My favorite bulb books deal primarily with hardy bulbs. I really love the old classics for their beautiful pictures and current information of the day: Herbert's "Amaryllidaceae" (1837), "The Narcissus" by Burbridge and Baker (1875), "The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants" by Mrs. Loudon (1861) and Maw's "A Monograph of the Genus Crocus" (1886). The illustrations in the last book are truly amazing. Then there are some more general books that are useful references but are not always up-to-date as far as nomenclature is concerned: Grey's 3 volume set of "Hardy Bulbs" (1938) is useful in identifying older names. For example the Veltheimia viridifolia I grew a jillion years ago is today V. capensis (it is hardy in England, hence its inclusion in the Liliaceae volume). I have found the Grey-Wilson and Brian Mathew "Bulbs, the Bulbous Plants of Europe" very helpful for identification in the field because of its references to indigenous areas. I frequently refer to the Mathew's books mentioned by Mary Sue and would like to add the book he co-authored with Baytop, "The Bulbous Plants of Turkey". His book, "The Larger Bulbs" is also of value. My most dog-eared books are John Blanchard's "Narcissus A Guide to Wild Daffodils" and "Lilies" by Synge. There are hosts of others that I use frequently (bulb books are my thing), but these are two on which I really do rely. Kathy Andersen ksa@del.net Wilmington, Delaware zone 6b-7a