VALDER, PETER — Wisterias

Florilegium. 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 27.5cm. Book, 160 pages alive with the raecemes of this beautiful climber, 800g for post. Plastic jacket over this ex-library book but must have been borrowed by gentle gardenfolk, book in lovely condition. reviewer says >> Peter Valder has done a wonderful service in sorting out the confusion that surrounds wisteria varieties. He has written what appears to be the first book on the genus in a European language. It is a splendid account of both the history and the genus Wisteria the result of much painstaking research. The book is beautifully written with superb photographs. I, and others, regard it as a minor classic. Should be on every gardener's bookshelf along with his magnificent "Garden Plants Of China". Very Good/Very Good.