Botanical Magazine Monograph. The Genus Jasminum in Cultivation
By (Author) Peter Green
By (author) Diana Miller
Edited by Martyn Rix
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew Publishing
12th June 2009
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Taxonomy and systematics
583.87
Hardback
166
Width 182mm, Height 244mm
A new publication from
the Botanical Magazine
Monograph series,
Hardy Heathers is a
fully illustrated
monograph that
describes all Calluna,
Daboecia and those
Erica species that grow
naturally in the
northern hemisphere.
Distribution, history,
conservation, classification and cultivation are
covered in detail, making this an indispensable book
for the heather enthusiast, professional nurseryman,
landscape architect, gardener, botanist, ecologist and
conservationist with interests in heaths and heath
lands. The close collaboration between the author
and the renowned botanical artist Christabel King
make this book an outstanding contribution to the art
of botanical illustration.
Peter Green was Keeper of the Kew herbarium and Deputy Director of Kew Gardens. Diana Miller is a horticultural botanist and Keeper of the Royal Horticultural Society Herbarium.