... on the UK-wide suppliers rather than considering the inclusion of local suppliers by geographic locations. These issues, though, may be beyond the resourcing of the book and the details provided may have been the most sensible editorial decision. The Royal Horticultural Encyclopedia of Garden...

...Janet Croft Lorraine Harrison Latin for Gardeners: Over 3000 Plant Names Explained and Explored Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 2012 224 pp. 9780226009193 $25 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Gardening Language...

...Erica Swenson Danowitz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Electronic media Gardening Horticulture EBSCO continues to add new database titles to its line of products. It has expanded its resources into many disciplines. The Garden, Landscape & Horticulture...

...Tony Chalcraft A book that can be endlessly dipped into and one that will serve both for reference and recreation, this is a landmark work in publishing on gardens and gardening. For most general reference collections of any size in the UK it will be an essential purchase replacing the 1986...

...Helen Ashton Deni   Brown . The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses (revised edition) . London : Dorling Kindersley   2002 . 448 pp. , ISBN: 1 45053 0059 0   £30 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Gardening...

...Jane Thurlow According to the front cover of the Guide, UK TV gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh never goes “anywhere without it”. At 4cm thick he must have exceptionally large pockets. There is, however, some superfluous content, such as the 12 colour plates lumped together in the centre...

... American hardiness zone and growing regions”. The maps, all in black and white, are out of focus. 6. 6 Pests and Diseases has the usual index. Each page describes a pest or disease, what it does, and how to get rid of it. 7. 7 Botanical Gardens, Associations and Societies...

...John Goodier C.   P   hilip and T.   Lord . RHS Plant Finder 2002‐2003 (16th edition) . London : Dorling Kindersley   2002 . 960 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 0 7513 3705 6   £12.99 © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Gardening Plants I reviewed this book some years ago. I...

...Sarah Gash RHS Plant Finder 15th edition . London : Royal Horticultural Society; Dorling Kindersley   2001 . 960 pp , ISBN: 0 7513 3254 2   £12.99 © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Gardening Plants This annual publication needs no introduction in the gardening world...

...Rónán O’Beirne The NGS has a Web site and this contains a database of the 3,300 gardens. This provides an interesting resource that can be queried in a variety of ways. One might wish to search by location and this is provided for through a drop down menu system listing counties, simply choose...

...Malcolm Watson John   Dixon Hunt . Greater Perfections: The Practice of Garden Theory . London : Thames and Hudson   2000 . xiv + 273 pp , ISBN: 0 500 01979 7   £32.00 © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> History Gardening In essence this book is intended...

...W. Malcolm Watson Forbes W.   Robertson . Early Scottish Gardeners and Their Plants, 1650‐1750 . East Linton : Tuckwell Press   2000 . 223 pp , ISBN: 1 86232 085 3   £25.00 © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> History Scotland Horticulture Plants Gardening...

...W. Malcolm Watson Jane   Brown . The English Garden through the 20th Century . Woodbridge, Suffolk : Garden Art Press   1999 . 287 pp , ISBN: 1 870673 29 8   £25.00 © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Gardening History England This book is described as a new...

...Bob Duckett My many gardening staff tell me that The Plant Finder is essential stock for general libraries and I will get lynched if I fail to provide it! I can see why. This is a fact‐filled low‐priced compendium of easily‐used esoterica for the legion of plant seekers. The first...

...W. Malcolm Watson Tovah   Martin . A Heritage of Flowers: Old‐fashioned Flowers for Modern Gardens . London : Gaia Books   1999 . 191 pp , ISBN: 1 85675 093 0   £14.98 © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Gardening Horticulture Naturalism This publication...

...W. Malcolm Watson John   Howells . Trouble‐free Clematis: The Viticellas . Woodbridge : Garden Art Press   1998 . 191 pp , ISBN: 1 870673 24 7   £19.95 © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Gardening Horticulture Classification The author is a member...

...K.C. Fraser Gardens of Scotland 1999 . Edinburgh : Scotland’s Gardens Scheme   1999 . 156 pp , ISBN: 0 901549 13 4   £3.00 © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Gardening Scotland Horticulture Your reviewer, whose gardening skills are confined to cutting the grass, has...

... 1799‐1865: Gardener, Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist . Woodbridge : Antique Collectors Club   1999 . 231 pp , ISBN: 1 85149 296 8   £29.50 © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Gardening Horticulture Science Horticulture and botany in Britain owe much to John Lindley, the son...

...W. Malcolm Watson Chris   Philip Compiled by The Royal Horticultural Society, Edited by Tony Lord with the Botanists of the RHS Garden, Wisley . The RHS Plant Finder 1998‐99 12th edition . London : Dorling Kindersley   1998 . 914 + [14] + xv, [4] pp , ISBN: 0 7513 0512 X...

...W. Malcolm Watson Roy   Strong . The Renaissance Garden in England . London : Thames and Hudson   1998 . 240 pp , ISBN: 0 500 27214 X   £15.95 of first paperback edition 1984 © MCB UP Limited 1998 --> England Gardening History This book was originally...