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NSPS SWEET PEA ANNUAL
2009 EDITION Edited by Caroline Ball Softback - 168 pages Many photographs £7.50
Annuals from earlier years may be available. Please contact the merchandising secretary for details at pandmhargreaves@talktalk.net
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THE COMPLETE
GUIDE TO SWEET PEAS
by BERNARD R. JONES Limited number available – now out of print Hardback – 3rd edition 1986 192 pages £11.50 Widely acknowledged to be the "bible" of Sweet Pea growing. First published in 1965, this edition was completely revised in 1986 and remains an invaluable work. |
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ENJOY SWEET PEAS
Produced by the Society
Softback – 9th edition 2008
£5.75
(sent free to new members)
First written in 1946, this completely revised and illustrated 88 page booklet contains invaluable information on cultivation of the Sweet Pea. |
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THE UNWINS BOOK
OF SWEET PEAS
by COLIN HAMBIDGE
Softback – 1st edition 1996
96 pages £7.70
Contains cultural and historical information in easy to follow format. Includes some lovely photos of Sweet Peas and an interesting chapter on breeding new varieties |
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LATHYRUS – COUSIN OF THE SWEET PEA
by SYLVIA NORTON Softback – 1st edition 1996 30 pages £4.65 General Cultural information plus descriptions and details of around 45 species. Well illustrated. |
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NSPS CENTENARY CELEBRATION
1900 - 2000 Edited by Caroline Ball Softback – published 2000 152 pages £4.80 Issued to commemorate the Society's centenary.
Richly illustrated, this contains historical articles on the Sweet Pea
and the Society, together with interesting data about the flower. Contributors
include numerous Sweet Pea experts. |
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VIDEO – GROWING AND SHOWING SWEET PEAS Commentary by John Pratt and the late Frank Pettipher £11.50 ALSO available as a DVD at £15 including postage and packing |
200 SWEET PEA RINGS
for supporting your cordon grown plants. 1.75" diameter £7.20 |
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PIN BADGE -
£3.20
The Society Logo and the inscription –
FOUNDED 1900 N.S.P.S.
(size approx 20mm high and 15mm wide at base) |
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All prices include postage and packing to the UK only. For overseas orders please add £2.00 to the prices quoted above (please note the NSPS is only able to accept orders with payment in GB pounds).
The above prices are applicable until Spring 2011
Please click here to print an order form.
Please ensure that cheques or bankers drafts are drawn
in UK pounds sterling.
Cheques should be made payable to "The National Sweet Pea Society"
Orders should be sent to the Merchandising Secretary:
Mike Hargreaves
11 Southway
Guiseley
Leeds
LS20 8HX
E-mail: pandmhargreaves@talktalk.net
Bibliography
In addition to the books appearing under Items for Sale, other interesting books and articles of the many written on the subject of Sweet Peas/Lathyrus are detailed below. Many are out of print but are reasonably readily available in secondhand bookshops.
Beckett, Kenneth
Letts Grow Sweet Peas (Lett's Guides) – 1976
Crane, D B
The Book of the Sweet Pea (Handbook of Practical Gardening) – 1909
Donald, Henry
A Bunch of Sweet Peas – 1988, 1995
Fraser, Rev D Denholm
How to grow the Perfect Flower – 1911
Genders, Roy
Sweet Peas for Exhibition and Market Growers – 1957
Grayson, Peter
Growing Sweet Peas and other Lathyrus Species – 1994
Creating new Varieties of Garden Plants with Especial Reference to Sweet Peas – 1995
Janes, E R
Sweet Peas: a Complete Guide to their culture – 1953
Khawaja, H I T
A new interspecific Lathyrus hybrid to introduce the yellow Euphytica 37 – 1998
Lambert, Norman & Thomas, H H
Sweet Peas for Amateurs – 1927
Markham, K R, Hammett, Dr K R W & Offman, D J
Floral pigmentation in two yellow flowered Lathyrus species and their hybrids:
Phytochemistry vol 31 – 1992
Rice, Graham
The Sweet Pea Book – 2002
Unwin, D W J
Sweet Peas: Their History, Development and Culture – 1926, 1929, 1952, 1986
Wright, Walter P
A book about Sweet Peas – 1909, 1912