Poppies: A Guide to the Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation - Tapa dura

This new edition of a volume first published in 1993 as the first book devoted exclusively to poppies, and reprinted in 1995, adds details on new cultivars and recent discoveries in the wild. Chapters introduce the Papaveraceae family, and specify the cultivation needs of individual genera grouped into their subfamilies. Includes 182 small color plates, line drawings, and a glossary. Formerly a Kew Gardens research botanist, Grey-Wilson is now editor of the Alpine Garden Society journal. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)