Camellias by A. G. W. Simpson

Camellias

Their colorful kin and friends

by A. G. W. Simpson

Murray Book Distributors, 1978, [First Edition], ISBN 0855664355, colour and black and white photographs throughout, colour photographic title page, colour photographic endpapers, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners (see photographs)

“Since their discovery in eastern Asia, the transplantation of their stock in Europe and later Australia, camellias have never ceased to draw gasps of wonder at the fragile beauty of their subtle colours and radiant blooms.
They were found in the Philippines in 1639 by a Moravian Jesuit after whom they were named.  During the ensuing centuries, the beauty of the flowers has been developed by successive generations of dedicated horticulturalists in many countries.”