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Re: Looking for a book on rock gardens

I suspect the best and most authoritative answer, for US West Coast 
members, is the one just provided by Loren Russell, of Corvallis, which 
appeared on Perennials yesterday, and is reproduced below.

However, George Schenk's book IS out of print, and there are some of you 
who don't live on the west coast, so I can't resist recommending (without 
having seen it, let alone having read it), based on the reputation of the 
author and the book's provenance, what is probably the newest book on 
rock gardening:

Bartolomei, Robert (Bob).  Rock Gardens.  New York, New York Botanical 
Garden, 1997.  192 pages (The Serious Gardener Series).  Sorry I don't 
have the price, but you can email the author for it: <RBartolemei@nybg.org>
It would be available at a 20 per cent members' discount from the North 
American Rock Garden Society Book Store <nargsBS@efn.org> 

Other than being a member of the NARGS, I have no connection, commercial 
or otherwise, with the book's author, publisher or distributors.

The STANDARD book on rock gardening is generally considered to be Lincoln 
Foster's thirty-year old classic, *Rock Gardens*, still in print and 
available from the NARGS Bookstore at a members' price of $18.

Harry Dewey 
------------------------------ > 
> From: Loren Russell <loren@peak.org>
> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 14:54:13 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: Looking for a book on rock gardens
> 
> Nan,
> 
> The best book that I know of on the subject that addresses mild climates 
> on the US West Coast, is the Sunset Magazine book, HOW TO PLAN, 
> ESTABLISH, AND MAINTAIN ROCK GARDENS, by George Schenk.  This is long out 
> of print, but easy to find in libraries and used-book shops.  Also, go 
> through past issues of PACIFIC HORTICULTURE.  A number of rock gardens 
> have been described there, including the fantastic garden of Harland Hand 
> in SF.
> 
> I'd also recommend Margery Schmidt's GROWING CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS, 
> since she lists a number of natives best used in rock gardens. Note also 
> that the NEW JEPSON MANUAL, a comprehensive flora of California, 
> incorporates Sunset Zone growing information for natives -- this is 
> useful to use alongside Schmidt's book.
> 
> 
> This could be a fun project, 
> particularly since there are many new 
> introductions from South Africa, Australia, and some wonderful California 
> natives that can be used in rock gardens.
> 
> Loren Russell, Corvallis, Oregon
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