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1. ALLWOOD MONTAGU C.  Carnations And All Dianthus Forword by F. W. Alesworth, secretary of British Carnation Society. illus. with coloured frontispiece and 156 black /white, two colour plates, index; pub. Sussex. Allwood Bros. nd. c.1947 or. green cl. gilt lettering to spine (sl./faded) 8vo. square, pp.380. The author was a well known British nurseryman. Very good copy.   Price: $45.00
2. ASSOCIATED NURSERIES P/L. Catalogue. Shrub And Tree Index .Showing Height, Position and Flowering Season also General Garden  Information  and an Index of Common  and  Botanical Names.  illus.  with frontis. & 2 text  plates  pub.  Melb. nd.194-?  or. beige illus.wps. 8vo. pp.44. holes  to  spine for inclusion in folder.    Price: $15.00
3. AULD  B.A. R.W. MEDD Weeds. An  illustrated  botanical guide to  the weeds of Australia.  profusely  illus.  with plates  t/out.  mostly col. pub. Melb.  Inkata  Press  1992 revised ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.256. Fine copy.   Price: $90.00   Convert Currency
4. BARRETT MARGARET Ed. by. The Garden Magic Of Edna Walling. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Melbourne, Ann O'Donnovan 1988 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.130. Previous owner's name to f/free e/paper else fine.   Price: $50.00
5. BARRETT MARGARET (Ed.) The Edna Walling Book Of Australian Garden Design. profusely illus. with sepia plates t/out. some full page e/paper illus. pub. Melbourne, Ann O'Donnovan 1989 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
6. BECHTEL HELMUT Phillip Cribb and Edmund Launert. The Manual Of  Cultivated  Orchid Species. illus. with 720 coloured photographs and numerous drawings. pub. U.K.  Blandford  Press 1986 (revised 2nd Edition); or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.444. Subjects: The morphology of orchids; The life of orchids; Aspects of the ecology of orchids; The history of orchids in cultivation; The cultivation of orchids; Artificial hybridisation; Endangered orchids and their conservation; Orchid nomenclature; Cultivated orchid genera and species; Selected biographical notes; Selected biography etc; This is a comprehensive cultivation guide, and represents the result of years of research and development. Fine copy.   Price: $85.00

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7. BERRALL  JULIA S. The Garden. An illustrated history  from Egypt to  the Present Day. profusely illus.  with  plates t/out. many full page some col. pub. Lond. Thames &  Hudson 1966 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.388. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00    Convert Currency
8. BODKIN  FRANCES  (Compiler &  illustrator). Encyclopaedia Botanica.  The  essential  reference guide  to  Native  and exotic  Plants  in Australia. Details on more  than  11,000 plants and over 1100 illus. in the text. pub. Syd. Angus  & Robertson 1990 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.1084.      Price: $65.00
9. BRUNNING LESLIE H. Australian Gardener 20th.ed. with  col. frontis.  & many plates t/out. some full page &  col.  pub. Melb. 1924 or.cl. colour plate attached to front board, 8vo. pp.520. Gardening stamp to front free e/paper, else near fine copy of an early edition.   Price: $50.00
10. BRUNNING LESLIE H. Australian Gardener  21st.ed. with  b/w. frontis.  & many b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. 1929 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.520. Dustwrapper slight chipping at spine, two short closed tears else near fine copy of an early edition.   Price: $50.00
11. BRUNNING  G.  & SONS 1926 Catalogue St.  Kilda  Nurseries Brighton Rd. illus. with several advts. pub. Melb. 1926 or. pink & crm. illus.wps. cr.8vo. pp.154. sl. silverfished  to rear wrapper otherwise almost fine.      Price: $45.00
12. BROOKS  A.E. Australian Native Plants. For  home  gardens. illus.  with 36 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Lothian 1959 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.150. Fine in the slightly chipped d/w.   Price: $25.00
13. BROOKS  A.E. Australian Native Plants. For  home  gardens. illus.  with 36 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Lothian 1961 revised ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.150. Presentation copy for Cheltenham planning park committee, signed by author. Fine in the slightly chipped d/w.   Price: $45.00

