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Beverley Nichols: A Life
Bryan Connon
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$29.95
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This biography, first published in 1991, will be of interest to the thousands of readers who have come to know Nichols through his garden books. They will discover an altogether more complex personality than the witty, sometimes sardonic persona he created in his writings. Ambitious and brilliant, he became embittered in later years when his serious writings were neglected and his reputation rested on his lighter books.
344 pp, 51 b/w photos, 2 b/w line drawings, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1991, 2000
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The Chelsea Gardener: Philip Miller, 1691--1771
Hazel LeRougetel |
$29.95
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This biography of the great 18th-century gardener, who numbered Sir Hans Sloane and Carl Linnaeus among his acquaintances, is a fascinating overview of horticulture during the great age of discovery.
228 pp, 16 color plates, 90 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 10", hardcover, © 1990
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Garden Plants in Myth and Literature
Bobby J. Ward
Foreword by Ann Lovejoy
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$24.95
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An entertaining survey of 80 plant genera, with a multitude of references to, and extracts from, myth and literature from the earliest times to the recent past. Based on prodigious research, it includes much literature that has fallen into undeserved obscurity, as well as selections from the great poets. For plant lovers, it is a delightful study of the influence of the world's flora on humanity, from the mundane to the mystical. It is a perfect bedside book for the literate gardener.
447 pp, 78 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1999
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Cuttings from My Garden Notebooks
Graham Stuart Thomas
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$39.95
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A collection of 63 rich essays following the course of the seasons, accompanied by the author's original drawings. Thomas tells of old friends, garden designs, and the plants he knows so well.
384 pp, 47 illus., 7 1/4 x 9 5/8", hardcover, © 1997
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Fantastic Trees
Edwin A. Menninger |
$29.95
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A remarkable book, of special interest to young naturalists, that presents a rogue's gallery of trees that thrust their roots into the air, produce flowers and fruit underground, tell time, make noises, change sex, commit suicide, or create their own rain. This edition includes updated nomenclature.
320 pp, 240 b/w photos, 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1967, 1995
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Garden Open Today
by Beverley Nichols
Illustrations by William McLaren
Foreword by Roy C. Dicks
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$24.95
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When Beverley Nichols first published Garden Open Today in 1963, he was already well known for his "garden adventure" books such as Merry Hall, whose unforgettable characters still live in the imaginations of present-day gardeners. In Garden Open Today, however, Nichols sought to distill 30 years of practical gardening experience in an entertaining fashion, and perhaps to strike back at critics who whispered that he was not a "real gardener."
264 pp, 44 b/w illus., 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1963, 2002
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Garden Open Tomorrow
Beverley Nichols
Illustrations by William McLaren
Prologue by Bryan Connon
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$24.95
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This is Nichols's final garden book and the summation of a long career spent enjoying and writing about gardens. Being Beverley Nichols, however, he cannot confine himself to a narrow discussion of gardening for long and provides entertaining asides on cats including a hilarious critique of feline "ballet" performances psychic phenomena, and the use of plants to commit murder.
286 pp, 30 b/w illus., 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1968, 2002
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The Garden Through the Year
Graham Stuart Thomas
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$49.95
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It is not likely that anyone has restored and maintained as many gardens as has Graham Stuart Thomas, at castles such as Powis, Scotney, and Sizergh; at parks such as Sheffield, Tatton, and Stourhead; and at much-visited gems such as Hidcote Manor, Sissinghurst, and Snowshill. In The Garden Through the Year Thomas offers not only his vast experience as horticultural advisor to the National Trust for these great gardens, but also the discerning eye of one who filled his own small garden with the best of everything.
328 pp, 307 color photos and plates, 66 b/w drawings, 9 x 11", hardcover, © 2002
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Gardening and Beyond
Florence Bellis
Illustrated by Valerie Willson
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$14.95
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Out of a lifetime of working with plants---including her development of the famous Barnhaven primroses---the late Florence Bellis distilled these reflections on the interrelationships of living things. Her language is simple and poetic; her sensitivity to the world of her seaside garden, an inspiration.
190 pp, 91 line drawings, 7 1/4 x 8 1/2", hardcover, © 1986
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Graham Stuart Thomas' Three Gardens: The Personal Odyssey of a Great Plantsman and Gardener
Graham Stuart Thomas
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$29.95
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Originally published in 1983 and long unavailable, this book provides a fascinating perspective on Thomas's life and development as a gardener, beginning with the garden at his father's home in Cambridge.
221 pp, 16 color photos, 17 b/w photos, 12 b/w illus., 8 watercolors, 6 5/8 x 9 3/8", hardcover, © 1983
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A History of the Orchid
Merle A. Reinikka
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$29.95
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An engaging account of humanity's growing fascination with orchids from ancient times onward, together with a biographical gallery of 50 great scientists, naturalists, and explorers who contributed to our knowledge of orchids. The nomenclature and bibliography have been updated for this edition.
