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Farrer, Reginald

Alpines and Bog-Plants

1908

118.44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1908
Place of printing
London. Edward Arnold
Author
Farrer, Reginald
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Gardening - General
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [20 x 14 cm]; xii, 288 pp, 16 plates, including frontis, all photos from the author's garden, index. original green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, top edge gilted, slightly rubbed at lower edge, light foxing on a few margins, but very good sound copy, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Farrer was a plant collector, garden writer and popularizer of rock and alpine gardening. "Few writers have been so nimble with epithets and imagery to describe plants, or conveyed such infectious enthusiasm." (Hugh Johnson) Includes chapters on the water garden, mountain bog, bog plants, iris, lilies, various alpines, etc.
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