AROUND HOME : Notes on Southwest Dishes, Wood Turning and Cesca Chairs : The Garden Design Book BY ANTHONY PAUL AND YVONNE REES (Salem House, 1988)

THE AUTHORS HAVE gathered an international group of landscape designers--from Brazil, Australia, Britain and the United States--and use their garden designs to illustrate principles and themes of first-rate landscaping. Some gardens are quite modest, others monumental; there are chapters on plants and accessories; Oriental, tropical, water and desert gardens, shady plots and bright flowers, all shown in gorgeous color photographs; $34.95.