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A PASSION FOR PLANTS: THE TRESEDERS OF TRURO
Written by Suzanne Treseder.
Stock no. 1827788
Published by Alison Hodge. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the Treseder family's passion for plants and of six generations of Treseders who were nurserymen for over 150 years. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780906720370. Light bumping to board corners. Minor foxing to text block and gutter edge of endpapers. A few pages have pale brown foxspots.

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HERBS, SPICES, AND MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR HUMAN GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS: HEALTH BENEFITS AND SAFETY
Written by Megh R. Goyal; Preeti Birwal; Durgesh Nandini Chauhan.
Stock no. 1827786
Published by Apple Academic Press Inc.. 1st 2023. Slightly better than very good condition.

This volume presents valuable information for exploring the health claims of plant-based phytochemicals for the treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal disorders. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w charts and photos. ISBN: 9781774637142. Board corners lightly bumped. Contents clean.

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THE CELTIC WISDOM OF TREES: MYSTERIES, MAGIC, AND MEDICINE
Written by Jane Gifford. Illustrated by Jane Gifford.
Stock no. 1327478
Published by Godsfield Press. 1st PB 2006. Good condition.

A rich compendium of ancient wisdom and knowledge about our relationship with trees. Cardwraps. 160 pages. Colour photos by the author. ISBN: 9781841812991. Covesr are faded and worn at corners. Page corner tips slightly creased else contents clean.

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NURSERY STOCK MANUAL: GROWER MANUAL 1 SECOND SERIES
Written by Keith Lamb; James Kelly; Peter Bowbrick.
Stock no. 1327470
Published by Grower Books. 1985. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. Grower Manual No. 1 - Second Series. ISBN: 1899372040. Corners worn. Top page corner tips slightly creased to prelims. Contents clean.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF TREES
Written by Colin Tudge.
Stock no. 1827745
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

How They Live and Why They Matter. Green decorated cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 390 pages (including index). A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuff marks.

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ENWAU CYMRAEG AR BLANHIGION WELSH NAMES OF PLANTS
Written by Dafydd Davies; Arthur Jones.
Stock no. 1327217
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Green cardwraps. 186 pages. English (and Latin) plant names along with the Welsh translations. ISBN: 0720004187. Light creases to corners and a bump to the top of the spine. Contents fine.

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THE ORCHIDS OF RHODES AND KARPATHOS DIE ORCHIDEEN VON RHODOS UND KARPATHOS
Written by C.A.J. Kreutz.
Stock no. 1327215
Published by Seckel & Kreutz Publishers. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Description, Pattern of Life, Distribution, Threat, Conservation and Iconography. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 320 pages. Packed full of colour photos. Text in both English and German. ISBN: 9080514926. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and faded to spine.

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THE BOTANICAL GARDEN VOLUME II
Written by Roger Phillips; Martyn Rix.
Stock no. 1327176
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Perennials and Annuals. Large format. Green boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0333748905. Spine and corners bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover. Splash mark to textblock and to front free-endpaper. Dustwrpper is just a little grubby, damp stain on rear panel and edge creased.

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WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND FERNS
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1827622
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A pocket guide to the British ferns, horsetails and club-mosses. Small format. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Coloured illustrations. B/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to half-title page. A few foxspots present, mainly to prelims and last couple of pages. Contents generally clean. Green dustwrapper has a pictorial onlay to front, is heavily browned, worn at corners with a little loss.

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IRISES: A GARDENER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA
Written by Claire Austin; James W. Waddick.
Stock no. 1327027
Published by Timber Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Purple boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photography throughout. 339 pages including glossary and index. Foreword by Waddick. ISBN: 0881927309. Spine bumped. Some slight fading to base of spine and a light damp stain to spine edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge of front panel. Some wear to top edge of front panel.

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GUIDE TO THE FORESTS OF THE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS
Written by T.C. Whitmore.
Stock no. 1827476
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Forest Record No. 2 of the Forestry Department, British Solomon Islands Protectorate. This book does not aspire to being a complete flora of the forests of the Solomon Islands but provides information that will be valuable to botanists and foresters. Care has been taken with the list and vocabulary of Kwara'ae names. Red cloth baords, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. A few b/w diagrams. Heavy knock to vertical edge of front board exposing board beneath the cloth and also a smaller knock to lower corner. Text block browned. Some foxspots present including a heavy spot to last few page margins. One or two minor margin annotations. Dustwrapper is browned to spine, chipped with loss at edges, heavy damp stain to front panel (worse is to verso).

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SEEDS OF CHANGE: SIX PLANTS THAT TRANSFORMED MANKIND
Written by Henry Hobhouse.
Stock no. 1827326
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth spine with green title block and gilt title. Pictorial paper boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, slightly unevenly faded and a little rubbed.

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