Porophyllum Saxifrages

1986 first edition hardback with original sleeve wrap.  8vo    (8) 372pp  colour and black and white illustrations.  Glazed pictorial boards. Very good condition.  SIGNED, inscribed and dated by John Byam-Grounds.

Regarded as the definitive monograph on Section Porophyllum (traditionally known to gardeners as the Kabschia and Engleria saxifrages), this work is the result of extensive collaboration between Czech botanists Radvan Horný and Karel Mirko Webr, translated and expanded for British and international horticulturists by John Byam-Grounds. The text covers morphology, ecology, geographical distribution in mountain ranges, cultivation techniques in alpine houses and tufa, and detailed descriptions of both wild species and hybrid cultivars.

The definitive 1986 botanical monograph on Section Porophyllum (Kabschia and Engleria) saxifrages by Horný, Webr, and Byam-Grounds. Features comprehensive taxonomic descriptions, cultivation guidance, and full-colour botanical plates by Eva Zoulová.