LOTHIAN, James.   PRACTICAL HINTS ON THE CULTURE AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF ALPINE OR ROCK PLANTS.   To Which Is Also Appended A List Of Alpines, Ferns, Marsh, And Aquatic Plants, Etc., Etc.       Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, n.d. (ca.   1845).          Lothian was gardener to W. A. Campbell of Ormsary. This scarce volume, the first English work devoted wholly to alpine plants, appears to be his only published book. It begins with instructions for the location and construction of rockeries, ponds and bogs and the arrangement of plants in the rockery. A second section gives directions for cultivation and treatment, arranged by season, with separate discussion of "tenderer and rarer" plants, as well as advice on cultivation in Wardian cases. The appendix lists nearly 1000 varieties of recommended alpine plants. The illustrations include two engraved plates showing rockery layouts and four hand-colored plates of plants.   12mo (16 x 10.2 cm); iii-xiv + 17-84 pp. + engraved title and 6 plates (four colored).            Original embossed cloth recently rebacked in matching red leather; tissue guard facing frontispiece removed; blind stamp reading "James Marshall - Montrose - Seedsman" embossed on half-title and title; dried herbarium specimen lightly mounted to verso of frontispiece, otherwise a generally well-preserved copy. $425.00

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