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The Book of Rhododendrons
Marianna Kneller
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$45.00
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During a period as artist-in-residence at Exbury Gardens, home of the celebrated Rothschild rhododendrons. She spent 15 years meticulously documenting the genus Rhododendron. This magnificent book is a collection of her paintings of rhododendron species, executed with delicacy and skill. Each painting illustrates the eight-month growing cycle and includes the flowering branch, bud, flower division and profile, new leaf growth, and seedhead.
160 pp, 73 color plates, 18 line drawings, 9 3/4 x 13 1/2", hardcover, © 1995
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Creative Flower Arranging: Floral Design for Home and Flower Show
Betty Belcher
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$29.95
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This informative and encouraging book is written by an author with more than 35 years' experience. It explores flower arranging as an art form, with special emphasis on creativity and developing one's own style, while not neglecting functional uses such as table settings.
168 pp, 74 color photos, 2 b/w photos, 37 line drawings, 1 color illus., 7 3/8 x 10 3/8", paperback, © 1993
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Dye Plants and Dyeing
Revised Edition
John Cannon and Margaret Cannon
Illustrations by Gretel Dalby-Quenet
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$19.95
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A newly revised edition of the popular 1994 book, this clear account of plants from which natural dyes can be obtained will be welcomed not only by all who work with fiber arts but also by botanists. The authors have selected 48 plants from different parts of the world and they describe each plant's structure and cultivation, the history of each as a dye source, and the best method for a plant's use based on their own experiments. Most well-known dye plants are discussed, and each plant is beautifully illustrated by Gretel Dalby-Quenet in a full-page painting that shows the colors the plant can yield.
128 pp, 48 color paintings, 7 3/16 x 9 3/4", paperback
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Gladiolus in Southern Africa
Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning
Watercolors by Fay Anderson and Auriol Batten
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$59.95
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Southern Africa is the center of Gladiolus distribution, and this monumental book is a fitting companion to the authors' earlier work on the tropical species. It is a major work of scholarship, and its superb illustrations are masterpieces of botanical art.
464 pp, 145 full-page watercolors, numerous maps & line drawings, 9 1/4 x 12", hardcover, © 1998
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How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
Keith West
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$19.95
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The best introductory book on the subject examines plant structures and the problems they present to illustrators, then discusses the artist's tools and how to use them: pencils, erasers, papers, brushes, watercolors, gouache, and acrylics.
152 pp, 10 color illus., 83 b/w illus., 7 1/4 x 9 3/4", paperback, © 1983
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A Master Guide to the Art of Floral Design
GAlisa A. de Jong-Stout
Photographs by Douglas Sandberg; Illustrations by Boris Jeanrenaud
with Hannah Sigur
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$39.95
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A Master Guide to the Art of Floral Design is a new approach to an ancient art, one in which the flower itself is the ultimate teacher of color, form, composition, and every other aspect of design. Exquisite photography and illustrations combine with lucid text to reveal the grace of flowers—first pictured alone in nature, and then beautifully arranged in designs reflecting both contemporary and more traditional styles.
232 pp, 98 color photos, 3 color plates, 38 b/w photos, 15 line drawings, 10 x 10", hardcover, © 2002
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The Orchid in Lore and Legend
Luigi Berliocchi
Edited by Mark Griffiths
Foreword by Henry Oakeley
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$29.95
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The orchid inspires in some of its admirers a fanaticism akin to madness, as recently demonstrated in Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief. In this elegant survey of the orchid Berliocchi chronicles the adventurers and scientists who introduced these marvels, discusses their place in the arts from literature and magic to cuisine, and concludes with accounts of the most important genera and their cultivation. Splendidly illustrated with period engravings and botanical paintings, it is literate and delightful.
200 pp, 16 botanical paintings, 167 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2000
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Painting Flowers in Watercolour: A Naturalistic Approach
Coral G. Guest
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$19.95
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The watercolors created using this naturalistic approach are botanically correct but also show the beauty of flowers in a very real way --- the velvety quality of a petal, the delicate colors, the gloss of a leaf.
Coral G. Guest demonstrates in a series of illustrations how --- step by step --- she has developed each painting. The result is a stunning guide for any artist wanting to make more natural paintings.
128 pp, 78 color illus., 43 color figures, 6 b/w figures, 11 line drawings, 8 5/8 x 10 3/4", paperback, © 2001
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Painting Plant Portraits: A Step-by-Step Guide
Keith West
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$19.95
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The distinguishing feature of this book of 12 flower subjects is that it illustrates in detail each stage of the painting process, from pencil drawing and shading through each successive watercolor coat to final touches.
112 pp, 120 color illus., 8 1/2 x 11", paperback, © 1991
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Pomona's Harvest: An Illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature
H. Frederic Janson
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$59.95
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An intriguing history of books about fruit from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution, including many beautiful engravings from key works. The relationship of pomology to social history and the history of ideas is explored, and there is a bibliography describing more than 600 fruit-related sources.
436 pp, 9 color plates, 139 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1996
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