Hitching, Claude.(2012). Rock Landscapes, the Pulham Legacy: Rock Gardens, Grottoes, Ferneries, Follies, Fountains and Garden Ornaments. Woodbridge: Garden Art Press. 320pp. Hardback with green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Dust jacket. Text clean. A ‘coffee table’ book. with abundant photography in fine condition.

Pulhamite is a very convincing artificial stone produced by three generations of the Pulham family and used extensively in Victorian and Edwardian landscaped gardens and architecture. The ‘natural’ rock faces suggest geological advice was involved but it is not mentioned.