Snowdrops And Snowflakes. A Study Of The Genera Galanthus And Leucojum. Stern, F.C. Gardening Monographs

pp.[6], 128 with colour illus, b/w. photos. and illus. and fold-out dist. map. Royal 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards in thor. vg. With four-page illustrated catalogue (c. 1957) for The Giant Snowdrop Company, loosely inserted. Stern’s book is still considered a must-have text. The Giant Snowdrop Company existed from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s and is recognised nationally as having laid the foundations for the current popularity and availability of snowdrops. By collecting, propagating and offering bulbs for sale by mail order, Brigadier and Mrs Mathias, with Herbert Ransom, made snowdrops available to a wide group of ordinary gardeners (MITP, Stroud).