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14. CHISHOLM N. Australian Gardens. Their Planning and Making. profusely illus. with title-vign., plates t/out. and num. plans. pub. Melbourne 1949 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.X.132. Light edgewear to dustwrapper else fine.  Price: $35.00
15. CLARKE  FRANK In The Botanic  Gardens  Melbourne.  their history, art and design, with stories of the trees.  illus. with  12  full page plates t/out. with photo onlay of the gardens on front wrapper; pub.  Melb.  Robertson  & Mullens 1924 or. stiff card wrappers yapped edges cr.8vo. pp.80. Slight chipping at spine, contemporaty gift inscription to f/free e/paper, otherwise very good.   Price: $35.00
16. CLYNE  DENSEY   The Garden Jungle illus. with colour photos, black & white sketches. pub. Sydney Collins 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.184 . The naturalist takes a guided tour of the rich tapestry of miniature wildlife in her own backyard. fine condition.     Price: $50.00 
17. COOK T.    Growing Orchids In Australia  profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly col. pub. Sydney Golden Press Pty. Ltd.1989 1st. ed.. original illust. boards d/w. 4to pp.104. Very fine.    Price: $45.00
18. CUFFLEY  PETER Cottage Gardens In Australia.  illus.  with many  plates t/out. some full page & col. pub.  Melb.  five Mile Press 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.248.    Price: $55.00
19. DAVIES ROSEMARY The Creative Gardener's  Companion. For Australian  and  New Zealand Gardens. illus. with  12  full page  plates  t/out. black-and-white line drawings, charts, colour photographs, and tables. Also includes bibliography, index of botanical names, index of, names, and a general index.  pub.  Melb.  Hyland House 1991 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XIV.338. The Basic Framework for your Garden, The Plants, Garden Themes, Maintaining & caring for your garden.   Price: $35.00
20. DIAMOND ELAINE Flowers For All Seasons. Australian  Flower Arranging. profusely illus. in col. t/out. by Pam Sackville some full page pub. Syd. Doubleday 1986 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128.    Price: $35.00
21. ELIOVSON SIMA  Gardening The Japanese Way with illustrated end-papers, coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured plates. pub. Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne, A H & A W Reed, 1970 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.216. Detailed information on the symbolism, construction and maintenance of a Japanese garden, with a chapter on Ornaments, Devices and Accessories. Fine.   Price: $45.00
22. ELLIOTT R. G. The Australasian Rose Book A Complete Practical Guide to Rose Growers. illus. with frontis. of a tea rose. & numerous b/w. photographs & illustrations throughout, pub. Melbourne Whitcombe & Tombs no date (1920s); original blue/grey cloth with blue lettering & design to front board 8vo. pp.224. The author was winner of 250 First Prizes for roses and 8 gold & 8 silver medals also a number of medals, certificates & 'Best Rose.' Spine slightly darkened otherwise very good.   Price: $55.00
23. ELLIS CARLTON and Miller W. Swaney.  Soilless Growth Of Plants (Use of Nutrient Solutions, Water, Sand, Cinder, Etc. ) illus. with col. frontis. & black and white and a few colour photos throughout, drawings, tables, index; pub. NY Book Department, Reinhold Publishing, 1938 2nd printing or. light green cl. 8vo. pp.156 Contents include: Chemistry of Plant Life, Growing in Mineral Aggregates, San-culture method, Sub-irrigation Method, Growing in Water, Water-culture System, Nutrient Solution, Household Plat Culture, Growing Flowers for the Family, Growing Vegetables for the Family, Commercial Aspects, Special Chemicals, Plant Hormones, Doubling Chromosimes in Plants, Effects of Miscellaneous Chemicals on Plants, Common Detriments, Nutrient Formulas. Slight shelf wear, little browned to spine, otherwise very good copy.   Price: $35.00
24. FLEMING  LAURENCE ALAN GORE  The  English Garden. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many full page &  col. pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1980 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.256. Survey of English gardens from 1660 through the twentieth century, with a chronological list of gardens, gardeners, and authors; places improved by Bridgeman, Kent, Brown and Repton, origins of garden plants, notes to the colour plates index, Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
25. GALBRAITH JEAN Garden In A Valley. Account of a young Jean Galbraith  living  in  the Australian  countryside  in  the 1920's and 30's. set in a lovely farm garden in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria. with illus. endpapers showing plan of 'Garden in a Valley', b/w. & col.  illus. pub. Melb. Five Mile Press 1985 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144. Slightly faded to spine else near fine.   Price: $40.00
26. GIBBONS FRANK R. and R.G Downes. - A Study Of The Land In South-Western Victoria. illus. with folding maps and charts, plates, plus large folding map in rear endpocket. pub. Melbourne, Soil Conservation Authority, Victoria, 1964. or. beige cl. cr.4to. pp.290 very good copy.    Price: $45.00   Convert Currency
27. GILBERT LIONEL  The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A History 1816-1985. illus. with map endpapers, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations, 8 pages colour plates, references, index, pub. Melbourne Oxford University Press 1986 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XIV.210. fine.    Price: $45.00
28. GILBERT P.A. The Charm Of Growing Orchards.  illus. with  8 full  page plates t/out. pub. N.S.W. John  Bisset  nd.1945? or.brn.cl. 8vo. pp.232. Very good copy. Price: $30.00
29. GILBERT P.A. Orchids. Their Culture and Classification. illus. with colour plate tipped into frontis, & black and white plates tipped in, pub. Sydney The Shepherds Press 1951 1st. ed. or. light blue cl. 4to. pp. Corrigenda and Addenda attached at front. Gilt lettering spine faded. Boards lightly rubbed, else good.    Price: $35.00
30. GILL & SEARLE  Catalogue of Seeds and Bulbs illus. with many text plates of plants, pub. Melbourne [Gill and Searle] nd. c. 1930's Number 113 or. pink/grey wrappers cr.4to. pp.48. Slight silverfishing to corner of front wrapper, stapled wrappers have become rusty, else Very good copy.     Price: $35.00

