The Botanical Garden. Volume 1: Trees and Shrubs and Volume 2: Perennials and Annuals. Two Volume Set

Phillips, Roger and Martyn Rix

ISBN 10: 0333730038 / ISBN 13: 9780333730034

Edité par MacmillanFirefly Books, Limited 2002, London, 2002

A propos de cet article

Complete in two volumes. 491; 539 pp. Hardback in dust jackets. In slipcase. Internally in Fine condition. Some fading to the spines and edges of the slipcase. Detailed photographs throughout, covering more than 1200 groups of plants. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 9780333730034 4to.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Botanical Garden. Volume 1: Trees and Shrubs and Volume 2: Perennials and Annuals. Two Volume Set
• Éditeur: MacmillanFirefly Books, Limited 2002, London
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0333730038
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780333730034
• Reliure: Hardback
• Édition: 2nd Printing.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Natural History
  • Gardening

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Synopsis

This major two-volume reference work covers over 1,000 genera in outstanding colour photographs and authoritative, detailed text. Bridging the gap between scientific texts and everyday horticultural books, this guide provides an unrivalled insight into the relationships between garden plants and their environments, the history of plant development (as studied through fossils), and the most up-to-date DNA studies, set to revolutionise classification. It will become an indispensable aid to any aspiring gardener. Volume I: Trees, Shrubs and Climbers covers over 450 genera of woody plants listed in botanical order. It starts with descendants of the Jurassic - tree ferns, ginko, conifers, through the earliest flowering plants,, on to catkin-bearing and fruit trees, ending with maples and other advanced flowering plants. The distinctive cordyline, palm, and bamboo families are treated separately.

À propos des auteurs

Roger Phillips was an award-winning photographer with a reputation spanning nearly fifty years. In 1975, he began his life's major work of cateloguing the world's garden plants, setting out to develop an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses and annuals.

Roger consistently pioneered the use of colour photography for the reliable identification of natural history subjects, and wrote more than forty works dedicated to this purpose, including Vegetables; Mushrooms; Wild Food; Trees; and the seminal Wild Flowers: of Britain and Ireland, which sold almost half a million copies in its first year alone, and has gone on to become the bible for anthophiles across the Isles.

Roger wrote and presented two major six-part TV series on gardening for the BBC and Channel 4. Famed for his ebullient personality and trademark red glasses, he was a well-recognised figure in the world of gardening, and he received an MBE for his work on London’s garden squares. He died in November 2021.

Martyn Rix is a leading botanist, plant collector, gardener, independent botanical advisor and writer. He and award-winning photographer Roger Phillips have collaborated on over twenty-five books such as Vegetables.