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Limpsfield, a village in Surrey, England. His parents encouraged both Brian and his sister to look after small garden plots allocated to them. He records that as his father was a very successful vegetable gardener, his own interests were more in ornamental plants. An early
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also focussed on bulbs, but also hellebores. These expeditions convinced Mathew that his interests lay more in botany than horticulture, and he found employment in the herbarium at the
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The bulbous plants of Turkey : an illustrated guide to the bulbous petaloid monocotyledons of Turkey : Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae
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in 1987. Between 1973 and 1992, he was the author or co-author of nine books on bulbs generally. In addition, he produced monographs of the genera
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Wang, Yinzheng; Gilbert, Michael G.; Mathew, Brian F.; Brickell, Christopher & Nevling, Lorin I.,
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Bulbs : the four seasons : a guide to selecting and growing bulbs all year round
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The cyclamen of Turkey : a guide to the species of cyclamen growing in Turkey
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The plant hunter's garden : the new explorers and their discoveries
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CITES bulb checklist for the genera
Cyclamen, Galanthus and Sternbergia
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Burton, John; Knees, Sabina G; Read, Mike & Mathew, Brian (1994),
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Contributions to horticulture and taxonomy, particularly in regard to
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may have laid the foundations for a later monograph on hellebores.
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Fielding, John; Turland, Nicholas J. & Mathew, Brian (2005),
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The Bulb Book : a photographic guide to over 800 hardy bulbs
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McAllister, Hugh; Hague, Josephine & Mathew, Brian (2005),
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Grey-Wilson, C.; Mathew, Brian & Blamey, Marjorie (1981),
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Lilies : a romantic history with a guide to cultivation
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Lilies : a romantic history with a guide to cultivation
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Bulbs : the bulbous plants of Europe and their allies
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Phillips, Roger; Rix, Martyn & Mathew, Brian (1989),
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Rix, Martyn; Phillips, Roger & Mathew, Brian (1981),
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The Plant Lover's
Companion: Plants, People & Places
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Daphne : the genus in the wild and in cultivation
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