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31. GIPPSLAND  & Northern Co-Op Co. Ltd. G & N Pedigree  Seeds. Catalogue. illus. with plates, dwgs. t/out. pub. Melb. 1940 or. b/w. photo to front wrapper, red ltg. and rear wrapper, 4to. pp.68. fine.   Price: $45.00
32.  GUEST SARAH L.    Flowers For The Australian Cottage Garden Border illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. charts, biblio, index.; pub. Melbourne Hyland House 1989 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.194, Highly descriptive book on creating cottage garden borders, Over 300 plants are described. Fine.    Price: $45.00
33. HACKLEPLUME My Lady's Garden.  illus. with 11 illustrations by Marjorie Raynor with tissue guards. A memorial in verse to those who fought in the First World War. Divided into sections, it pays tribute to many men from different parts of the Armed Services. The Physic Garden covers the Royal Army. pub by Watts & Co London 1921 1st ed. original ivory white cloth covers, green lettering to the spine and the upper panel 4to. pp.218. Black Watch Regiment dedicated to the forces, names of officers who served or killed in WWI. & flowers planted, inc. Australian personnel. Planted and Grown by Hackleplume, some sl. scuff marks to rear board, otherwise very good copy.   Price: $100.00    Convert Currency
34. HAZLEWOOD  WALTER  G.  A Handbook Of  Trees  Shrubs And Roses.  illus. with frontis. (portrait)  pub. Syd. Hazlewood Nurseries nd. 1962 or. red cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.180. Added: Errata slip & invoice dated 1962. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00

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35. HAZLEWOOD  BROS. Favourite Roses And  Other  Plants. 1909-1934. illus. with map & many text plates t/out. 5 full page  & col. pub. Syd. 1934 or. grey grn. wps. silver  ltg. to front wrapper cr.8vo. pp.160. fine.   Price:  $55.00
36. HODGINS  NURSERIES Catalogue. A Handbook Of  Trees-Shrubs And  Hardy Plants For 1937. illus. with frontis. & 6  full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1937  (Est.1893).  or.col. illus.wps.  8vo. pp.104. sl. torn back. wrapper.   Price:  $55.00
37. HUNT S. H.    Gardening Simplified  illus. with b/w. photo plates, some advertising, pub. Melbourne The Horticultural Press, nd. c. 1940’s 5th edition. or. green/brown pictorial wrappers on dark cream paper, 8vo. pp.184 S.H. Hunt was adviser in Garden Craft at various periods, to: - Stations 2UW, 2GB, 2SM, 2KA, and 2GZ, "Home Magazine" Sun, Newspapers, "Women’s Budget," "Garden Lover" "Garden Gossip," Sunday News," "Sunday Times," "Evening News," "Fashion and Society," "Australian Traveller," "Bendigo Advertiser," and other leading Metropolitan and Provincial Journals. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00

