Dear Luc , The Stern book is really on ly now of historical interest although the list of cultivars compiled by E.ABowles at the end is fascinating.The New monograph can't be beaten for up to date info.Rod Leeds is a consumate grower of bulbs but as I have not read his book I can't help more than that.He is a very keen galanthophile too.Perhaps others know it well? Best wishes, Mark > Message du 16/02/08 09:54 > De : lucgbulot@aol.com > A : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Copie à : > Objet : [pbs] Re : Galanthus books > > Hi All, Looking at Abebooks.com for the Aaron Davis Thesis, I also found : Stern F. C. 1956. SNOWDROPS AND SNOWFLAKES - A Study of The Genera Galanthus and Leucojum. I guess that this book is outdated but does anybody knows what is the quality of illustration and geographic data ? Quite an expensive book so I shall consider your advice before buying... Also of interest (at least to me) is "Autumn bulbs" by Roy Leeds... Anybody can tell me if that book is worth to buy ?? Thanks to all whom helped with the references... Luc who will soon be back in the garden in still sunny SE France -----E-mail d'origine----- De : Diane Whitehead A : Pacific Bulb Society Envoyé le : Sa, 16 Février 2008 7:44 Sujet : [pbs] Galanthus books Luc asked for a Galanthus monograph. Timber Press published Aaron Davis' doctoral thesis in 1999: The Genus Galanthus It describes the species. In 2001, Matt Bishop, Aaron Davis and John Grimshaw privately published Snowdrops A Monograph of Cultivated Galanthus. I own both and consider them both essential. Diane Whitehead _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/