Item #126875 The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs. John MANNING, Peter GOLDBLATTand Dee SNIJMAN.
The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs
The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs

The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs

Portland, Timber Press, 2002.

Quarto, 486 pages with hundreds of full-colour illustrations from photographs.

Papered boards; extremities faintly sunned; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper lightly sunned on the spine.

'... the first complete account of all the true bulbs and their allies of the Cape Floral Region ... an essential aid to the accurate identification of all species presently in cultivation as well as the many others that are potentially valuable horticultural subjects. The book includes a complete listing of all the species with descriptions of the plants, including the genera and the families, with information on habitat, flowering time, and geographic distribution. A keyed appendix permits identification of all species' (dustwrapper).

Item #126875

Price (AUD): $165.00