I have about a gazillion gardening books. And yes, a fair number are bulb-related. Of the"narrative" style that Michael mentions there are two authors that come immediately to mind. The first is of course Elizabeth Lawrence. Her classic "The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens" is a delightful journey through her garden in North Carolina and that of Mr. Krippendorf, in southern Ohio. I've had the pleasure of twice visiting Elizabeth's garden. While many plants she wrote about are no longer extant, some of the bulbs still welcome Spring with exuberant bloom. I am also fortunate to have a copy of "Lob's Wood" a little 78 page pamphlet about Mr. Krippendorf's garden that Miss Lawrence wrote for the Cincinnati Nature Center which (at least back in 1971 when the pamphlet was published, don't know about today) manages Lob's Woods. And the other is M. M. Graff. Her book "Flowers in the Winter Garden" does include some non-bulbous flowers but the focus on winter blossoming plants of necessity primarily about bulbs. Dicky, who died in 2007, lived on Long Island and in Brooklyn NY. "Opinionated" does not begin to cover her approach to life. I had the pleasure of corresponding with her for a number of years and thoroughly enjoy her letters both the first time around and when I re-read them. Published in 1966 and sold for a modest $4.95 the book will doubtless be difficult to find but enjoyable once obtained. Judy in frigid New Jersey where overnight temperatures were in the quite low single (Fahrenheit) digits and the wood burning stove is voraciously consuming wood