Rock Garden and Alpine Plants
New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. First printing. Hardcover. xiv, [1], 544 pages. First printing. Hardcover, in very good condition, bound in orangish cloth textured to illustrate plant leaves. Several half-inch dark spots on the rear board, and with occasional thumbprints to page edges and margins, but soundly bound and generally in good shape. Item #921
Correvon (1854 - 1939), the Swiss expert on alpine plants, wrote this overview for readers in England and the United States. Chapters on the tradition of rock gardening, techniques, garden design, ferns, orchids, and cacti, followed by the book's main section, a detailed alphabetical list of plants and their varieties with notes on their characteristics, use and care. Frontispiece and seven other black-and-white photographs; eight color plates. Eighteen-page index.
Price: $17.50