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WILD FLOWERS OF THE CANARY ISLANDS
Written by David Bramwell; Zoe I. Bramwell.
Stock no. 1330977
Published by Excmo. Cabildo Insular De Tenerife; Editorial Rueda. 2nd 2001. Very good condition.

Second edition. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. 437 pages. ISBN: 8472071294. Covers edge worn with light crease to centre of front cover (can't see it but can feel it).

PLANT FORM & FUNCTION
Written by F.E. Fritsch; Edward Salisbury.
Stock no. 1831120
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. viii and 668 pages including index. Reprint. Spine browned and foxed, fraying to top & tail. Fading to edges of boards. Text block browned. Neat name & address in ink to front endpaper. Contents are clean.

ALPINE FLOWERS: 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831107
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Warne's Zig-Zag books. This book contains 48 colour photos (2 per page) with names in English, Latin, then German, French and Italian equivalents on reverse. The book is printed concertina style. Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Last title on reverse is 4: Minerals. Undated. Spine sunned, edges of covers lightly rubbed and lightly creased. Contents clean.

THE WILD FLOWERS OF THE ISLE OF PURBECK, BROWNSEA AND SANDBANKS
Written by Edward A. Pratt.
Stock no. 1831104
Published by Brambleby Books. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Where to find them and help with identification of species. This book directs you to precise localities where you can see species in public places, including in the recently designated open access areas. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w drawings plus colour photos and maps. 296 pages plus plates and maps at rear. ISBN: 9780955392849. Spine is lightly sunned. Text block ever so slightly grubby. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

THE RHODODENDRON SPECIES VOLUME III: ELEPIDOTES
Written by H.H. Davidian.
Stock no. 1831043
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Series Neriiflorum-Thomasonii, Azaleastrum and Camtschaticum. The third volume of a major work distinguished by its breadth and thoroughness. The core of the book is a list of Elepidote Rhododendrons in their series, a key to the Series and Subseries, and full descriptions of each species. The key provided int he book should make it possible for any grower to identify with reasonable accuracy every species in cultivation. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings, colour photos. 381 pages including index. ISBN: 0713437472. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block a little grubby. Minor foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, light wear to top of spine with a couple of tiny nicks.

GROWING ORCHIDS: SUCCESSFUL GARDENING INDOORS AND OUT
Written by Brian Ritterhausen; Wilma Ritterhausen.
Stock no. 1830937
Published by Southwater. 1st thus 2005. Almost very good condition.

Previously published as: The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids. A guide to growing orchids with an inspirational encyclopedia of orchids, with guidance on the best varieties to choose. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781842158876. Spine faded, a few marks to covers. Small mark to vertical edge of half-title page. Damp stain to vertical edge of last few blank pages. Else contents are clean.

INDIAN BOTANICAL DRAWINGS 1793-1868
Written by Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1330520
Published by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Plain black cardwraps, tall slim format. 100 pages. Colour illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1872291236. Dustwrapper has faint name written to top of front panel and is slightly grubby to rear panel with white barcode label to base.

BRITISH FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES
Written by Thomas Moore.
Stock no. 1208919
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Circa 1888. Very good condition.

An Abridgment of The Popular History of British Ferns. Comprising The Ferns, Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails. Full calf boards, five raised bands to spine and green title block with gilt title. Marbled text block and endpapers. B/w illustrations to text. 12 hand-coloured plates printed in colours by Evans. iv and 187 pages including index plus plates to rear. Gilt vignette of crestof Ladies College Guernsey to front and rear board. Calf boards are rubbed, scuffed and marked. Binding is tight. Large prize plate to front pastedown. College stamp to fly-leaf and verso of rear endpaper. A few foxspots and light browning, most plates affected by foxing.

THE CHANGING FLORA OF GLASGOW: URBAN AND RURAL PLANTS THROUGH THE CENTURIES
Written by J.H. Dickson; P. MacPherson; Keith Watson.
Stock no. 1830670
Published by Edinburgh University Press. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Data-gathering for this book started in 1984 and continued well into the late 1990s. A detailed listing of 1,500 species. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps and illustrations, a few colour photos. xii and 402 pages. ISBN: 0748613978. Boards clean. Title page has been REMOVED. Top edge of text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Binding glue visible on joints. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

HUTCHINSON'S POPULAR BOTANY: THE LIVING PLANT FROM SEED TO FRUIT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by A.E. Knight; Edward Step.
Stock no. 1830607
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Very good condition.

The Fascinating Story of the World's Plants Told in a Popular Manner. Three-quarter red leather bindings. Red cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Red speckled text block. Volume I with 351 b/w photos and illustrations plus 9 coloured plates. Volume II with 370 b/w illustrations and photos plus 9 coloured plates. Light rubbing to leather. A few marks to boards. Browning to edges of pastedowns. Small nibble to vertical edge of front endpaper. Hinges pulled with creasing to volume I. A few minor grubby margin marks. Insect damage to rear joint of both volumes. All colour plates present.

BOTANY FOR MATRICULATION (THE UNIVERSITY TUTORIAL SERIES)
Written by F. Cavers.
Stock no. 1830401
Published by University Tutorial Press Ltd.. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. viii, 568 pages plus 16 pages publisher adverts to rear. Second impression. Spine edges are worn, torn and frayed. Boards scuffed and edge-rubbed. Text block browned. Joints cracked but still holding to binding. Hinges pulled. Some annotation to contents and a few marks.

ALIEN GRASSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by T.B. Ryves; E.J. Clement; M.C. Foster. Illustrated by G.M.S. Easy.
Stock no. 1830119
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Green pictorial card wraps. 181 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901158275. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Large barcoded label of previous seller to rear cover. Contents otherwise clean.