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Alpines from Mountain to Garden

by Wilford, R.

Series : Botanical Magazine Monographs
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Illustrations : 330+ col photos, col illus

Description:

Recounts how plant hunters explored the world's great mountain ranges to catalogue and collect alpine plants, and describes how nurserymen and horticulturalists worked to recreate the conditions needed for them to thrive in gardens, cold frames and glasshouses. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs. A selection of plants are covered in more detail, with descriptions, horticultural notes and stories of their discovery and introduction to cultivation.