Orchidées. De l'horticulture considérée comme un des beaux-arts.

Odile Koenig. From the Archives of the Royal Horticultural Society. Munchen, Frederking & Thaler 2006, cm.13,5x16, pp.336, ill.col. Mark Griffiths est l'un des plus éminents auteurs d'ouvrages consacrés aux orchidées. Depuis son enfance, placée sous la tutelle du légendaire producteur d'orchidées Peter McKenzie Black, il a édité, écrit et produit de nombreuses publications sur les orchidées et l'horticulture. Il a été l'éditeur de The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, la plus grande encyclopédie sur le jardinage jamais publiée, et a reçu le Garden Writers' Guild Special Award for a Work of Outstanding Excellence pour Orchids (1995), en association avec la RHS Grifffths rédige des articles pour de nombreuses revues ; il est également consultant éditorial pour The Orchid Review, et correspondant horticole pour le Times, Londres.

The fine art of cultivation. Images from the Royal Horticultural Society Scriptum Edition 2002, cm.28x32, pp.336, ill.col. Hardcover, dustjacket. This beautiful book features text by one of the world's foremost orchid authorities alongside spectacular watercolor portraits of prize-winning orchids from the Royal Horticultural Society in London, which spearheaded orchid cultivation in Western Europe beginning in the 19th century. This exquisite collection of paintings commissioned by the RHS every year since 1897 represents the ultimate orchid pictorial history. Now in a reduced format, Orchids is an indispensable sourcebook for those captivated by the beauty and infinite variety of this glamorous flower. AUTHOR BIO: Mark Griffiths, one of the world's foremost writers on orchids, has edited and written numerous publications on orchids and horticulture. He was editor of The New Royal Horticulture of Gardening, and was awarded the Garden Writers' Guild Special Award for a Work of Outstanding Excellence for his RHS Manual, Orchids. Griffiths is horticultural correspondent for The Times, London.