LILIES - RHS Lily Group
LILIES - RHS Lily Group
LILIES - RHS Lily Group
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1985 Growing Lilies (Derek Fox)<br />
The author of this book, Derek Fox, spent his life in shipping and worked in<br />
order to get enough money to maintain body, soul and the precious lilies, for<br />
which he was famous. It is quite remarkable that someone who was neither a<br />
professional horticulturist nor botanist should have been able to produce such<br />
a book that was user-friendly to a very high standard. It is interesting to note<br />
that it has already been reprinted in paperback and let’s hope that, like Jekyll,<br />
it goes to a third reprint. This is probably the most user-friendly book on<br />
the subject.<br />
1986 Lilies of China (Stephen Haw)<br />
Stephen Haw contributed to the lily section of the massive Flora of China. This<br />
is a superb achievement for a foreigner. It is a must for the botanist, but sadly is<br />
already considerably out of date.<br />
1989 Lilies (Victoria Matthews)<br />
This book by noted botanist Victoria Matthews who did the keys on the Genus<br />
Lilium in European Garden Flora, is in the Kew Guide series. It is an interesting<br />
photographic instruction book on the subject.<br />
1998 Lilies (E.A. McRae)<br />
E.A. McRae is a Scotsman educated at RBGE who moved to America and worked<br />
with Jan de Graaff on hybridisation and commercial lily production. The work<br />
gives extensive insight into lily hybridisation, propagation and pests and diseases.<br />
There is even a chapter on tissue culture. With 392 pages it gives comprehensive<br />
coverage.<br />
2003 Lilies (M. Jefferson Brown)<br />
Undoubtedly Worcestershire nurseryman and daffodil and lily breeder Michael<br />
Jefferson Brown was the most prolific author of lily books. With seven to his<br />
credit he certainly had plenty of practice! But the pièce de resistance of this<br />
seventh volume is without doubt <strong>RHS</strong> photographer Andrew Lawson’s outstanding<br />
photographic studies of various lilies. The work was published in large format<br />
and could probably best be described as a “coffee table book”.<br />
2006 Martagon Lilies (E. Eugene Fox)<br />
Just when I was saturated with reviews on lily books, many of which I thought<br />
were either similar or not quite up to the mark - i.e. we’d been there before, this<br />
refreshingly new Canadian book appeared. There is always a new perspective.<br />
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