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38. HURLEY P.J. An Encyclopaedia For Australian Gardens. Special Addenda giving new species, recent advances in pest eradication  etc. illus. with plates t/out. many full  page 14  col.  pub.  Syd. Dymocks Book Arcade 1951 revised edition or.grn.cl. d/w.  pp.306. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.   Price: $45.00
39. HUXLEY ANTHONY  The Painted Garden The Garden Through the Artist's Eye. Profusely illus. with plates t/out. full page & col. Mostly one to a page with accompanying descriptive text on page opposite. With appendices of featured painters' biographies and selected plant list. pub. London Windward 1988 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. square pp.160. Collection of paintings and prints of gardens from different periods, all over the world, with analysis and accounts of their gardening practices and planting. Featured artists include Winslow Homer, Klimt, Manet, Monet, Rousseau, Rubens, Spencer, Van Gogh & Vuillard. Fine.   Price: $40.00
40. LAW-SMITH JOAN A Gardener's Diary. illus. with full-page plates in b/w and colour pub. Melbourne, Women's Committee of the National Trust of Australia, 1976 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp. 112. A very good copy    Price: $65.00
41. LORD  ERNEST E. Trees And Shrubs For  Australian  Gardens. illus.  with col. frontis. and 114 full page plates  t/out. of  which  8 are col. pub. Melb. Lothian 1970 completely revised 4th edition. or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.XXX.462. Shelf wear else a very good copy.   Price: $40.00
42. MAY W.J.  Greenhouse Management for Amateurs: Descriptions of the best Greenhouses and Frames, with instructions for building them; Particulars of the various methods of Heating; Illustrated Descriptions of the most suitable Plants, with general and specific Cultural Directions; and all necessary information for the guidance of the amateur. illus. with frontis. photo-plate. Good advertisements and text engravings, pub. London Upcott Gill nd. (1900) Third Ed. or. deep olive green pictorial cloth. 8vo. pp.380. Ex. Private Company lib. stamps (ex. funeral director, Hobart) else v/good.   Price: $50.00  Convert Currency
43. MORRISON  CROSBIE Melbourne's Garden. A  descriptive  and pictorial record of the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne.  with e/paper  illus.  &  120 plates some full  page  pub.  Melb. M.U.P. 1957 (2nd ed. corrected). or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.158. Dustwrapper torn with piece missing lower front panel else very good copy.    Price: $35.00
44. ORMOND PLANT FARM-The Ormond Garden Guide. Catalogue. Of Seeds, trees, shrubs, roses, decorative and bedding plants, fruit trees and all garden plants also horticultural requisites. illus.  with  plates t/out. pub. Melb. The Ormond Plant Farm Pty. Ltd.  1928  or. dark grey illus. wrappers, 8vo. pp.136. Short closed tear to front wrapper at spine chip top of spine, and top fore-edge else very good.   Price: $60.00
45. PATTON  R.T. Know Your Own Trees. A short introduction  to the  study  of  our common  eucalypts.  with  dec.  e/papers frontis.  & 5 plates pub. Melb. & Lond. Oxford  Uni.  Press 1942 or.illus.wps. 12mo. pp.48.  Price:  $20.00