340 pp, 73 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 1972, 1995
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Laughter on the Stairs
Beverley Nichols
Foreword by Roy C. Dicks
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$24.95
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In this, the second volume of the Merry Hall trilogy, Nichols is less concerned with his garden and more with his house, but the story does include the memorable characters Our Rose, the ditzy floral designer, and the cantankerous gardener Oldfield.
260 pp, 44 b/w illus., 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1953, 1998
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Legends in the Garden: Who in the World is Nellie Stevens?
Linda L. Copeland and Allan M. Armitage
Foreword by Richard W. Lighty, Ph.D.
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$24.95
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If you've ever wondered about the people and places immortalized in plant names, this enlightening and entertaining book will provide some answers. Legends in the Garden introduces 46 people and places---some familiar, others unknown---associated with popular garden plants. Rosa 'Burbank' honors Luther Burbank, the "plant wizard" of Santa Rosa. John Champneys and Philippe Noisette, key figures in the development of the rose, gave their names to R. 'Champneys' Pink Cluster' and R. 'Blush Noisette'. But who were Nellie Stevens (Ilex ´ 'Nellie Stevens') and Frances Williams (Hosta sieboldiana 'Frances Williams')? This delightful book combines accounts of the lives of these intriguing characters with descriptions of the plants that bear their names and the stories of their chance discoveries or deliberate breeding.
208 pp, 64 color photos, 49 b/w photos , 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2001
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Merry Hall
Beverley Nichols
Foreword by Ann Lovejoy
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$24.95
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First in a trilogy, Merry Hall is the account of the restoration of a house and garden in post-war England. Though Mr. Nichols's horticultural undertaking is serious, his writing is high-spirited, riotously funny, and, at times, deliciously malicious.
342 pp, 24 b/w illus., 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1951, 1998
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My Garden in Autumn and Winter
E. A. Bowles
Nomenclatural updates by Peter Barnes
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$24.95
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Among the great classics of garden writing, E. A. Bowles's trilogy reflects his deep understanding of the plants in his legendary garden at Myddelton House. Each of the volumes contains a new preface by Charles Elliott.
348 pp, 24 b/w photos, 1 map, 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1915, 1998
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My Garden in Spring
E. A. Bowles
Nomenclatural updates by Peter Barnes
Foreword by Andrew Parker Bowles
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$24.95
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Among the great classics of garden writing, E. A. Bowles's trilogy reflects his deep understanding of the plants in his legendary garden at Myddelton House. Each of the volumes contains a new preface by Charles Elliott.
308 pp, 40 b/w photos, 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1914, 1997
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My Garden in Summer
E. A. Bowles
Nomenclatural updates by Peter Barnes
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$24.95
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Among the great classics of garden writing, E. A. Bowles's trilogy reflects his deep understanding of the plants in his legendary garden at Myddelton House. Each of the volumes contains a new preface by Charles Elliott.
393 pp, 24 b/w photos, 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1914, 1998
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The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
Judith Sumner
Foreword by Mark J. Plotkin
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$24.95
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Wild and cultivated plants have provided humans with cures for thousands of years, from aspirin to quinine. Writing for the lay reader, the author surveys the history of the use of plants in medicine, the range of chemicals produced by plants, and the prospects for future discoveries.
252 pp, 30 color photos, 45 b/w illus., 6 x 9", hardcover, © 2000
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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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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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Sunlight on the Lawn
Beverley Nichols
Foreword by Bryan Connon
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$24.95
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Sunlight on the Lawn brings to a close Beverley Nichols's delightful Merry Hall trilogy describing the renovation of his rundown Georgian mansion and its garden.
273 pp, 30 b/w illus., 5 1/2 x 8", hardcover, © 1956, 1999
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Thyme on My Hands
Eric Grissell
Illustrations by Taina Litwak |
$14.95
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Whimsical reflections on the joys, pitfalls, and follies of gardening by a devoted gardener and witty writer who on occasion steps back from sowing and weeding, planning and planting, to poke fun at the whole process.
182 pp, 65 line drawings, 7 1/2 x 8 1/2", paperback, © 1987
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We Made a Garden
Margery Fish
Edited and with a foreword by Graham Stuart Thomas |
$19.95
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A charming account of how Margery Fish and her husband created a cottage garden from an overgrown farmyard. Writing in The New York Times Book Review, Michael Pollan said: "Much more than a period piece, We Made a Garden is a gentle reminder that plants are only a small part of what a garden is. The good ones are autobiographies written in green."
208 pp, 24 b/w photos, 5 1/2 x 9", hardcover, © 1956, 1995
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