Poppies: A Guide to the Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation by Grey-Wilson, Christopher

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001-02-15. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2000. 8vo. 256 pages. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. First printing of the revised edition. Devoted exclusively to the members of the entire poppy family, including, in addition to the Papavera, the horned poppies Glaucium, the California poppies Escholzia, the desert poppies Arctomecon, the prickly poppies Argemone, pygmy poppies Canbya, plumed poppies Macleaya, blue popppies Meconopsis the long fruited poppies Roemeria and more. This revised edition includes much new information about recent discoveries in the wild and new cultivars introduced since the original publication. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and color photographs. Sections: list of illustrations, preface to the new edition, acknowledgements, introduction, the poppy family: Papaveraceae, cultivation, classification, key to genera, the subfamily Chelidonioideae, the subfamily Eschscholzioideae, subfamily Papaveroideae, subfamily Platysteminoideae, Allied Genera (formerly subfamily Hypecooideae,… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001-02-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!