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46. PESCOTT  EDWARD E. Bulb Growing In Australia. illus.  with photo plates by author & dgms. pub. Melb. Whitcombe & Tombs nd.192-?  or.illus.wps. 12mo. pp.144. Lacks small piece  to spine, little wear else very good.   Price: $25.00
47. PESCOTT  R.T.M. Bulbs For Australian Gardens. illus.  with plates, dwgs. t/out. pub. Melb. Nelson 1968 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.200. fine in the chipped d/w.   Price:  $35.00
48. PESCOTT  R.T.M. W.R. Guilfoyle 1840-1912. The  Master  Of Landscaping. with e/paper maps & 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.XVIII.154.    Price:  $45.00
49. PESCOTT  R.T.M. The Royal Botanic Gardens  Melbourne. history  from 1845 to 1970. illus. with 12 full  page  col. plates  & numerous b/w. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni.  Press  1982 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.212.      Price: $65.00   Convert Currency
50. PIRIE CHRIS The Australian  Scented  Garden.  profusely illus.  with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub.  Syd. Harper & Row 1984 1st.ed. or.blk.cl. 4to. pp.140.    Price:  $35.00
51. PLUMRIDGE  JACK How to Propagate Plants. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub. Melb. Lothian 1977 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.214. Practical handbook on plant progation of shrubs and trees, from seeds and grafting. Near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
52. QUINN GEORGE Fruit Tree And Grape Vine Pruning. A handbook for   fruit  and  vine  growers,  working  under   climatic conditions  prevailing in temperate  Australia.  profusely illus.  with  text  plates t/out. pub.  Melb.  Robertson  & Mullens 1947 or. grey wps. cr.8vo. pp.278. Little browned to spine else very good.  Price: $35.00 
53. READ IAN G. The Bush A Guide to the Vegetated Landscapes of Australia. illus. with num. colour & half-tone illus., pub. Sydney: Reed, 1987 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184. Near fine copy.  Price: $35.00
54. ROSSI B. V. Modern Roses In Australasia. A Practical and Complete Guide for Amateur Growers in this and Similar Climatic Countries. illus. with black and white photographic frontis. showing medals won by author for roses & black and white text photographs, garden plans and descriptive sketches. pub. Melbourne Mitchell and Casey Proprietor Limited, 1930 1st. ed. or. blue/grey cloth boards black lettering with rose vignette; 8vo. pp.XIV.272. Covers all aspects of cultivating roses. Lacks front free e/paper else very good.   Price: $45.00
55. ROSSI B. V. Roses. A Practical and Complete Guide for Amateur Growers. illus. with black and white photographic frontis. & black and white text photographs, plates and illustrations, line drawings, diagrams, garden plans and descriptive sketches. pub. Melbourne Robertson and Mullens Melbourne 1953 revised edition or. cloth d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.272. Covers all aspects of cultivating roses. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise near fine copy.   Price: $40.00

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56. ROTHERHAM  E.R.  Barbera  G.  Briggs,  D.F.  Blaxell.  R.C. Carolin.  Flowers  And  Plants  Of  New  South  Wales  And Southern Queensland. illus. with 556 col. plates some  full page, e/paper maps, descriptions, pub. Syd. Reed 1975 Australian Flora in Colour Series. 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. Guide to the principal native plants of this region, arranged by families and keyed to distribution locations. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00   Convert Currency
57. ROWELL  RAYMOND Ornamental Flowering Shrubs In Australia. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. & map pub. Syd. Reed 1984 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.264. Printed in double column. Fine.   Price: $35.00

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58. RUMSEY  HERBERT  J. The  Australian  Book  Of   Berries. (Strawberries) illus. with dwgs. t/out. col. advts.  inside front & rear wps. pub. N.S.W. Dundas Herbert J.  Ramsey  & Sons 1934 or.col. pict. wps. 12mo. pp.64. fine.     Price: $30.00
59. SARGEANT  HAROLD  (Anthos) Garden Trees  And  Shrubs In Australia.  illus. with col. frontis. & many b/w.  plates t/out. pub. Melb. The Herald Melbourne nd. 196-? or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.256. Near fine copy.  Price: $30.00
60. SARGEANT  HAROLD  (Anthos) Garden Trees  And  Shrubs In Australia.  illus. with frontis. & 63 full page col.  plates t/out. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1968 revised ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.216. Slightly chipped d/w. else fine.   Price: $30.00
61. SHUM  W.A. Australian Gardening Of To-Day.  e/papers  and articles  by  Edna Walling, frontis. & many  plates  t/out. some  full  page  pub.  Melb.  Herald  Sun   News-Pictorial nd.193-? or.grn.cl. 8vo. pp.768.    Price: $40.00

