE ALMOST ENTIRELY OF PLANTS THAT A KEEN AMATEUR GARDENER WILL BE ABLE TO FIND WITHOUT TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY.