Product Description

This is the first full-length monograph on Galanthus since 1956 and represents the most comprehensive study undertaken on the genus. The work documents the eighteen species, their subspecies and varieties, and describes the most important of the more than 500 named cultivars. The introductory chapters deal with the taxonomic history, morphology, anatomy, cytology, pollination, ecology, conservation, and cultivation. The main emphasis is the taxonomy chapter, which provides a new classification for the genus and gives detailed information on each of the species. The cultivars chapter consists of concise accounts of the better known and more widely available cultivars and those that have been recorded in literature. Precise maps clearly show the distribution of each species.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2841196 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 334 pages

Review
Aaron P. Davis' excellent monograph... one can never say the last word on such a subject... -- New York Times Review of Books, January 20, 2000

For zealous collectors of snowdrops, this long-awaited book is as welcome as the first buds pushing through the ground... -- Cottage Gardener, March 2000

Galanthus lovers must have this book... -- John E Bryan, Gardening Newsletter, December 1999

If you have any interest in this group you should have this book. -- Alan Leslie, The Garden, RHS, April 2000

It maintains the uniquely high standards expected of this series and as always... elevate it to a higher plane. -- John Grimshaw, Bulbs: Newsletter of the Int'l Bulb Society, Vol 1, No.2, Fall 1999

From the Publisher
The genus Galanthus, commonly known as snowdrops, is a well-known and much-loved group of plants. Among its species are some of the most charming late-winter- and early-spring-flowering bulbs. Native to Europe and the Near East, they are hardy and easy to grow and flower at a time of year when most garden plants are still in the hold of winters rest. In recent years snowdrops have seen a phenomenal revival of interest, the like of which has not been experienced since the turn of the twentieth century.

From the Author
Aaron Davis is currently a research botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.