The Milder Garden de Taylor, Jane - 1990-06-28

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1990* Publisher: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Very small bump to lower front corner, no rubs, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £18-00. Minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, fep top corner clipped, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: One block of 16 pp. colour photos.* Pages: 231 pp. text. xlii pp.. Index, appendices & bibliography at rear.* Description: An entertaining but scholarly account of the numerous plants which thrive in the milder garden. As we head for a warmer climate and less frosts the range of plants available for the gardener changes. We need to bear in mind that not only will new varieties be more at home in the UK but some existing favourites will struggle in the new conditions. Jane Taylor?s book starts with an overview and covers the different areas of the garden. Included in the book is a list of plants for the milder garden which gives brief descriptions; notes on plant availability; a bibliography; a general index and an index of plant names.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with only minor faults reducing it to VG+*