Rock Gardens, How to Plan and Plant Them : With Sections on the Wall, Paved, Marsh, and Water Gardens.[The Rock Garden; The Alpine House; Bulbs for the Rock Garden; Dwarf Flowering & Ornamental Shrubs & Trees; Hardy Ferns; Ornamental Grasses; Bog.

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320 pp : mounted color frontispiece, illustrated with 8 plates printed in vibrant color, tipped-in and mounted, along with 50 black and white photographic plates and textual diagrams ; 22 cm. ; OCLC: 220122647 ; LC: SB454.E4; Dewey: 635.9674 ; LCCN: 29-24896 ; green cloth with black lettering and designs ; spine sunned with some wear ; colour plates feature Ramondia pyrenaica, Gentiana septemfida, Tosy Mossy Saxifraga, Alyssum citrinum, Aubrietia, Tropaeolum polyphyllum, Primula denticulata, P rimula Juliae and Wahlenbergia vincaeflora ; photographs showcase Acantholimon glumaceum, Achillea ageratifolia, Anemone Pulsatilla, Aethionema Thomasianum, Brodiaea uniflora, Dianthus tener, Wahlenbergia pumilio, Erinus alpinus, Campanula Stansfiel dii, Dryas octopetala, Eranthis hyemalis, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Erodium corsicum, Onosoma sericeum, Gentiana sino-ornata, Iberis sempervirens, Primula Fortunei, Oxalis adenophylla, Oxalis lobata, Saxifraga Irvingii, Saxifraga Burseeriana, Saxifra ga Apiculata, Saxifraga lingulata, Lantoscanna superba, Shortia uniflora, Lewisia Cotyledon, Sempervivum arachnoideum, Silene Hookeri, and Thlaspi rotundifolium ; encyclopedic in nature, with useful details on each plant compiled by Alexander Edward s, then the Assistant Curator of the Rock Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; ".I have endeavoured to consider the work in these gardens from every aspect, and the most exacting rock gardener should be able to turn to its pages and find an answer to any practical question he may have to solve."--Preface ; a few small pen marks on one list and on the front endpaper ; some foxing ; otherwise VG. N° de ref. del artículo 4456

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