Used - good - a nice sound copy - white areas of cover have a few faint smudges - no internal markings or names.
Helen Ballard – The Hellebore Queen (1997), written and edited by Gisela Schmiemann, is an illustrated tribute to the pioneering British horticulturist Helen Ballard (1908–1995), widely regarded as the leading breeder of modern hybrid hellebores. The book recounts her life and career, details her innovative hybridization techniques and plant-hunting travels, documents the many named cultivars she created (including those that formed the basis of Helleborus × ballardiae), and features photographs of her celebrated plants, preserving the legacy of the woman who transformed the hellebore from a modest winter flower into a garden star of clear colors, improved form, and greater vigor.