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62. STONES  ELLIS Australian Garden Design.  profusely  illus. with  plates t/out. 16 full page col. pub. Melb.  Macmillan 1971 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.200. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00  Convert Currency
63. STONES  ELLIS The Ellis Stones  Garden  Book. Australian Landscape  Gardening.  profusely illus.  with  col.  plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. Nelson 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.112. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
64. SUDELL RICHARD Landscape Gardening. Planning, Construction, Planting, illus. with 8 colour plates, 200 photographs and 100 diagrams and plans. pub. London, Ward Locke & Co Limited. 1939 or. dark green cl. cr.4to. pp.480. A highly detailed guide to planning gardens. Cloth boards sl. rubbing, f/free e/paper cut, else very good copy.   Price: $55.00
65. THOMAS A.S. Better Roses. profusely illus. with frontis. and plates t/out. of which 8 are col. pub. Melb. Angus & Robertson 1950 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.296. Fine in the sl. chipped d/w.  Price: $30.00
66. THOMAS A.S. Better Roses. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page, col. frontis. pub. Melb. Angus & Robertson 1960 revised ed.. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.308. A comprehensive account of all aspects of rose cultivation and exhibition, written for Australian and New Zealand conditions. Fine in the sl. chipped and torn d/w.   Price: $25.00
67. TORFS BRUNO Bruno's Art & Sculpture Garden. Marysville. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. self pub. Melbourne nd. 2005? Considering the carnage wrecked upon the forest by the firestorm of February 2009. The terracotta forms of the sculptures resisted heat of the fire well, but falling branches and trees had reduced many of the life-sized artworks to mere rubble and dust. Some sculptures were still intact or repairable. Now begines the mammoth job of restoring the gardens and rebuilding. This book pub. before the fire, and gardens as they were. Fine copy.   Price: $65.00

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68. TREES And Gardens From The Goldmining Era.. A study of the Maldon Landscape. illus. with 12 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations, sketch illustrations, bibliography, index; pub. Riall Print, Port Melbourne, c. 1981; Shire Of Maldon with the assistance of the Maldon Restoration Fund Committee .or. stiff illustrated wrappers 4to. pp.IV.100. Fine.    Price: $35.00
69. VICTORIAN Parks, Gardens & Recreations Dept. Melbourne's Gardens.  History,  features & statistics. illus.  with  10 dwgs. reproduced by courtesy of interior  design  students from R.M.I.T. pub. Melb. 1972 illus. ring bd.wps.  8vo.obl. pp.60.  sl.  silverfishing  & fading  to  top  of  f/cover otherwise v/good.   Price:  $20.00

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70. WALLING EDNA Gardens In Australia. Their Design and  Care. illus. with frontis. & profusely illus. with plates  t/out. many full page, e/paper illus. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1943 1st. ed. or. light blue cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.148. Dustwrapper is half lacking at rear, chipped and torn at front, boards slight shelf wear, otherwise very good.   Price: $175.00
71. WALLING EDNA Gardens In Australia.  Their Design and  Care. illus. with frontis. & profusely illus. with plates  t/out. many full page, e/paper illus. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1944 2nd.ed. or. light blue cloth cr.4to. pp.148. Fine copy. Price: $95.00
72. WALLING EDNA   Cottage And Garden In Australia illus. with col. frontis., title-vign., num. illus. of which many full-page, plans, and illus. end-papers. pub. Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press/ Leighton House Melbourne 1947 1st. ed. original red-stamped green cloth, d/w. cr.4to. pp.10,150. Minor shelf wear, Fine copy.     Price: $225.00
73. WALLING  EDNA A Gardener's Log. with illus. e/papers &  24 full page plates t/out. text illus. pub. Melb. Oxford  Uni. Press 1948 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.220. A near fine copy in a dustwrapper that is chipped, lacking a piece to the front panel.   Price: $115.00   Convert Currency
74. WALLING  EDNA A Gardener's Log. with illus. e/papers &  24 full page plates t/out. text illus. pub. Melb. Oxford  Uni. Press 1948 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.220. Has author's inscription thanking Mr. John Robertson for…"in appreciation for the white fencing" but not signed. A near fine copy in a dustwrapper that is chipped, with a short closed tear to front panel.   Price: $145.00
75. WALLING EDNA The Australian Roadside. with b/w. frontis. & profusely  illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page  pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1952 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  cr.4to. pp.112. need for planting highways, roadside ecology, highways of the future, the Australian roadside, the great ocean road, the Grampians, Mooroolbark, Donna Buang and the enchanted mile, the road to Kosciusko, by the coast, the western highway, all represented, fine copy.     Price: $200.00
76. WALLING  EDNA Text by Trisha Dixon and Jennie Churchill.  The Vision Of Edna Walling profusely illus. with over 50 of Edna Walling's garden plans illustrated in full colour from the original watercolours, with accompanying text and coloured photographs of the gardens. E/paper dec. Index, chronology; pub. Melbourne Bloomings Books, 1998 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XX.150. Contains a list of Australian gardens designed by Walling and a list of signature plants.   Price: $75.00

