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SHEPHARD**, SUE: : SEEDS OF FORTUNE: A GARDENING DYNASTY.**

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,2003.

ISBN 0747560668.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. White background with colour pictorial flower illustration (Lapageria rosea - a lily) to both panels of dw/dj,red lettering; minimal shelf-wear to edges and corners,both head+foot of spine/backstrip with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing - no nicks or tears present. Veitch family's oval,sepia photographic portraits to both inner flaps of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges toned as usual/normal; contents bright, tight,pristine and clean.PUblisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,x-xixpp+5-300pp includes Foreword by Roy Lancaster,author's Introduction,14 chapters,an Endword, profuse b/w vignettes/illus throughout the text and the book,16pp full-page,full-colour flower illustrations in one block,between pp140/1,Acknowledgements,author's Note,Sources, General reading Bibliography,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Picture credits,a Contents list/table and an abridged Veitch family tree.  For over a century,and across five generations, the Veitch family pioneered the introduction of hundreds of new plants into gardens, conservatories and houses and were amongst the foremost European cultivators and hybridisers of their day.The story begins in 1768 when a Scotsman called John Veitch came to England to find his fortune,starting out as a gardener for the aristocracy.Realising that horticultural mania had begun to spread throughout the social classes,John's son,James,opened a nursery in Exeter and began to send some of the first commercial plant collectors into the Americas, Australia, India, Japan, China and the South Seas.  Using their canny business skills,the Veitch family expanded their nurseries into the most successful and influential in Europe.They became key figures within the gardening establishment and were involved in the Royal Horticultural Society from its early beginnings and the great Chelsea Flower Show.The Veitches and their nurserymen made invaluable contributions to the science of botany and horticulture, including the first ever orchid hybrid.  Using a wealth of information and pictures,Sue Shephard brings a garden historian's eye for detail and a storyteller's flair to this fascinating portrait of the family who shaped the English garden.                              Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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