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Robinson, W.

Alpine Flowers for English Gardens

1870

140.06 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1870
Place of printing
London. John Murray
Author
Robinson, W.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Gardening - General Botany
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

12mo [20.5 x 13.5 cm]; xviii, 392, 32 [publisher's catalogue dated November 1869] pp, frontis, 75 illus, index. original blue cloth with gilt decorations and title lettering on front cover and spine, edges including spine ends are frayed, joint worn, hinge cracked but firm, bookplate of Theodore H. Rowntree on endpaper, good copy. A picture of this book is availabl 'In Alpine Flowers, his principles of good alpine gardening, in natural conditions in a properly constructed rock garden, preceded Reginald Farrer by thirty-seven years' (Mea Allen in William Robinson). Robinson was the most important garden writer of his period, this being his third book. He describes his journey observing plants and gardens in a 70 page section called A Little Tour in the Alps. He includes lists of plants for different conditions, and describes numerous species throughout the book.