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77. WALLING  EDNA The Edna Walling Book Of  Australian Garden Design.  profusely illus. with monotone plates t/out.  some full  page,  e/paper plans pub.Melb.  Anne  O'Donovan  1990 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144.     Price: $40.00

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78. WATTS PETER Edna Walling And Her Gardens illus. with , col & b/w photos and plans t/out. pub. Melbourne, Florilegium 2nd ed. 1991 .or.cl. d/w. 4to. sq., pp.136 Discusses her life and her designs in any detail.     Price: $45.00
79. WATTERS  & SONS Seed Merchants and Nurserymen. Catalogue. Autumn  And Winter Gardening With Watters. illus.  with  15 text  plates t/out. pub. Melb. nd.193-? or. crm. &  dk.grn. illus.wps. 16mo.obl. pp.32.    Price: $45.00
80. WATTS PETER Historic Gardens of Victoria illus. with col & b/w photos t/out. pub. Melb, Oxford University Press, 1983 1st ed. . or.cl. d/w. 4to landscape, pp.224, study of the major Victorian gardens, many from the 19C. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00  Convert Currency
81. WILKINSON  ELIZABETH MARJORIE HENDERSON Ed.  by. House Of  Boughs.  A  sourcebook  of   garden   designs, structures,  and  suppliers.  isolates  and  collects   the designs and structures that people have used to complement, organize, protect, and embellish their gardens for as  long as  gardens have existed. Drawing from seven  centuries  of garden  history  and from traditions  this  comprehensive, encyclopedic collection includes alcoves, borders,  fences, fountains,  ha-has, paths, pavilions, sculpture,  sundials, terraces,  topiary, urns, walls, wells, and ziggurats,  as well as the myriad other artifacts of the garden. profusely illus.  t/out. with plates, dgms. & 16 full page plates  in col.  pub.  N.Y. Viking Penguin 1985  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. roy.4to. pp.XIV.226. Very good copy with the unevenly sunned dustwrapper slightly chipped along top-edge.   Price: $60.00   Convert Currency

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82. WILLIS  J.H. A Handbook To Plants In Victoria.  2  vols. Vol.I.  Ferns,   conifers   and   Monocutyledons.   Vol.II Dicotyledons.  e/paper maps pub. Melb. M.U.P.  1978  or.cl. d/w's  cr.8vo.  pp.Vol.I.482  vol.II.832.  wps.  have  sl. silverfishing.    Price: $75.00

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83. WOODCOCK HUBERT B. DRYSDALE And William Thomas STEARN Lilies of the World. Their Cultivation & Classification. with 41 illustrations and 96 plates; pub. London, Country Life, 1952 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.432. Almost fine copy.     Price: $80.00
84. WRIGHT  WALTER  P. The Wright Encyclopaedia  Of Gardening. illus. with col. frontis. & numerous text dwgs. t/out. decoration/woodcut by Robert Gibbings pub. Lond. J.M.  Dent  1933  1st.ed.  or.cl.   d/w.   roy.8vo. pp.XVIII.620. An immense variety of plants and their cultivation are described in alphabetical order and at good length and other special features include sections on flower gardens, rock gardens, garden pests and planting and pruning. Inscribed notes to f/free e/paper, closed tear to d/w. slight spotting else very good copy.   Price: $65.00   Convert Currency
85. WRIGLEY   JOHN  W. & Murray  Fagg.  Australian Native Plants. Propagation, Cultivation & use in Landscaping. illus.  with 38  full page col. plates t/out., text plates & dwgs.  pub. Syd. Collins 1979 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.448. "Over 160 colour and 320 black and white photographs and line drawings greatly assist in plant identification, especially of the lesser known species." Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
86. YATES  Yates' Garden Guide for the Home Gardener 24th Edition. illus. with b/w. photographic and line illustrations, index, pub. Sydney Arthur Yates & Co. 1942 3^rd impression, original stiff orange wrappers 8vo. pp.192. Very good copy.   Price: $25.00